AI ‘teammates’ in soldier helmets

Anduril and Meta unveiled EagleEye, a mixed‑reality combat helmet that embeds an AI assistant directly in a soldier’s display and can control drones. This moves beyond heads‑up information to a battlefield agent that advises and acts alongside humans. It also repurposes consumer AR expertise for military use. — Embedding agentic AI into warfighting gear raises urgent questions about liability, escalation control, export rules, and how Big Tech–defense partnerships will shape battlefield norms.