Meta Teams Up With Anduril to Make AI-Powered Military Products

Meta Platforms Inc. is partnering with defense contractor Anduril Industries Inc. to develop new products for the US military, including an artificial intelligence-powered helmet with virtual and augmented reality features.

Anduril is working with Meta “to design, build, and field a range of integrated XR products that provide warfighters with enhanced perception and enable intuitive control of autonomous platforms on the battlefield,” according to a company blog post published Thursday. Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Anduril, also co-founded Oculus VR, the gaming headset company he sold to Meta in 2014.

At least one of those products will be a “sci-fi-style ...