Wiley X

In 1987, U.S. Army Veteran Myles R. Freeman Sr. founded the company Protective Optics, Inc. in Daly City, California by creating shooting glasses for several FBI agents from one office.^[3][4]

In 1990, the company began producing protective eyewear and sunglasses for civilian needs, e.g. in motorsport, cycling, fishing, hunting, and industrial manufacturing.^[5][6] In November 2007, Protective Optics, Inc. changed its name to Wiley X, Inc.^[7]

The company moved the headquarters in 2010 to a building in Livermore, California where it remained until moving to Frisco, Texas in 2022.^[8][9][10]

Wiley X has partnerships with professional athletes, non-profits and the entertainment industry over.^[11][12]

In a book Battle Rattle (2006 Windrow & Greene) by Hans Halberstadt the author states that the 82nd Airborne Division was the first one to buy Wiley X in bulk, ordering thousands of the SG-1s goggles, originally developed for Ranger regiment, shortly after deploying in Afghanistan in spring 2002.^[13]

Wiley X is eyewear meets the ANSI Z87.1+ standards for clarity, high-velocity and high mass impacts.^[14][15]

• American Sniper^[16]
• Army of the Dead^[17]
• Bright (2017)^[18]
• SWAT^[19]
• The Office:^[20]
• Big Little Lies^[21]