SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cold-Water Diving Wetsuit
Award amount
$1,500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- USMAT INC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-09-20
- Contract end date
- 2025-02-28
- UEI
- XRY2JY8U7BK3
- Solicitation number
- 20.2
- Topic code
- N202-130
Research abstract
The technology being developed will provide enhanced thermal insulation to divers in cold waters while also improving the flexibility of the wetsuit. The resulting wetsuit improves diver mobility while maintaining similar or better don and doff time.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Sonobuoy Vector Sensor
- PEEAC (Precision Embedded Electronics and Antennae Communication) System
- WaveS-MAG (Wave Spectra Module for Autonomous Gliders)
- PQRHO (Pure Quartz Radiation Hardened Oscillator)
- SGMH (Soft Gripping Medical Hand)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low-temperature water purification system for on-site hydrogen generation through electrolysis
- Standoff Command and Control of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
- Compression Resistant Air Barrier (CRAB) Wetsuit
- GlacialKNIT – A durable, Kevlar nanofiber, insulative technology wetsuit for improved protection during cold-water diving
- Highly Insulative, Double Air Gap HybridSil Thermal Array Wetsuits for Retained Insulation During Cold Water Diving
Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,374,865. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy