The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce to speed up outdated practices; as part of the deal, military recruiters will get access to Slack
Recruiters will get access to Slack as part of a contract that reflects the Pentagon's drive to adopt commercial software tools
Anduril plans to deliver ~100 units of its AI-powered EagleEye helmet and eyewear to the US Army by Q2 2026, replacing Microsoft's IVAS; Meta provided some tech
“This is an extremely powerful capability. It's going to get cheaper and cheaper over time," Anduril founder Palmer Luckey told reporters.
The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of Anduril and Meta and a $195M contract to Rivet, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle
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The US Army awards a $98.9M contract to TurbineOne to deploy AI software that helps identify drones and other threats, processing all data on soldiers' devices
Infantry will use software from startup TurbineOne to identify drones and other threats, even when signals are jammed
The US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a “comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs”
The award covering the next decade is one of the largest DoD contracts ever, cementing the tech firm's role in warfighting for years to come.
Generative AI startup Yurts, which has contracts with the US Army, Air Force, and others, raised a $40M Series B led by XYZ, taking its total raised to $58.35M
Had Yurts founder Ben Van Roo's eyes been better, he might've followed in his family's footsteps and joined the Air Force.
Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing the device, and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army
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Microsoft partners with Anduril Industries to improve the performance of Integrated Visual Augmentation System or IVAS, the new combat goggles for the US Army
- Pentagon may spend up to $21.9 billion on headsets over decade — System must pass combat test next year before full production