Anduril-Meta Team, Rivet Win Army Work for New Combat Goggle (1)

The US Army awarded contracts to a partnership of Anduril Industries Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., and another led by Rivet Industries, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle.

The service in its statement didn’t disclose an overall value for the new program, nor how many new devices will eventually be purchased. Rivet said their contract was valued at $195 million. Anduril announced it was awarded a $159 million contract for the effort.

The gear is meant to help soldiers navigate the battlefield and incorporates technology developed under an earlier program led by Microsoft Corp. known as ...