Meta is bidding to build high-tech wearable devices for the U.S. Army, such as Wall Street Journal. The company is working with Anduril Industries, a defense company of Palmer Luckey, the project is known as Eagleeye. The contract is worth approximately $100 million, although the contract has not been awarded yet. It is part of the large $22 billion Army wearables project, which Anduril is the chief supplier.
As Meta and Luckey expect, the Eagleeye will be a range of technologically forward-looking helmets, glasses and other wearables that offer an augmented reality or virtual reality experience. The reports suggest that the devices will include sensors that enhance soldiers’ hearing and vision. The technology will “protect our interests at home and abroad,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.
Anduril and Meta teamed up to build the world’s best AR and VR systems for the U.S. military.
Massive investments in our troops’ XR technology using Meta will save countless lives and dollars. pic.twitter.com/t9d2vrinse
– Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) May 29, 2025
This can be used for detecting drones flying for miles, or to mask hidden targets, for example. This will also allow these soldiers to interact with AI-powered weapon systems, as Anduril’s autonomous software and Meta’s AI model will support each device. It sounds dystopian, but this is the time when we find ourselves.
“I successfully convinced the Yuan people, and many others are important to the military’s work,” Palmer Luckey said in an interview. In recent years, he has become a big player in the defense field, earning $6 billion in global government contracts and working with many major players in the tech world.
He’s recently CBS News. Luckey, a longtime supporter of President Trump, recently said Anduril “has been great in his first administration” and he believes the company “will do better now.”
This is Luki’s homeland. He co-founded the Oculus VR purchased by Meta. He was fired in 2017 after news broke out. He donated $10,000 to a group trying to install 4chan-style anti-Hillary Clinton memes on curbside billboards. After that, Zuckerberg proposed to Trump in various ways, so I think these two could be friends or other friends again. “I finally got all the toys back,” Luki told WSJ.
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