Author: Darwin McDaniel|| Date Published: November 29, 2018
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has won a potential $479.1M other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to produce augmented reality technology prototypes for potential use in military training and battlefield missions.
A contract award notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says the company will provide hardware, software and associated interface control documentation as part of the Army™s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program.
The service expects Microsoft to manufacture as many as 2,550 IVAS prototypes over a two-year period, according to a solicitation notice.
Bloomberg reported Thursday the Army could order more than 100K company-built HoloLens headsets as a result of the agreement.
A Microsoft spokesperson told the publication the project will extend the technology firm™s work with the Defense Department to help troops make data-based decisions with the use of an AR system.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has won a potential $479.1M other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to produce augmented reality technology prototypes for potential use in military training and battlefield missions.
