{"id":216165,"date":"2025-09-10T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/216165\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:29:13","slug":"the-us-army-will-test-hundreds-of-anduril-rivet-ar-headsets-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/216165\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Army Will Test Hundreds Of Anduril & Rivet AR Headsets In The Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anduril-Meta team and the Palantir-backed startup Rivet will each deliver hundreds of AR headsets to the US Army for testing as part of SBMC, the successor to IVAS.<\/p>\n

If you missed it, back in May, Meta and Palmer Luckey’s defense firm Anduril announced<\/a> that they were teaming up to build XR products for US and allied militaries, starting with the EagleEye AR\/VR helmet.<\/p>\n

Alongside the partnership announcement, the two companies also jointly submitted a white paper for the US Army’s SBMC (Soldier-Borne Mission Command) program, the successor to the IVAS program that Microsoft once led with a customized HoloLens before Anduril took it over<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Palmer Luckey\u2019s Anduril Partners With Meta To Build Military XR Devices<\/p>\n

Palmer Luckey\u2019s Anduril is teaming up with Meta to build XR products for US and allied militaries, starting with the EagleEye AR\/VR helmet.<\/p>\n

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That same month, a new startup called Rivet announced its own military-focused AR glasses, called Hard Spec. Rivet’s executives include key former Microsoft HoloLens staff, and the company is funded in part by Palantir, which is also a “strategic partner” for both Rivet and Anduril.<\/p>\n

While Anduril describes EagleEye as an “integrated ballistic shell”, a protective helmet with all the electronics built in, Rivet’s Hard Spec is currently a thick pair of glasses, with a cable routed around an existing helmet.<\/p>\n

Beyond the design and the obvious use of waveguides, Rivet hasn’t said much about the technical specifics of Hard Spec.<\/p>\n

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Rivet Hard Spec<\/p>\n

Now, the US Army has awarded Anduril $159 million, and Rivet $195 million, to build and deliver hundreds of SBMC prototypes for field testing.<\/p>\n

Rivet has confirmed that its contract is for 470 \u201cproduction representative\u201d devices. Anduril, meanwhile, hasn’t disclosed exactly how many units its contract covers, though Breaking Defense reports<\/a> that it’s also “hundreds”.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the SBMC program aims to augment the senses and cognition of all company-level-and-below US Army soldiers, and it could eventually be worth billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

Previously reported potential use cases for IVAS, the predecessor of SBMC, included:<\/p>\n