With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’

Published on February 17, 2025

Anduril has seized the lead on the Army’s IVAS headset program, putting the eight-year-old company in charge of one of the military’s most important soldier-enhancement programs, and poising it to deliver not just new drones but also a key means of controlling them and the data they gather.

On Tuesday, the company announced that it would take over development and production of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System from Microsoft, whose stewardship of the $22 billion program was beset by delays, development problems, and cost overruns.

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