Meta and Anduril Partner on Military XR

Anduril Industries and Meta have formed a partnership to develop extended reality (XR) technologies tailored for U.S. military use. The collaboration will produce a range of integrated XR systems aimed at enhancing battlefield awareness and enabling intuitive control of autonomous platforms. Development is funded through private capital rather than government contracts.

The XR tools will incorporate Meta’s augmented and virtual reality technology and integrate with Anduril’s Lattice platform—an AI-driven command and control system that aggregates battlefield data for real-time analysis. The resulting systems will include role-specific interfaces, offering warfighters immersive and efficient access to tactical intelligence.

The effort follows the U.S. Army’s transition of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) contract from Microsoft to Anduril. Lattice-integrated IVAS headsets are currently undergoing testing, and recent improvements have reduced software delivery times from months to under a day.

“The world is entering a new era of computing that will give people access to limitless intelligence and extend their senses and perception in ways that have never been possible before,” said Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, CTO of Meta. “Our national security benefits enormously from American industry bringing these technologies to life.”

Both companies have submitted a joint white paper for the SBMC Next program and view the partnership as a step toward accelerating the adoption of commercial technology within the defense sector.