FarSounder to Receive Tibbetts Award
FarSounder has been selected to be honoured with the 2015 Tibbetts Award for Innovative and Outstanding Contribution to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programme. The Tibbetts Award is presented by the US Small Business Administration to honour those companies, supporting organisations and individuals who exemplify the best in the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programmes and to recognise their achievements. FarSounder is one of 32 entities receiving this award.
The 2015 Tibbetts Award recipients will be presented with their awards in Washington, DC, USA, on 15 June 2015 at a White House ceremony. Tibbetts Award winners will also be recognised at the 16 June kickoff of the National SBIR/STTR Conference where thousands of the best and brightest in the innovation community convene annually.
3D Sonar Systems
FarSounder is a manufacturer of real-time 3D sonar systems and has been selling its navigation and obstacle avoidance systems since 2004. With SBIR Phase I and II contracts from the Department of Homeland Security, FarSounder was able to accelerate the development schedule of its technology. This helped propel FarSounder's technology into the realms of shipboard protection and security systems.
Exports represent 85% of product sales and FarSounder products can be found installed on all sorts of ships to help them avoid underwater dangers.
Image: a Farsounder application is obstacle avoidance.