The Army wants Microsoft to "substantially" lower the price of its $80,000 HoloLens-based goggles
The project has been far from smooth from the beginning. In April 2022, the DOD warned that the massive purchase could be awasteof taxpayer money. The devices' failure to perform essential functions was also a concern. Congressrefusedan Army request to spend $400 million to buy 6,900 IVAS headsets last year. Instead, it approved $40 million for Microsoft to build a new and improved version. The Army said the pricing goal “is it be substantially less than $80,000....