Microsoft Combat Goggles Falter as Congress Says No to Buying More
- Congress approved $40 million to fix flaws found in testing
- Microsoft gets $125 million contract to develop improved model
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Microsoft Corp. won’t be getting more orders for its combat goggles anytime soon after Congress rejected the US Army’s request for $400 million to buy as many as 6,900 of them this fiscal year.
The rejection of the request, in the $1.75 trillion government funding bill, reflects concern over field tests of the goggles, which are adapted from Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets. The tests disclosed “mission-affecting physical impairments” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea.