After years of delays, hardware and software development for the IVAS project will shift to Anduril, with Microsoft continuing to supply cloud infrastructure.

Should Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey have his way, the U.S. Army's effort to arm troops with futuristic, mixed-reality headsets will involve a consortium of companies pumping out "glasses that look a lot like the Oakleys you wear every day all the way up to things that look like an Iron Man helmet.

The Army plans to grant upstart weapons maker Anduril control of one of its highest-profile and long-troubled projects known as the Integrated Visual