Defense tech company Anduril Industries said it plans to take over control of a high-tech battlefield vision, communications and orientation program from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), a U.S. Army project reportedly worth $22 billion over 10 years.
While the Army must approve the plan, Anduril said in a statement on its website today it “will assume oversight of production, future development of hardware and software, and delivery timelines” of the Visual Augmentation System program (IVAS) which features high-tech headsets for soldiers.
Microsoft has been the prime contractor on the project, which has already involved Costa Mesa-based Anduril at an earlier stage.
Industry website Breaking Defense said that “the bid to slide current contact work on the 10-year, $22 billion contact comes at a critical juncture for the program.”
Breaking Defense said “the Army is considering launching a follow-on IVAS competition given the years-long delays on getting the system operational.”
