I hope they are prepared to do battle with a metric shit-ton of fatal errors.

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Microsoft wins U.S. Army contract for augmented-reality headsets, worth up to $21.9 billion over 10 years

PUBLISHED WED, MAR 31 20213:00 PM EDTUPDATED WED, MAR 31 20213:54 PM EDT

Jordan Novet | @JORDANNOVET

Microsoft will deliver to the U.S. Army over 120,000 devices based on its HoloLens augmented-reality headset.

The deal, which could be worth as much as $21.88 billion over 10 years, follows a contract Microsoft received to build prototype headsets for the U.S. Army.

The contract comes a year and a half after Microsoft won a cloud contract from the Pentagon that could be worth up to $10 billion.

The Pentagon announced that Microsoft has won a contract to build more than 120,000 custom HoloLens augmented-reality headsets for the U.S. Army. The contract could be worth up to $21.88 billion over 10 years, a Microsoft spokesperson told CNBC on Wednesday.

Microsoft shares moved higher following the announcement.

The deal shows Microsoft can generate meaningful revenue from a futuristic product resulting from years of research, beyond core areas such as operating systems and productivity software.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/microsoft-wins-contract-to-make-modified-hololens-for-us-army.html