Of course, more than 100 thousand devices will not be purchased within a single batch. According to CNBC, in total, the deliveries will last for 9 years.
The contract between the US military and Microsoft was the result of an earlier tender. It should be noted that this is not the first such initiative of the Redmond Corporation.
Back in 2018, the company received a $ 480 million contract. On them, the tech giant developed prototypes of a modified version of the HoloLens helmet – IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmentation System). The fresh agreement implies the start of serial production of the device.