Meta and Anduril team up to create AI-powered AR gear for the military
Meta Platforms has teamed up with Anduril Industries, a defense technology firm, to make advanced augmented and virtual reality headsets powered by next-generation artificial intelligence for the US military. The partnership between the two companies, made public on 29 May, will create a system called “EagleEye,” which will enhance a soldier’s awareness and control on the battlefield.
The EagleEye headset will be manufactured on Anduril’s Lattice platform, a state-of-the-art AI command and control system that processes enormous data streams into battlefield information. As a result, soldiers will be able to perceive situations better and operate the autonomous technologies more naturally.
Anduril and Meta have teamed up to make the world's best AR and VR systems for the United States Military.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) May 29, 2025
Leveraging Meta's massive investments in XR technology for our troops will save countless lives and dollars. pic.twitter.com/t9d2vRInSe
According to Anduril, the integration will change how soldiers react and respond to events. Through the use of AR/VR, we grant them tools that will make them act smarter and faster.
Meta, the company that changed its name from Facebook in 2021, has spent more than $40 billion on augmented and virtual reality technologies. It’s using that commercial ingenuity for military purposes, bringing years of Reality Labs research into the field.
This initiative will be completely funded by private sources, which will lessen the burden on taxpayers and cut down on military spending on high-end consumer electronics. Both companies stated this method could save billions.
Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Anduril and creator of Oculus VR (sold to Meta), is keen on rekindling his partnership with Meta. According to Luckey, I’m most passionate about dual-use technology in the field of biotechnology. “We’re turning warfighters into technomancers.”
The joint venture with the U.S. defense and government agencies signals a deepening bond between Meta. In November 2024, Meta’s open-source LLaMA AI models were made available for national security use. In the same month, tools were provided by Anthropic and Palantir to defense agencies by AI developers.
It is pretty cool to have everything at our fingertips for this joint effort – everything I made before Meta acquired Oculus, everything we made together, and everything we did on our own after I was fired.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) May 29, 2025
It's time to finish the fight.
The EagleEye system isn’t Meta’s first military engagement. The Army’s augmented-reality headset was previously developed by Microsoft through its HoloLens-based Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). But in early 2025, Anduril was officially given control of the program, allowing it to speed up delivery and cut software updates from months to hours.
With the EagleEye already testing and Meta-Anduril making offers for new military technologies, this partnership might set the tone for how future soldiers will work with tech on the battlefield.
Conclusion
Meta and Anduril create military technologies as AR, AI and real-time data come together and merge. If successful, EagleEye could become the Army’s preferred mission command system—providing a more intelligent, more secure and more efficient battlefield.
