The deal is happening despite Microsoft's tech employees' years-long demands that the military deal be terminated.
Microsoft would begin to deliver some of the 5,000 Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggle units after "encouraging results from testing in the field,""Douglas Bush, assistant secretary for acquisition, has now 'cleared the Army to begin accepting' the new technology," said Jamal Beck, US Army spokesman.was put on hold due to reservations regarding their performance in March 2021.
The deal is happening despite Microsoft's tech employees' years-long demands that the military deal be terminated.In 2018, Microsoft and the US Army negotiated an initial agreement worth $480 million. Months later, in 2019, the workers said the company had failed to disclose to the engineers "the intent of the software they are building."
"At the same time, we [Microsoft employees] appreciate that technology is creating new ethical and policy issues that the country needs to address in a thoughtful and wise manner. That's why it's important that we engage as a company in the public dialogue on these issues."
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