Anduril and Microsoft cooperate for better military hololens
A cooperation between Microsoft and Anduril aims to improve the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System.
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In order to improve the performance of new combat goggles for the US Army, the start-up Anduril Industries Inc. is working with Microsoft Corp. The aim is to further develop the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) – for which Microsoft has been awarded several contracts. The aim is to enable soldiers to recognize threats in real time on the battlefield. The US Army plans to deploy "IVAS 1.2" in close combat troops by the end of 2025.
Anduril's "Lattice" software platform, which according to the company collects and combines data from various systems and sensors, will be integrated into the IVAS. Lattice works with artificial intelligence, computer vision and sensor fusion to recognize and classify objects in the soldiers' environment. The aim is to warn soldiers of air and ground threats more quickly.
According to Anduril, the Lattice software will be successfully integrated into the Microsoft IVAS hardware and software platform, which has repeatedly made negative headlines in the past. For example, due to nausea and headaches when using the devices. The controversial founder of Anduril and Oculus, Palmer Luckey, emphasizes that this project is a top priority.
Anduril recently announced that it had secured 1.5 billion US dollars in a Series F financing round for the manufacture of defense equipment such as missiles and drones. Anduril plans to invest hundreds of millions of US dollars in the development of Arsenal-1, a state-of-the-art production facility with over 5 million square meters and "produce tens of thousands of autonomous military systems annually to meet the most urgent needs of the United States and our allies".
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