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 315 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miniaturized Spacecraft Platform for Command, Data Handling and Electronics | Completed | 3 | Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis | Microelectronics Research Development Corporation |
| Flexible Particle Filter Navigation System for Analysis and Operations | Completed | 3 | Navigation Sensors | Odyssey Space Research, LLC |
| Safe, High Energy Batteries for Space Suits | Completed | 6 | Pressure Garment | Nohms Technologies |
| Advanced Organic Waste Gasifier | Completed | 6 | Waste Management | Pioneer Astronautics |
| Chip-scale Large-aperture, Ultrawide-angle LiDAR | Completed | 4 | Lasers | 2Pi Inc. |
| Incremental Evolution of a 10/250 NLV into a 20/450 NMSLV | Completed | 7 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Garvey Spacecraft Corporation |
| Low SWAP-C Imaging Radar for Small Air Vehicle Sense and Avoid | Completed | 6 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | KMB Telematics, Inc. |
| Bulk Metallic Glass for Low Noise Fluxgate | Completed | 6 | Special Materials | Prime Photonics, LC |
| Microwave-Interrogated Embedded Sensor System for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Complex Structures | Completed | 4 | Field and Particle Detectors | Makel Engineering, Inc. |
| Fault Management Technologies | Completed | 7 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Qualtech Systems, Inc. |
| Controlled-Release Silver Biocide Device | Completed | 5 | Water Recovery and Management | Environmental and Life Support Tech. |
| Membrane-Supported Thermoelectric Generator | Completed | 5 | Heat Sources | Nanohmics, Inc. |
| Metal Production Away From Earth | Completed | 3 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Lynntech, Inc. |
| Low Gravity Drug Stability Analyzer | Completed | 7 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. |
| Machine Learning of Multi-Modal Influences on Airport Delays | Completed | 3 | Traffic Management Concepts | The Innovation Laboratory, Inc. |
| Tunable THz Source for Environmental Monitoring of Planetary Bodies | Completed | 3 | Lasers | Nour, LLC |
| Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Robust High Temperature Environmental Barrier Coating System for Ceramic Matrix Composite Gas Turbine Components using Affordable Processing Approach | Completed | 6 | Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines | Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc |
| Improved Navigation for Highly Dynamic Environments | Completed | 4 | Revolutionary PNT Technologies | Advanced Space, LLC |
| Advanced Ignition System for Hybrid Rockets for Mars Sample Return, Phase II | Completed | 6 | Hybrids | Ultramet |
| Adaptive Resource Estimation and Visualization for Planning Robotic Missions | Completed | 3 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | TRACLabs, Inc. |
| Inflatable Wing Morphing Aircraft Aeroservoelastic Control and Design Demonstration | Completed | 5 | Fault Response | Intelligent Automation, Inc. |
| 3D Flash LIDAR Space Laser | Completed | 6 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC |
| Bimodal Ion-Chemical Thruster System | Completed | 6 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Espace, Inc. |
| ACE Booster | Completed | 6 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC |
| Emergent-to-Legacy Automated Voice Comms for Airspace Safety | Completed | 7 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | KALSCOTT Engineering, Inc. |
| Uncooled Multispectral Photoemissive Infrared Detector | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | Third Floor Materials |
| Advanced High Efficiency Durable DACS Thruster | Completed | 3 | Earth Storable Propellants | Systima Technologies, Inc. |
| Lightweight, High-Flow, Low Connection-Force, In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Coupling | Completed | 6 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Altius Space Machines, Inc. |
| Low-Cost, Scalable, Hybrid Launch Propulsion Technology | Completed | 4 | Hybrids | Physical Sciences, Inc. |
| Razor UAS Test and Evaluation System | Completed | 7 | Distributed Simulation | Adsys Controls Inc. |
| Weather Sensor and Data Monitoring (WSDM) Service | Completed | 7 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Resilienx |
| Automated Manufacture of Damage Detecting, Self-Healing Composite Cryogenic Pressure Vessels | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge |
| Compact autonomous solar radiometer for atmospheric trace gas sounding | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Mesa Photonics, LLC |
| Passive Thermal Control Valves for Loop Heat Pipes and Pumped Systems | Completed | 4 | Heat Transport | Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. |
| Multifunctional Integrated Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip for Astronaut Health Monitoring | Completed | 4 | Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation |
| Non-Mechanical, Electro-Optic Beamsteerers for Space Based Laser Communications | Completed | 5 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | Vescent Photonics, Inc. |
| Structural Abort Trigger for Ares Composites | Completed | 6 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Metis Design Corporation |
| AutoNav Mark 4: Autonomous Navigation Software | Completed | 4 | Navigation Sensors | Blue Sun Enterprise, Inc. |
| Alternative Hydrocarbon Propulsion for Nano / Micro Launch Vehicle | Completed | 6 | Earth Storable Propellants | Garvey Spacecraft Corporation |
| Flame Retardant Polyamide Fibers for Space Crew Clothing | Completed | 4 | Protective Clothing and Breathing Apparatuses | Materials Modification, Inc. |
| Floating Seal for Turbopumps | Completed | 3 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. |
| Kilowatt Level Uplinks for Deep Space Optical Communications | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Optical Engines, Inc. |
| Extraction of Supplemental Meteorological Data | Completed | 3 | Planetary Protection | Intellisense Systems, Inc. |
| Ultra High Temperature Capacitive Pressure Sensor | Completed | 6 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Sporian Microsystems, Inc. |
| DataCell - A Solar Cell Integrated Modulating Retroreflector | Completed | 6 | Optimetrics | Blacksky Aerospace, LLC |
| ORSC Methane Ascent/Descent Engine Technology Development | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Special Aerospace Services |
| Verification & Validation of Complex Autonomy Concepts Using the Cloud | Completed | 4 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Crown Consulting, Inc. |
| Magnetically Actuated Seal | Completed | 3 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. |
| Temperature, Heat Flux and Recession Sensing for Ablative Thermal Protection Systems | Completed | 4 | Instrumentation and Health Monitoring for EDL | Industrial Measurement Systems Inc. |
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