XRG unit wraps up US DoD training contract

xReality Group Limited (XRG) announced that its Operator XR defence and law enforcement simulation subsidiary has completed all milestones of the 20-month, AU$5.6 million subcontract awarded by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), delivered as part of Team Endurance Group. The US DoD subcontract, first announced on 13 November 2024, engaged Operator XR to develop an extended reality (XR) training capability for subterranean and subway environments. Outstanding milestone payments of $0.85m AUD are expected to be received prior to June 30. XRG has invested in productising the underlying capability for the broader military and law-enforcement market. That work has culminated in the release of MR-1, Operator XR’s next-generation mixed reality training system. MR-1 combines MR headset integration, realistic training weapons, and offline-capable software architecture developed and validated during the DoD program into a commercially packaged training solution. Mixed Reality allows users to see the real world environment, overlaying virtual characters, props and effects. This opens new markets and use cases to train complex high threat scenarios in real locations such as critical infrastructure, schools, transit hubs, military bases and existing shoot house training facilities. The system is complimentary to the existing OP-2 Virtual Reality based training system. MR-1 has already secured its first commercial sale to a separate United States Department of Defense customer as announced in the Quarterly Activities Report on 30 April 2026. XRG CEO Wayne Jones said “Successfully delivering a prototype for the US DoD and having it accepted into end-user training is exactly the outcome we set out to achieve when this contract was awarded. It validates the technology, and our team’s ability to deliver innovative, mission-critical training capability to the Department of Defense. The launch of MR-1 and its first sale to a new US DoD customer show that the capability we built through this R&D program has immediate, broader application across Defence and Law Enforcement. This is the multiplier effect we have been working toward.” For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Kym Bergmann at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Group Sales Director Simon Hadfield at [email protected]