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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 325 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Electrometric Aviation Soot Monitor Completed 8 Cryogenic Propulsion Aerodyne Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Compact High Pulse Energy Single Frequency Fiber Amplifier Completed 6 Lasers AdValue Photonics, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High Energy Density, Long Cycle Life Li-S Batteries for Space Applications Completed 7 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries ADA Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Novel Methods for the Flexible Ultrasound System Utilizing Augmented Reality Just-In-Time Procedural Guidance Completed 7 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Tietronix Software, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Single-step production of kerosene-based fuels from carbon dioxide and hydrogen Completed 5 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Air Company Holdings Inc 2026-01-22 —
Enhanced-Strength, Thermally-stable, Edge-Bonded, Composite Joints Completed 4 Structures and Antennas Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Shockwave Fabrication of High Performance Thermoelectrics Completed 6 Static Energy Conversion TXL Group, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Broadband Millimeter-Wave Hybrid Circulators for NASA Missions Completed 4 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Micro Harmonics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Photonics Integrated Circuit Enabled Miniature On-Chip Urine Test system with High Sensitivity and Reliability Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Applied NanoFemto Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Integrated Multi-Mode Photonic Crystal Spectrometer with On-Chip Photodetection Completed 3 Detectors and Focal Planes Lynntech, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Novel Construction of Lunar Landing Pad Reinforcement Structures Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Linc Research, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
High-Efficiency, Radiation-Hard, Lightweight IMM Solar Cells Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power MicroLink Devices, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Controlling Silver Release from Antimicrobial Surface Coatings for Biofouling Control Completed 5 Water Recovery and Management Cactus Materials 2026-01-22 —
Solid Rocket Motor for Ultralow Temperature Operation During the Mars Sample Return Mission Completed 5 Solids Analytical Services, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
An Extensible Tool for Estimating Space Weather Benchmarks Completed 7 High-Performance Data Analytics Platform Predictive Science, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Robust Microfabricated Interconnect Technologies: DC to THz Completed 3 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Nuvotronics, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Advanced Deposition Capability for Oxidation & Corrosion Protection Coatings Completed 5 Coatings Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc 2026-01-22 —
Non-mechanical High-Resolution Low-SWaP Lidar Completed 2 Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing Meadowlark Optics Inc. 2026-01-22 —
In-Situ Fringe Pattern Profilometry for Feed-Forward Process Control Completed 3 Digital Transformation Technologies for Manufacturing ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Bi2212 Superconductors for High-Power Density Motors for Aero Propulsion Completed 8 Hybrid Electric Systems Solid Material Solutions, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Scalable Architectures for Distributed Beam-Forming Synthetic Aperture Radar (DBSAR) Completed 5 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multiphase Modeling of Solid Rocket Motor Internal Environment Completed 3 Solids CFD Research Corporation 2026-01-22 —
VLWIR Sensors for Detecting and Tracking Near-Earth Asteroids Completed 4 Detectors and Focal Planes QmagiQ, LLC 2026-01-22 —
R3DO: A Plastic Recycling System For Creating 3D Printer Feedstock On-Orbit Completed 5 Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose Processes Made in Space, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Microgravity-Enhanced Molten-Core Fibers (MEMO) Completed 5 Manufacturing Processes DSTAR Communications 2026-01-22 —
Reduced Order Nonlinear Dynamic Aeroservoelasticity Completed 3 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards M4 Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Performance Enhancement of Deicing Systems with the Use of an Anti-Ice Nano-Coating Completed — — NEI Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Swift Modular Payload HALE UAS for Various Scientific Mission Sets Completed 5 Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems Swift Engineering, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Dynamically Reconfigurable Electrical Power System(EPS) with Integrated Thermal Management and High Voltage capability for Small Spacecraft Completed 4 Management and Control QorTek, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Novel Approach to Highly Damage Tolerant and Abrasion Resistant EVA Gloves Completed 4 Pressure Garment NEI Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Minimizing Implementation Loss in Soft-Decision GMSK Demodulators Completed 5 Spectrum Efficiency ORB Analytics, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Propellers with Integrated Thermal Management for Electrified Aircraft Completed 3 Heat Transport Micro Cooling Concepts, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing Completed 4 Habitation Systems Luna Innovations, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Side-Emitting Optical Fibers for Delivery of UV-C Light to Disinfect Key Bacteria in Space Station Water and Storage and Conveyance Systems Completed 4 Water Recovery and Management H2O Insights, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Beam-Steering Metasurface Antenna for Lunar Soil Moisture Sensing Completed 4 Innovative Antennas Multi3D, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Linear Acoustic Nuclear Conversion Engine (LANCE) Completed — Dynamic Energy Conversion Nirvana Energy Systems, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
A Continuously Updated, Global Land Classification Map Completed 4 Science Modeling GeoVisual Technologies, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Planar Chemiluminescence Absorption Tomography Completed 5 Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion En'Urga Inc 2026-01-22 —
Non-Linear Non Stationary Analysis of Two-Dimensional Time-Series Applied to GRACE Data Completed 8 Collaborative Science and Engineering Starodub, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Electric Field Prediction and Mapping Methods Within Spacecraft Enclosures Completed 7 Aeroacoustics SoneLite, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Nanowire Photovoltaic Devices Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Firefly Technologies 2026-01-22 —
Constraint-Checking Editor for Procedure Tracking (ConCEPT) Completed 5 Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling Galois, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Low-Loss Millimeter-Wave Isolators for Cryogenic Systems Completed 6 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Micro Harmonics Corporation 2026-01-22 —
Multi-Purpose Interplanetary Deployable Aerocapture System (MIDAS) Completed 3 Hypersonic Decelerators Altius Space Machines, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Petal Brake Hypersonic Entry System Completed 3 Aerodynamic Decelerators Andrews Space, Inc. 2026-01-22 —
Holomorphic Embedding for Loadflow Integration of Operational Thermal and Electric Reliable Procedural Systems Completed 7 Management and Control EleQuant Knowledge Innovation Data Science, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Fault Tolerant Software-Defined Radio on Manycore Completed 5 Flight and Ground Systems MaXentric Technologies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Power Balance Solver Enhanced by an Experimental Absorption Cross-Section Database Completed 8 Lasers Electro Magnetic Applications 2026-01-22 —
Concurrent High-Fidelity Measurements and Simulations for Advancing the Design of Rotating Detonation Engines Completed 4 Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-01-22 —
Hybrid Propulsion Technology for Robotic Science Missions Completed 3 Hybrids Streamline Automation, LLC 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.