Monday, July 9, 2018

ABOM Gets SBIR Grant

Portland, Oregon-based Abom--best known for its anti-fogging, heated goggles for skiing and snow sports--has landed a SBIR award from the US Special Forces. According to Abom, it received a Phase I SBIR $148,495 award from United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) under the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Abom said the grant will go towards a feasibility study, to develop a tactical active anti-fogging goggle or spectacle in a smaller form factor than traditional goggles. Abom said the goggles would help Special Operations forces operate in harsh environments where they face punishing temperatures, winds, heat, and humidity, as well as many other environmental hazards.