Army Refutes Microsoft Employees' Charge that New Awareness Tool is for Killing
27 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
The under secretary of the Army on Tuesday refuted criticisms that its newest, high-tech situational awareness tool -- made by Microsoft -- "is designed to kill people."
The recent criticism emerged in a letter from Microsoft employees to the company's leadership entitled "HoloLens for Good, Not War," according to a Feb. 23 Forbes article, referring to the Army's $480 million contract award to Microsoft in November to develop the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS.
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The letter states, "The application of HoloLens within the IVAS system is designed to kill people. It will be deployed on the battlefield, and works by turning warfare into a simulated 'video game,'" Forbes reported.
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