Hololens is being used in the IVAS programme. (Photo: US Army)
The US Army has moved its IVAS programme from prototyping to production and fielding.
The US Army has awarded Microsoft Corporation a major contract to provide Integrated Visual Augmentation Systems (IVAS) headsets.
The deal could be worth $22 billion over ten years to provide the army with more than 120,000 AR headsets.
The US Army announced: ‘This award transitions IVAS to production and rapid fielding to deliver next-generation night vision and situational awareness capabilities to the Close Combat Force (CCF) at the speed of relevance.’
The technology is one of the 31 modernisation efforts from Army Futures Command to restore and overmatch combat superiority for US warfighters.
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