What’s the story?
Galvion and Distance have announced a collaboration focused on AR-enabled headworn systems for defense applications.
Why it matters
The collaboration supports visual augmentation systems for dismounted troops using Galvion’s helmet platform.
The bigger picture
Galvion and Distance expect market-ready integrated systems in 2027 after trial, evaluation and validation.
In Augmented Reality News
May 22, 2026 – Distance Technologies Oy, a developer of glasses-free XR, lightfield display systems, and Galvion, a provider of integrated head systems for military and tactical use cases, have this week announced a collaboration to integrate Distance’s augmented reality (AR) computational optics and Acuity OS into Galvion’s head system solutions.
The collaboration brings together Galvion’s head system and integrated soldier solution capabilities with Distance’s visual augmentation technology. According to the companies, the work will align helmet design, subsystem integration, and user interface development, with the goal of moving from technical development to customer evaluation and commercialization.
Galvion designs, develops, and delivers advanced integrated soldier systems, intelligent power and data management systems, and headworn solutions for military and tactical teams. Distance develops computational optics, AI-driven lightfield systems and visual intelligence for defense, automotive and aerospace use cases. According to the company, its technology can turn periscopes, windshields, helmet mounts and handheld devices into transparent mixed-reality sensors that combine hyperspectral and multispectral data, thermal imagery and 3D lightfields into a single HUD.
The companies stated that together, their integrated systems are expected to improve usability, durability, and field suitability for dismounted troops receiving tactical data through a visual augmentation system. Market-ready integrated systems are expected in 2027, following trial, evaluation and validation.
“Galvion has long focused on delivering integrated head systems that meet the evolving operational requirements of modern defense missions,” said Jonathan Blanshay, Founder & Executive Chairman of Galvion. “By combining Galvion’s helmet platform and system integration capabilities with Distance’s visual intelligence, we have the opportunity to push the boundaries of situational awareness for the warfighter. Distance is at the forefront of innovation in advanced AR, and we are excited to be working with them to enhance survivability for operators, today and into the future.”
For more information on Distance Technologies, please visit the company’s website.
Image credit: Distance Technologies / Galvion
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About the author
Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix, where he has spent years immersed in the XR ecosystem, tracking its evolution from early prototypes to the technologies shaping the future of human experience. While primarily covering the latest AR and VR news, his interests extend to the wider world of human augmentation, from AI and robotics to haptics, wearables, and brain–computer interfaces.