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 221 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Microsensor Instrument for UAV Airborne Atmospheric Measurements | Completed | 8 | Environment Sensors | Makel Engineering, Inc. |
| Dynamic ASE Modeling and Optimization of Aircraft with SpaRibs | Completed | 5 | Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts | M4 Engineering, Inc. |
| Novel, Nanotechnology Based CMC Composites for Hot Structures | Completed | 5 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Allcomp Inc. |
| Slow-Light-Enhanced Spectral Interferometers | Completed | 5 | Optical Components | KBN Optics, LLC |
| Low-power Cross-Correlator ASIC | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Pacific Microchip Corporation |
| MATE: Modern Software Technology for Flight Test Automation and Orchestration | Completed | 6 | Test, Operations, and Systems Safety | METECS |
| The Vulcan Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing System | Completed | 6 | In Situ Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Repair | Made in Space, Inc. |
| Broad Area Cooling with Hybrid Additive Manufactured Pressure Vessel | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Sierra Lobo, Inc. |
| Ultra-Compact Transmitter for Space-Based Lidar | Completed | 5 | Touchdown Systems | Fibertek, Inc. |
| ARMAS Suborbital | Completed | 6 | Monitoring Technology | Space Environment Technologies, LLC |
| Additively Manufactured Bimetallic Combustion Chambers for Small Launch Vehicles | Completed | 3 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | Quadrus Advanced Manufacturing, LLC |
| Advanced Green Micropropulsion System | Completed | 5 | Solids | Systima Technologies, Inc. |
| Spinning-Scroll Pump for Cryogenic Feed System | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Air Squared, Inc. |
| Trussed TRAC Boom for Solar Sails | Completed | 5 | Solar Sails | Roccor, LLC |
| Assessing Vestibulo-ocular Function and Spatial Orientation in Parabolic Flight | Completed | 6 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Johns Hopkins University |
| Scintillation-Hardened GPS | Completed | 7 | Navigation Sensors | CommLargo, Incorporated |
| Low Cost Automated Module Assembly for 180 GHz Devices | Completed | 8 | Electronics | NxGen Electronics, Inc. |
| Compact and rugged mid-infrared multi-gas open path sensor | Completed | 6 | Environment Sensors | Pendar Technologies, LLC |
| Algorithms for Structural Dynamics Based Fiber Optic Strain Gage Health Monitoring | Completed | 6 | Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring | San Diego Composites, Inc. |
| A Mathematical Model to Assess CMAS Damage in EBCs | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | Materials Research and Design, Inc. |
| Non-mechanical High-Resolution Low-SWaP Lidar | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Meadowlark Optics Inc. |
| Miniaturized System-in-Package Motor Controller for Spacecraft and Orbital Instruments | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| High Quantum Efficiency Type II SLS FPAs for Space-Based Applications | Completed | 5 | Detectors and Focal Planes | IntelliEPI IR, Inc. |
| Next-Generation Deformable Mirrors for Astronomical Coronagraphy by Utilizing PMN-PT Single Crystal Stack Actuators in integration with Driver ASIC | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Microscale, Inc. |
| Lasercom for Intra-Nanosat Communication (LINC) | Completed | 3 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| High Speed Lasercom Signal Processing and Ground Station | Completed | 4 | Optimetrics | Fibertek, Inc. |
| Tool Material Design for Friction Stir Welding of High Strength Materials | Completed | 5 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | QuesTek Innovations, LLC |
| Feedback Sensors for Closed Loop Additive In-Space Manufacturing | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Cybernet Systems Corporation |
| Robust Cryogenic Cavitation Modeling for Propulsion Systems Ground Test Facilities | Completed | 4 | Science Modeling | Tetra Research Corporation |
| Development of a better, safer, emergency breathing mask for Orion astronauts | Completed | 5 | Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses | TDA Research, Inc. |
| Mobile Greenhouse Gas Flux Analyzer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Completed | 7 | Environment Sensors | Los Gatos Research |
| Advanced Simulation Capability for Turbopump Cavitation Dynamics Guided by Experimental Validation | Completed | 6 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Streamline Numerics, Inc. |
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Diode Laser Sensor for Methane | Completed | 8 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Southwest Sciences, Inc. |
| Detectors with Improved Near-to-Mid IR Performance and Reduced Cooling Requirements | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Amethyst Research, Inc. |
| Wrapped-IMLI: Thermal Insulation for Cryogenic Feed Lines | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Quest Thermal Group |
| Minimizing volatile sublimation during excavation | Completed | 4 | Destination Resource Exploration | Cislune Company |
| A Massively Parallel Framework for Low-Dissipation, Multiphysics Simulations of Rocket Engines | Completed | 7 | Cryogenic Propulsion | CASCADE Technologies, Inc. |
| Shielded 3T HTS ADR Magnet Operating at 30-40 K | Completed | 5 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Superconducting Systems, Inc. |
| Optoelectronic Infrastructure for RF/Optical Phased Arrays | Completed | 7 | Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies | ODIS, Inc. |
| Closed-Loop Control of the Thermal Stir Welding Process to Enable Rapid Process / Part Qualification | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. |
| Single-Frequency Semiconductor Lasers Operating at 1.5 and 2.0 microns | Completed | 7 | Lasers | nLight Photonics Corporation |
| Low-latitude Scintillation Nowcasting and Forecasting | Completed | 4 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, LLC |
| Unified Analytics Engine | Completed | 5 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Atlas Space Operations, Inc. |
| RF Crosslink for Relative Navigation and Time/Frequency Distribution | Completed | 4 | Flight and Ground Systems | M42 Technologies, LLC |
| Metal Advanced Manufacturing Bot-Assisted Assembly (MAMBA) Process | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| A Planning and Control Toolkit for Dual Arm Manipulation | Completed | 4 | Grappling Technologies | TRACLabs, Inc. |
| Automated Analysis of Imaging Based Experiments | Completed | — | — | Energy Plus Ltd. |
| Type-II Superlattice Based Low Dark Current Short-Wavelength Infrared Photodetectors With Optical Response From 0.4 to 2.5um | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Nour, LLC |
| Broadband Multispectral Mid-Infrared Laser | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Mirios, Inc. |
| Space Facility for Orbital Remote Manufacturing (SPACEFORM) | Completed | 8 | Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing | FOMS, Inc. |
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