{"id":26646,"date":"2018-05-30T01:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/30\/this-tech-might-fix-a-deadly-problem-troops-face-when-strapping-on-goggles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:23:14","slug":"this-tech-might-fix-a-deadly-problem-troops-face-when-strapping-on-goggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/30\/this-tech-might-fix-a-deadly-problem-troops-face-when-strapping-on-goggles\/","title":{"rendered":"This tech might fix a deadly problem troops face when strapping on goggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=d08b070d-ea29-42e2-8265-65c96d5c905b\" 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title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">money <\/a>behind an idea that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/05\/24\/this-is-the-scope-chosen-for-the-newest-marine-corps-sniper-rifle\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">eliminate <\/a>fogging for its Special Operations Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently featured at the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, the ABOM goggle uses a humidity sensor and heat to defog goggles on either an as-needed or continuous mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/08\/socom-snipers-will-ditch-their-bullets-for-this-new-round-next-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" 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Business Innovation Research program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Company CEO Jack Cornelius said soldiers have taken the goggles to the field in Fort Drum, New York, home of the 10th Mountain Division for cold-weather testing and have been carried by troops training in arctic conditions in Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-CWM-Front-L-Birdseye-Black-2016-850111006343.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-CWM-Front-L-Birdseye-Black-2016-850111006343.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-CWM-Front-L-Birdseye-Black-2016-850111006343.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-CWM-Front-L-Birdseye-Black-2016-850111006343.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, 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(ABOM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The material used is much like what makes up a touch screen on a smartphone. That way heat can be distributed at very low levels, enough to defog but not pulling so much power that it needs a large battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s powered by a rechargeable battery integrated into the goggle through a USB hookup. It rates at 500 recharges, but Cornelius said most of their testing is showing 1,500 recharges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1186\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-II-Render-StraightOn-StraightOn-Eclipse-Black.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-II-Render-StraightOn-StraightOn-Eclipse-Black.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-II-Render-StraightOn-StraightOn-Eclipse-Black.jpg.jpg?resize=300,297 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-II-Render-StraightOn-StraightOn-Eclipse-Black.jpg.jpg?resize=768,759 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abom-II-Render-StraightOn-StraightOn-Eclipse-Black.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,1012 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SOCOM has given innovation funding to ABOM for further development on a heated goggle that can defog itself under nearly any conditions. 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