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The US Army awarded Microsoft a potential US$479.1 million other transaction agreement to prototype HoloLens-based augmented reality headsets, the start of the IVAS program.

On 22 February 2019 a group of Microsoft employees publicly called on Satya Nadella and Brad Smith to cancel the HoloLens IVAS contract with the US Army, saying they would not become "war profiteers".

Microsoft said on 31 March 2021 that the US Army had awarded it a production agreement worth up to US$21.88 billion over 10 years for more than 120,000 customised HoloLens headsets.

A Defense Department Inspector General audit released on 22 April 2022 said the Army had not defined user acceptance for IVAS and could waste up to US$21.88 billion on headsets soldiers do not want.

On 11 February 2025 Microsoft and Anduril announced Anduril would assume oversight of IVAS production and future development from Microsoft, pending Pentagon approval, with Azure as the preferred cloud.

On 10 April 2025 the US Army approved a contract novation making Anduril the prime contractor on the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, replacing Microsoft.

On 8 September 2025 the Army's Soldier Borne Mission Command program, successor to IVAS, awarded Anduril US$159 million and Rivet US$195 million to prototype night vision and mixed reality headsets.

A July 2026 Government Accountability Office report said the Army decided none of about 10,000 IVAS goggles it built will be fielded after roughly US$1.8 billion, with IVAS 1.2 moving to the SBMC prototype program.