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 224 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced High Temperature Structural Honeycomb TPS | Completed | 6 | Thermal Protection Systems | MATECH Advanced Materials |
| Iodine-Compatible Photocathode for RF Ion Thrusters | Completed | 3 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Busek Company, Inc. |
| Passive Wireless Temperature Sensors with Enhanced Sensitivity and Range | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic/Thermal Systems | SenSanna Incorporated(formerly ASR&D) |
| Icing Hazard Mitigation for UAM Flight Safety | Completed | 3 | Aeroacoustics | CU Aerospace, LLC |
| Aerodynamically Stable DragSails for Spacecraft Deorbit | Completed | 7 | Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats | Vestigo Aerospace Inc |
| Humidity probe for contrail-cirrus avoidance | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | Aerodyne Research, Inc. |
| Innovative EVA Glove Exoskeleton | Completed | 3 | Pressure Garment | InnoVital Systems, Inc. |
| Secure DTN Communications | Completed | 7 | Information Assurance | Innoflight, Inc. |
| Titanium Heat Pipe Thermal Plane | Completed | 6 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Thermacore, Inc. |
| Energy Efficient LED Spectrally Matched Smart Lighting | Completed | 7 | Long-Duration Health | Innovative Imaging and Research Corporation |
| Fault Tolerant Parallel Processing for HPSC | Completed | 4 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Antara Teknik, LLC |
| =Miniaurizable, High Performance, Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes for Small Satellites | Completed | 5 | Navigation Sensors | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation |
| Techniques to Support the Aerial Deployment and Inflation of Venus Aerobots | Completed | 6 | Surface Mobility | Near Space Corporation |
| Contingency Planning Toolkit for Advanced Air Mobility | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Mosaic ATM, Inc. |
| Hot Gas TVC For Planetary Ascent Vehicle | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Wickman Spacecraft & Propulsion Co. |
| Ultra Compact Laser for 3D Imaging LIDAR | Completed | 6 | Lasers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| QMU in Integrated Spacecraft System Models | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | ACTA SBIR Holdings, LLC |
| 1570 nm High Energy Fiber Laser | Completed | 6 | Lasers | Polaronyx, Inc. |
| Advanced Carbothermal Electric Reactor | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | ORBITEC |
| Fiber-based Multi-resolution Imaging Tools And Algorithms For Ejecta Dynamics in Plume Surface Interactions | Completed | 4 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Spectral Energies, LLC |
| Radiation Resistant Hybrid Lotus Effect Photoelectrocatalytic Self-Cleaning Anti-Contamination Coatings | Completed | 4 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | International Photonics Consultants |
| Machine-Learning & QMU for Multi-Fidelity Analysis of Scramjet Operability | Completed | 6 | Turbine-Based Combined Cycle | CASCADE Technologies, Inc. |
| CO2 Removal from Mars EMU | Completed | 5 | Atmosphere Revitalization | TDA Research, Inc. |
| Low Profile Aerodynamic Testing Tape (LPATT) | Completed | 5 | Ground and Flight Test Technologies | International Electronic Machines Corporation |
| Ultra-Lightweight MG Syntactic for Insulation in Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Insulation and Interfaces | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. |
| Autonomous Power Controller for Mission Critical Microgrids | Completed | 3 | Management and Control | PC Krause and Associates, Inc. |
| Compact Ultrasensitive Erbium-doped Waveguide Optical Gyros | Completed | 4 | Navigation Sensors | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Materials Modeling Hub: Interoperable and Collaborative Multi-Scale Modeling Ecosystem for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Management | Completed | 5 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Materials Data Management, Inc. |
| Torrefaction Processing for Human Solid Waste Management | Completed | 4 | Waste Management | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. |
| ARACMO: Advanced Regolith Anchoring for Cable-assisted Mobility | Completed | 4 | Small-Body and Microgravity Mobility | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Extended Length Marsupial Rover Sensing Tether | Completed | 5 | Collaborative Mobility | Luna Innovations, Inc. |
| Adaptive RuGgedized Ubiquitous Sensor Network for Aircraft Health Monitoring (ARGUS-4AHM) System | Completed | 5 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | American GNC Corporation |
| Water Recovery for Regenerative Life Support Systems | Completed | 4 | Water Recovery and Management | Creare, LLC |
| Structurally Embedded Electrospray Thruster for Orbital Debris Reduction Through Enhanced Small Satellite Maneuverability | Completed | 6 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Integrated Defense Applications, LLC dba IDA Technology |
| Under-Rover Ultra-Wide Band Non-Contact Ground Penetrating Radar Antenna | Completed | 6 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Miniature Laser System for Cs Atom Interferometer | Completed | 3 | Timekeeping and Time Distribution | OEwaves, Inc. |
| High Coefficient of Performance HgCdTe And Metallic Superlattice-Based Thermoelectric Coolers | Completed | 6 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | EPIR Technologies, Inc. |
| Under-Rover Ultra-Wide Band Non-Contact Ground Penetrating Radar Antenna | Completed | 6 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Microgravity Granular Material Research (MGMR) Facility for ISS | Completed | 5 | Special Materials | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
| Physics-Based Wing Structure Design, Analysis and Weight Estimation Conceptual Design Tool for Hybrid Electric Distributed Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Science Modeling | Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. |
| Cold Atom Source System | Completed | 6 | — | ColdQuanta, Inc. |
| Low-Loss Ferrite Components for NASA Missions | Completed | 6 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Micro Harmonics Corporation |
| Radiation-Hard Ka-Band Power Amplifier for CubeSats | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Alphacore, Inc. |
| Flight Dynamic Simulation with Nonlinear Aeroelastic Interaction using the ROM-ROM Procedure | Completed | 9 | Aeroelasticity | ZONA Technology, Inc. |
| Radiation-Hardened Wide-Temperature Mixed-Signal Library in a 22nm FDSOI CMOS Process | Completed | 4 | Electronics | Alphacore, Inc. |
| Low Cost Hybrid Rocket Orbital Transfer Stage | Completed | 5 | Hybrids | Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. |
| High-Efficiency GaN-Based UV Imaging Photocathodes for Application in Harsh Environments | Completed | 5 | Field and Particle Detectors | SVT Associates |
| Hybrid organic electro-optic modulators for silicon photonic integrated circuits | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Nonlinear Materials Corporation |
| Subsurface Prospecting by Planetary Drones | Completed | 3 | Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Small, Low Mass, Self-Biased Circulators for Aerospace Phased Array Radar Systems | Completed | 7 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Metamagnetics, Inc. |
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