Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.
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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 200 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Geolocation of Current Pulses in Clouds Using a 6-Axis EB Vector Sensor | Completed | 5 | Field and Particle Detectors | QUASAR Federal Systems, Inc. |
| Real-time Hazard Detection via Deep Learning | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter-Based Polarimetric Spectral Sensor With Progressive Algorithm For Material Analysis and Mapping | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Brimrose Technology Corporation |
| Integration of Fast Predictive Model and SLM Process Development Chamber | Completed | 4 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Universal Technology Corporation |
| SPHERES Mars Orbiting Sample Return External Orbiting Capture | Completed | 6 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Flight and Ground Systems | Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge |
| Low Coherence Wavefront Probe for Nanometer Level Free-Form Metrology | Completed | 6 | Optical Components | Apre Instruments, LLC |
| Multi-Component Remediation System for Generating Potable Water Onboard Spacecrafts | Completed | 6 | Water Recovery and Management | Fractal Systems, Inc. |
| Integrated Mid-Infrared Sources Enabled by Waveguides Written with Femtosecond Lasers | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Aktiwave |
| Low-Cost Launch Propulsion Stage and Deployment Bus for Smallsats | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Systima Technologies, Inc. |
| Visual Data Mining of Robot Performance Data | Completed | 7 | Multimodal and Proximate Interaction | Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. |
| Development and Flight Testing of an Automated Upset Recovery System | Completed | 4 | Propulsion Flowpath and Interactions | Barron Associates, Inc. |
| Efficient In-band Diode-pumped Q-switched Solid State Laser for Methane Detection | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Princeton Lightwave, Inc. |
| Improved Forecasting of Solar Particle Events and their Effects on Space Electronics | Completed | 4 | Space Weather Prediction | CFD Research Corporation |
| Digital Pixel Readout Integrated Circuit for High Dynamic Range Infrared Imaging Applications | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Senseeker Engineering, Inc. |
| SmallSat Precision Navigation With Low-Cost MEMS IMU Swarms | Completed | 5 | Attitude Estimation Sensors | Johnson Space Center |
| Space Electronics Operating at High Temperatures and Radiation Levels | Completed | 6 | Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation | QorTek, Inc. |
| Lightweight, Reliable Cryogenic Screen Channel Acquisition Devices with High Expulsion Efficiency | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Creare, LLC |
| Radiation Tolerant High Voltage Silicon Carbide Switches | Completed | 5 | Advanced Electronic Parts | CoolCAD Electronics, LLC |
| Acoustic Resonance Reaction Control Thruster (ARCTIC) | Completed | 5 | Cryogenic Propulsion | ORBITEC |
| Neural Net Control for Electric Propulsion in 3-Body Orbits | Completed | 4 | Optimetrics | Advanced Space, LLC |
| Solar Array for a Starshade Inner Disk | Completed | 3 | Structures and Antennas | Tendeg, LLC |
| High Speed Digitizer for Remote Sensing | Completed | — | Data Acquisition Systems | Alphacore, Inc. |
| Miniature Optical Isolator | Completed | 7 | Optical Components | Physical Optics Corporation |
| Single Mode Ultra Large Mode Area Fiber Lasers with large energy storage (HE-ULMA) | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Optical Engines, Inc. |
| Robonaut Challenge | Completed | — | Object, Event, and Activity Recognition | Johnson Space Center |
| Enhanced Codeset Passive Wireless SAW Sensor-Tags and System | Completed | 3 | Test Instruments and Sensors | SenSanna Incorporated(formerly ASR&D) |
| Highly Compatible, Additively Manufactured LOX Injectors | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Quadrus Advanced Manufacturing, LLC |
| Iodine Satellite (iSat) | Completed | 6 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Reduced Cost Composite Hot Structures with Oxidation Protection | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Plasma Processes, LLC |
| Radiation Hard Scintillation Materials for Planetary Science and Astrophysics | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. |
| Plasma Fairings for Quieting Aircraft Landing Gear Noise | Completed | 5 | Aeroacoustics | Innovative Technology Applications Co. |
| Structural Nervous System, Phase 2E | Completed | 5 | — | Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC |
| DAAS: Data Analytics for Assurance of Safety | Completed | 3 | — | Intelligent Automation, Inc. |
| Fan Duct Heat Exchanger for Turbine Cooling Air | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | N&R Engineering |
| Gecko Articulated Debris Gripper and Deorbiter Enhanced Technology | Completed | 4 | Orbital Debris Tracking | Orbotic Systems Inc. |
| Thermal Protection Systems Nondestructive Evaluation Tool | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Physical Optics Corporation |
| Fiber-Based Adsorbents Tailored for PLSS Ammonia and Formaldehyde Removal | Completed | 6 | Portable Life Support System | Serionix |
| Polybenzoxazine Materials for Radiation Shielding | Completed | 3 | Protection Systems | Material Answers LLC |
| Integrated Multi-Physics and Advanced Diagnostics for NTR Development | Completed | 5 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Little Prairie Services LLC |
| CoDLiR: Compact Digitizing Lidar Receiver | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Nalu Scientific, LLC |
| Low-SWAP Ka-band Antenna for Inter-Satellite Links | Completed | 3 | Innovative Antennas | Kymeta Government Solutions |
| High-Fidelity Prediction of Launch Vehicle Lift-off Acoustic Environment | Completed | 7 | Environment Testing | CFD Research Corporation |
| Advanced Visible Camera for Extreme Radiation Environments | Completed | 4 | Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis | Space Micro, Inc. |
| Proximity Glare Suppression using Carbon Nanotubes | Completed | 6 | — | Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics |
| Thermal Protection Systems Nondestructive Evaluation Tool | Completed | 6 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Physical Optics Corporation |
| A 10GHz 4k Frequency Bin Polarimetric Spectrometer ASIC | Completed | 3 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Pacific Microchip Corporation |
| Integrated Stack and Advanced MEAs for High-Yield, Long-Life Helium Reclamation System | Completed | 5 | Commodity Recovery | FuelCellsEtc |
| A Networked Flight Dynamics Platform for Collaborative Design and Optimization | Completed | 3 | Quantum Communications | Nabla Zero Labs |
| A Formal Approach to User Interface Design Using Hybrid System Theory | Completed | 6 | Hybrid Electric Systems | Optimal Synthesis, Inc. |
| Injector for LOX-GH Stable Combustion at Low Pressure and High Velocity | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Rocket Propulsion Systems, LLC |
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