Microsoft signs $21.8 billion deal with the US Army
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Microsoft has received a contract worth $21.8 billion from the Department of Defense (DoD) to supply the US Army with 120,000 augmented reality headsets, the Pentagon recently announced. This is a 10-year-long deal, with the first five years being the base period and the next five-year term optional. This follows a 2018 deal where the DoD paid Microsoft $480 million for AR headsets.