Microsoft wins $22 bn US army contract for augmented reality gear
123
contract for augmented reality headgear for soldiers worth $21.88 billion
over the next decade, the company and the US military announced Wednesday.
The headsets, based on commercially available HoloLens, will make soldiers
safer and more effective, according to Microsoft technical fellow Alex
Kipman.
years with a renewal option — that could make the contract worth “in excess
of $21.88 billion” over 10 years, a Pentagon official said in a statement.
Microsoft will rapidly start producing the so-called Integrated
Augmentation System under the contract.
The award aims “to deliver next-generation night vision and situational
awareness capabilities to the Close Combat Force at the speed of relevance,”