The U.S. Army plans to start equipping soldiers with HoloLens in September

Back in 2018, Microsoft was awarded a $480 million contract by the U.S. Army in which the company promised to provide augmented reality systems - such as HoloLens - for training and combat missions. Although the deal was protested by some Microsoft employees who claimed that the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) technology could result in more deaths, CEO Satya Nadella published a stern statement saying that the firm will not "withhold technology from institutions that we have elected in democracies to protect the freedoms we enjoy."