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NASA Technology Projects

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.

What's active and early-stage — where getting involved could matter →

21,176 projects harvested so far — page 283 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Passive New UV Polarimeter for Remote Surface and Atmospheric Sensing Completed 4 Optical Components Optical Coating Solutions, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Solar-blind solid-state energetic particle detection for next-generation instruments Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Advent Diamond, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Joining of Tungsten Cermet Nuclear Fuel Completed 3 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Near Real-Time Wildfire Prediction Alerting Service Completed 3 Science Modeling ATAC 2026-01-22 —
Design and Fabrication of Strain-Balanced nBn Dual-Band LWIR/LWIR Focal Plane Arrays Based on InAsSb/InAsType-II Superlattices Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Nour, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Fusion of THEMIS and TES for Accurate Mars Surface Characterization Completed 3 Distributed Aperture Applied Research, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multi-view Navigation and Hazard Avoidance for Autonomous Aircraft Completed 4 Execution and Control KEF Robotics 2026-01-22 —
Virtual Training of Compressor Control Room Completed 8 Team Preparedness and Training Mymic, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing for Efficient Space Vehicles Completed 6 Innovative and Multifunctional Concepts Sheridan Solutions, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Test Technology Completed 4 Advanced Life Cycle Testing Techniques Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Modified Ionic Liquids for Thermal Properties in CubeSats Completed 4 Heat Transport Innosense Corporation 2026-01-22 —
NDE and Stress Monitoring on Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels Completed 5 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors JENTEK Sensors, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Power Generating Coverings and Casings Completed — Dynamic Energy Conversion Streamline Automation, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Safety Assessment of a Machine Learning-Based Runway Detector Completed 3 Learning and Adaptation Xwing, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Open|SpeedShop Ease of Use Performance Analysis for Heterogenious Processor Systems Completed 6 Software Analysis and Design Tools Argo Navis Technologies LLC 2026-01-22 —
Radiation Hardened ARM Micro Controller Module Completed 6 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Silicon Space Technology Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Positrusion Filament Recycling System for ISS Completed — Sustainable Manufacturing Tethers Unlimited Inc 2026-01-22 —
A Scheduling-Based Framework for Efficient Massively Parallel Execution Completed 4 Automated Exascale Software Development Toolset EM Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Precision Eddy Current Sensor for Nondestructive Evaluation of Spacecraft Structures Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Autonomous Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments Completed 4 Navigation Sensors Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-01-22 —
Essential Silicon Carbide Based Integrated Circuits for Extreme Environments Completed 4 Advanced Electronic Parts AYMACS, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Propulsion Test Support Analysis with GPU Computing Completed 5 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Combustion Research and Flow Technology 2026-01-22 —
Fault Management Technologies Completed 4 Integrated Flight Operations Systems Qualtech Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
HARPOON - High Access Raman Probe with Onboard Optical Numerization Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Impossible Sensing, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Target Tracking using Random Finite Sets for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Non-Gaussian Uncertainties Completed 3 Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies Aster Labs, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A GPU-Accelerated Full-Wheel Multi-Stage Turbomachinery Flow Solver Completed 5 Aeroelasticity CASCADE Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Resistive Deep Learning Neuromorphic Processors Completed 4 Cognitive Networking Applied Sciences Inc 2026-01-22 —
Ultra Large Core High Energy Fiber Amplifier Completed 5 State Estimation and Monitoring Polaronyx, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Terminal Descent Lidar System Completed 3 State Estimation Coherent Applications, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Collision-avoidance radar for small UAS Completed 4 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems UAVradars, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Miniature TOF Mass Spectrometer with Enhanced Resolution Completed 3 Environment Sensors Zeteo Tech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Tunable Semiconductor Lasers for GPON and Gas Sensing Applications Completed 8 Lasers Freedom Photonics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Liposome Encapsulation of Vitamins to Enhance Storage Properties of Space-Bound Food Completed 3 Food Production, Processing, and Preservation Innosense Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Ultrafast sensors for wide bandgap multi-phase power converters Completed 4 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Telli Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Enabling Pump Technologies for Deep Throttle Ascent/Descent Engine Operation Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Barber-Nichols, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Industrial Electrostatic-Gecko Gripper Completed 4 Above-Surface Mobility Somatis Sensor Solutions 2026-01-22 —
Multiple High-Fidelity Modeling Tools for Metal Additive Manufacturing Process Development Completed 3 Manufacturing Processes CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Self-Directed and Informed Forced-Landing System for UAV Avoidance of On-Ground Persons, Vehicles, and Structures Completed 4 Hybrid Electric Systems Barron Associates, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Composite Repair System Completed 4 Lightweight Structural Materials Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC 2026-01-22 —
High-Repetition-Rate, Narrow-Linewidth Burst-Mode Optical Parametric Oscillator for High-Speed Flow and Combustion Diagnostics Completed 7 Ground and Flight Test Technologies Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Affordable Maximum Performance Solar Array for NASA and Commercial Missions Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-01-22 —
A Modular Swarm Optimization Framework Enabling Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Path Planning Completed 6 Simulation-Based Training and Decision Support Systems Heron Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Heterogeneous Silicon Photonics OFDR Sensing System Completed 4 Reliability, Life Assessment, and Health Monitoring Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact 3D Wind Sensor for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes Meadowlark Optics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Green Micropropulsion System Completed 4 Solids Systima Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Broadband Fiber Raman Power-Amplifier for Narrow Linewidth Tunable Seed Lasers Used in Spectroscopic Sensing Completed 3 Field and Particle Detectors TIPD, LLC 2026-01-22 —
ZnMgO Nanowire Based Detectors and Detector Arrays Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Structured Materials Industries, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Passive Technology to Improve Criticality Control of NTP Reactors Completed — Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation-Technologies 2026-01-22 —
A Fast and Robust PIMPLE-Based Algebraic VOF Method for Two-Phase Compressible Flows Completed 4 Collaborative Science and Engineering Streamline Numerics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
On-Board Pressurization Systems for Sample Return Missions Completed 4 Cryogenic Propulsion Astra Space, Inc 2026-01-22 —
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ℹ️ About this data
  • Sourced from NASA TechPort, NASA's public technology-project inventory. Harvested gradually into our own database — TechPort's API only returns one project's full detail per call, so ~21,000 projects take a while to cover.
  • TRL (Technology Readiness Level) is NASA's 1-9 scale for how mature a technology is: 1-3 is basic research/concept, 4-6 is lab/relevant-environment validation, 7-9 is flight-proven. Lower TRL generally means more room for outside research contribution; higher TRL means something closer to a finished, licensable technology.
  • "Active" vs "Completed" reflects TechPort's own project status, not funding availability — see the insights page for how to actually act on this.
  • Contribution potential is our estimate, not NASA data: an Active project at a low TRL has more room for outside research involvement than a flight-proven one. High = Active + TRL 1-3, Medium = Active + TRL 4-6, Low = Active + TRL 7-9. "Active" does not mean NASA is seeking external contributors or that funding exists — treat this purely as a shortlisting aid.
  • Last updated is TechPort's own lastUpdated date for the project. "Recently harvested" instead sorts by when we pulled the record into our database, which clusters within the initial harvest window and is far less meaningful — prefer "Recently updated (NASA)".
💻 Show API usage example (cURL)
curl -sS "https://devops.majbase.com/nasa-tech-projects/api?q=laser&status=Active&sort=trl&page=1"

Returns {"rows": [...], "total", "page", "pages"}, or {"error": "..."} if temporarily unavailable. All query params are optional.