Technology Maturation Pod

Develop common 19" and 9.5" size instrumentation rack for existing travel pod along with common interface for power, data, and GPS antenna connection. Flight test updated pod. Develop user guide for researchers to be able to utilize pod.

Development and flight test of Technology Maturation Pod, a low cost resource to enable rapid incubation of sensors which require testing in a flight environment. These typically include remote sensing instruments such as radars, lidars, sounders, hyperspectral imagers for space and aeronautics applications. The Technology Maturation Pod lowers the effort required to take new technologies leaving the lab environment to advance TRL rapidly from 3 to 5 or 6 by enabling flight on the low cost, single pilot T-34 aircraft

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

None of these are guaranteed paths for this specific project — TechPort itself doesn't have an "apply" button. Reaching out to the contact(s) above with a specific question is usually the fastest way to find out what's actually open.