New York (CNN Business) Microsoft has scored another major government contract, this time to produce augmented reality devices for the US Army. Microsoft MSFT The Army announced Wednesday that it had awardeda contract to produce augmented reality systems based on its HoloLens 2 device called Integrated Visual Augmented Systems (IVAS). The devices are designed to help soldiers, "fight, rehearse and train using a single platform," the Army said. The Army's initial objective is to provide systems for its entire Close Combat Force (CCF), which will mean making more than 120,000 devices, Microsoft said. The contract is a continuation of existing work on the devices that Microsoft has done for the US Army.

Source: CNN April 01, 2021 00:56 UTC