SBIR/STTR Research Award
In-Flight Urination System
Award amount
$249,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Health Agency
- Recipient company
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2020-05-26
- Contract end date
- 2020-12-25
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
- Solicitation number
- 19.3
- Topic code
- DHA193-003
Research abstract
Extended flight times of up to 16 hours has led to in-flight urination complications for US fighter pilots. Currently available urine collection options are unacceptable, particularly for female pilots, leading to significant discomfort and infection. Th
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.
- Rugged Miniature SWDM Mux and Demux for Military Aircraft
- Advanced Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Naval Safety
- Distributed Linear and Angular Acceleration Measurement
- Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings
- Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- In-Flight Urine Evaporation Garment
- In-Flight Urine Undergarment
- In-flight Urine Evaporation Garment
- In-flight Urine Undergarment
Research funding history
994 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2026). Reported award amounts total $336,438,763. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency