SBIR/STTR Research Award
Generating Electricity and Lightening the load for Airmen
Award amount
$49,811Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LIGHTNING PACKS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-12
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-12
- UEI
- VWSRHNX8MH67
- Solicitation number
- X21.1
- Topic code
- AF211-CSO1
Research abstract
Lightning Packs has designed a revolutionary rucksack technology that eases the burden and strain on Airmen to carry rucksacks, and provides a deployable energy solution for dismounted forces. Lightning Packs has created their HoverGlide platform which uses kinetic energy created by the user to power a remote generator inside the backpack. This technology has a far-reaching use cases from giving deployed military forces energy they need to complete the mission, to providing teenagers walking home from school the energy they need to charge their laptop to complete their homework. This technology has struck a chord with the general population and has presales revenue of 464,013 from sites such as KickStarter, Indiegogo InDemand, and Bakerkit. This technology has also caught the eye of the US Government and Lightning Packs was awarded multiple SBIRs valuing nearly $10 million with the US Army and the US Navy
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.
- Electricity Generating Rucksack Modification to Warm/Charge/Insulate Batteries for Cold Weather Operation
- Generating Electricity and Lightening the load for Airmen
- Ergonomic backpacks for children and adults
- Harvesting Electric Power from Walking
- Harvesting Electric Power from Walking
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Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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Research funding history
7 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2023). Reported award amounts total $5,580,545. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services