HoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion deal Was originally pegged at $480 million in 2018, follows scrutiny over other DOD deals. Sam Machkovech – Mar 31, 2021 4:40 pm ...

The US Congress opted not to approve the purchase of more Microsoft combat goggles for the US Army. Instead, it’s allocating funds for Microsoft to develop an updated version.

Microsoft is supplying 120,000 HoloLens-based headsets to the US Army. It’s a contract that could be worth up to $21.88 billion over 10 years.

Microsoft's US Army smart-goggles project is falling short, though it continues to move forward. In June, Microsoft's Mixed Reality unit — responsible for the HoloLens goggles and other nascent ...

In November, Microsoft reached an agreement to sell the Army $480 million worth of HoloLens augmented reality technology. A group of Microsoft employees has called on the company to cancel that ...

It cited a Microsoft spokesperson as saying that the Army contract, involving more than 120,000 HoloLens-based technology headsets, "could be worth up to $21.88 billion over 10 years." ...

At the end of March, Microsoft announced that it had won a huge contract to supply 120,000 of its HoloLens augmented reality headsets to the U.S. Army. But details about how the devices will ...

Microsoft Corp., which is eliminating 10,000 jobs and trimming some of its hardware lineup, will reduce its HoloLens goggles business as it scales back work on a headset for the US Army that ...

The US Army has been using HoloLens headsets to test their suitability for improved 3D mission planning and has said it wants every soldier to have the technology, which was now more feasible at ...

A group of Microsoft employees called on the company to drop its $480 million contract to outfit the U.S. Army with 100,000 HoloLens "mixed reality" headsets, the latest example of internal strife ...

Image courtesy CNBC. Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said he expects a more slimmed-down version of the headset based on HoloLens 2 to materialize as soon as 2022 and 2023, and maintains ...

Army assistant acquisition secretary Doug Bush cleared the acceptance of an initial batch of 5,000 HoloLens units in August, but that the armed forces branch was modifying its plans to "correct ...