Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa said today it is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MFST) to improve the performance of the U.S. Army’s augmented vision  headsets that are linked to sensors in drones, ground vehicles and overhead aircraft.
The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program is “designed to ingest data from a host of sensors, including those integrated on the headset, attached to weapon systems and via third party devices and software, giving soldiers unprecedented visibility on the battlefield,” according to Anduril.
“This project is my top priority at Anduril, and it has been for some time now,” Anduril founder Palmer Luckey said in a statement announcing the new collaboration.
Luckey added: “It’s one of the Army’s most critical programs being fielded in the near future, with the goal of getting the right data to the right people at the right time.”
Bloomberg News said the Pentagon may spend $21.9 billion on such goggles over a decade.
