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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21,176 projects harvested so far — page 225 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erosion Tolerant Passive Anti-icing Materials for UAM Rotor Blades | Completed | 3 | Aeroacoustics | Innovative Dynamics, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Intelligent Wireless Fiber Optic Sensor (iWiSe) Network System | Completed | 4 | Quantum Communications | Redondo Optics, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Stable and Efficient Advanced Oxygen Reduction Alloy Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells | Completed | 4 | Dynamic Energy Conversion | Lynntech, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| High Speed Frequency Locking Module for Lidar Based Remote Sensing Systems | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Fibertek, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Development of an All Solid High Energy Density Space Rated Battery | Completed | 4 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Quallion, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Large-Area, UV-Optimized, Back-Illuminated Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays | Completed | 6 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Voxtel, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Physics-Based Conceptual Design Tools | Completed | 9 | Modeling and Simulation for Flight | M4 Engineering, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| High Power (50W) WDM Space Lasercom 1.5um Fiber Laser Transmitter | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Fibertek, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Verification and Validation of Adaptive Learning Control System Towards Safety Assurance and Trusted Autonomy | Completed | 4 | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Intelligent Automation, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Algorithm Development for a Coherent Fiber Lidar as a Wake Vortex Monitoring Sensor | Completed | 3 | Lasers | SibellOptics | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Hybrid Heat Pipes for High Heat Flux Applications | Completed | 5 | Heat Transport | Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Empirical Optimization of Additive Manufacturing | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Integrated Reacting Fluid Dynamics and Predictive Materials Degradation Models for Propulsion System Conditions | Completed | 3 | Computational Materials | CFD Research Corporation | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Lunar Localization System (LLS) | Completed | 4 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Sensor Processing and Processors | UtopiaCompression Corporation | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Freeform Optics for Optical Payloads with Reduced Size and Weight | Completed | 6 | Mirror Systems | Voxtel, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Electronic Tint on Demand for EVVA | Completed | 7 | Pressure Garment | AlphaMicron | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Li Metal Protection for High Energy Space Batteries | Completed | 4 | Electrochemical Storage: Batteries | Nohms Technologies | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Electrospray Propulsion Engineering Toolkit (ESPET) | Completed | 3 | Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling | Spectral Sciences, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Sample Pre-Processing Instrument for Chemical Exploration (SPICE) | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Leiden Measurement Technology, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Flight Demonstration of a Micropump-based Stage Pressurization System | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Vector Launch Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Heterogeneously integrated visible photonic integrated circuit platform with high responsivity photodetectors | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Nexus Photonics, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Evaluation of Multifunctional Radiation Shielding Material Against Long Duration Space Environment - Utilization of MISSE-FF | Completed | 6 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Geoplasma, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Interactive Tool for Modeling Multiple Solar Eruptions | Completed | 5 | Field and Particle Detectors | Predictive Science, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Rollable-Retractable Mast Array (R-ROMA) | Completed | 3 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Opterus Research and Development, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Novel Aeroservoelastic Scaled Model Design, Fabrication, and Testing | Completed | 8 | Aeroelasticity | M4 Engineering, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Centrifugal Sieve for Size-Segregation/ Beneficiation of Regolith | Completed | 3 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Grainflow Dynamics, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| FRESR: Freezable Radiator for Efficient, Safe, and Robust Single Loop Thermal Control | Completed | 4 | Heat Transport | Space Lab Technologies, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Electrical Power from Thermal Energy Scavenging in High Temperature Environments | Completed | 6 | Heat Sources | Physical Sciences, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Automated Fabrication of Ablation-Resistant Thermal Protection Systems | Completed | 5 | Manufacturing Processes | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Generalized gUidance, Navigation & Control Architecture for Reusable Development (GUARD): Performance Evaluation in Relevant Operating Environments | Completed | 5 | GN&C System Architectures, Requirements, and Specifications | Scientific Systems Company, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Hydrocarbon Leak Detection Sensor | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Efficient cFS-based On-board Lamberts Solution for DSMs | Completed | 6 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Advanced Space, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| High Duty Cycle, Extended Operation Constant Volume Combustion Engine | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Streamline Automation, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Solid State Oxygen Concentrator and Compressor | Completed | 5 | Atmosphere Revitalization | — | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Hole-Initiated-Avalanche, Linear-Mode, Single-Photon-Sensitive Avalanche Photodetector with Reduced Excess Noise and Low Dark Count Rate | Completed | 5 | Detector Development | Voxtel, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| The Conductive Thermal Control Material Systems for Space Applications | Completed | 7 | Thermal Protection Materials | Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (AMSENG) | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Photocatalytic and Adsorptive System for Odor Control in Lunar Surface Systems Using Silica-Titania Composites | Completed | — | Atmosphere Revitalization | Sol-gel Solutions, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Methane LIDAR Laser Technology | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Fibertek, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| GPU-accelerated LES framework for aeroacoustic predictions of integrated systems | Completed | 4 | Aeroacoustics | CASCADE Technologies, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Earth & Space Air Prize | Completed | — | In Situ Instruments and Sensors | NASA Headquarters | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Explainable Artificial Intelligence based Verification & Validation for Increasingly Autonomous Aviation Systems | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | ATAC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Wireless SAW Based Temperature Gradient Sensor | Completed | 3 | TPS Instrumentation | Prime Photonics, LC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Widely Tunable Semiconductor Laser at 1650nm for Greenhouse Gas LIDAR Detection | Completed | — | Lasers | Freedom Photonics, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Lightweight Electrical Power Cable Production | Completed | 5 | Distribution and Transmission | Structured Materials Industries, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Lightweight Flexible Thermal Energy Management Panels for CubeSats | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Roccor, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| xEMU Lunar Dust Mitigation Devices | Completed | 5 | Particulate Contamination Prevention and Mitigation | Innovative Aerospace, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| An Affordable Autonomous Hydrogen Flame Detection System for Rocket Propulsion | Completed | 7 | Propulsion, Exhaust, and Propellant Management | Innovative Imaging and Research Corporation | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Deployable Ku/Ka/W Tri-Band Cylindrical Parabolic Antenna | Completed | 6 | Innovative Antennas | MMA Design, LLC | 2026-01-22 | — |
| Scalable Architectures for Distributed Beam-Forming Synthetic Aperture Radar (DBSAR) | Completed | 4 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | Intelligent Automation, Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
| A Novel, Membrane-Based Bioreactor Design to Enable a Closed-Loop System on Earth and Beyond | Completed | 5 | Waste Management | Mango Materials Inc. | 2026-01-22 | — |
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