Enabling Niobium-based Alloy and Coating Technologies (ENACT)

To develop, additively manufacture, and test oxygen-tolerant, hafnium-free niobium-based alloys and advanced coatings to enable higher temperature, more efficient, reusable reaction control system (RCS) thrusters

Design and manufacture a novel Nb alloy with advanced protective coating; Mitigate the NESC-identified flight safety risk ensuring reusability; Enable an increase in specific impulse by operating at > 1300°C

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.

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