The days of diapers and sponges on long, toiletless flights could be numbered for female service members, thanks to a new cup designed for women. The in-flight bladder relief system, now being tested ...

Problems with the previous system led pilots, especially female pilots, to dehydrate themselves to avoid using it. The new Skydrate system is one of several systems that the Air Force has been working ...

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — When you think aircrew, your first thought may not be about in-flight bladder relief, but it can pose major health and safety issues for pilots. In an effort to ...

The US Air Force is fielding an improved "in-flight bladder relief device" (to put it politely) called the Omni Generation 3 Skydrate that will allow male and female pilots to fly long air missions ...

Bladder relief in the cockpit is not a topic we openly discuss in Naval Aviation. In flight school we did not get a brief on it, nor did our flight instructors pull us aside and give us the gouge on ...