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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 347 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Affordable Maximum Performance Solar Array System with IMM PV for NASA Space Science & Exploration Missions Completed 4 Photovoltaic Electrical Power Deployable Space Systems, Inc 2026-02-13 —
A Rapid Coliform Detector Completed 4 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors ORBITEC 2026-02-13 —
High Performance Spatial Filter Array Based on Signal Mode Fiber Bundle Completed 7 Lasers AGILTRON Corporation 2026-02-13 —
In-Flight and Pre-Flight Detection of Pitot Tube Anomalies Completed 4 Engine Icing Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation 2026-02-13 —
DARWIN-HC:¿ A Tool to Predict Hot Corrosion of Nickel-Based Turbine Disks Completed 3 Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing Barron Associates, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Remote UV Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer Completed 5 Optical Components Redondo Optics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Radiation Hard Electronics for Advanced Communication Systems Completed 3 Spectrum Efficiency ICs 2026-02-13 —
Robotic Vehicle Proxy Simulation Completed 5 Integrated Hardware and Software Modeling Energid Technologies 2026-02-13 —
Multifunctional Glow Discharge Analyzer for Spacecraft Monitoring Completed 4 Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery Makel Engineering, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Cooled Ceramic Turbine Vane Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies N&R Engineering 2026-02-13 —
Ultra-Low-Power MEMS Selective Gas Sensors Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies KWJ Engineering, Inc 2026-02-13 —
Aero-acoustic Measurement and Monitoring of Dynamic Pressure Fields Completed 6 Aeroacoustics Greene R&D International, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Design and Development of a Compact and Rugged Phase and Fluorescence Microscope for Space Utilization Completed 7 Optical Components East West Enterprises Inc. 2026-02-13 —
High-Temperature Liners for Broadband Noise Reduction Completed 4 Nondestructive Evaluation and Sensors Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
InGaN High Temperature Photovoltaic Cells Completed — Photovoltaic Electrical Power Integrated Micro Sensors, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Thin Aerogel as a Spacer in Multi-Layer Insulation for Cryogenic Space Applications Completed 3 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Deployable Engine Air-Brake for Drag Management Applications Completed 6 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies ATA Engineering, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Rotorcraft Diagnostics Completed 3 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Ridgetop Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Efficient Space Borne MMIC Interface Completed 3 Innovative RF Technologies Nuvotronics, Inc 2026-02-13 —
GameSAT: Game-Based Situational Awareness and Telepresence Completed 4 Model-Based Systems Engineering BreakAway, Ltd. 2026-02-13 —
Network-Based Parallel Retrieval Onboard Computing Environment for Sensor Systems Deployed on NASA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Completed 3 Lasers Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Carbon Fiber Reinforced, Zero CME Composites Completed 2 Optical Components Vanguard Composites Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
A Fast-Response Atmospheric Turbulence (FRAT) Probe with Gas-Sampling Ducts Completed 9 Field and Particle Detectors Aeroprobe Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Propellant Flow Actuated Piezoelectric Rocket Engine Igniter Completed 7 Cryogenic Propulsion Innovative Engineering Solutions 2026-02-13 —
Droplet-Sizing Liquid Water Content Sensor Completed 6 Engine Icing Anasphere, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Miniaturized Variable-Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope Completed 5 Environment Sensors Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
A Multi-Environment Thermal Control System With Freeze-Tolerant Radiator Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
SiLix-C Nanocomposites for High Energy Density Li-ion Battery Anodes Completed 5 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Superior Graphite Co. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Nanocomposite Membrane Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Lynntech, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
5 in 1 Drill For Mars Sample Return Mission Completed 3 Sample Handling Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. 2026-02-13 —
High Efficiency Hall Thruster Discharge Power Converter Completed 5 Electrostatic Propulsion Busek Company, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Microplate Heat Exchanger Completed 4 Heat Acquisition Micro Cooling Concepts, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
A Miniaturized UV/VIS/IR Hyperspectral Radiometer for Autonomous Airborne and Underwater Imaging Spectroscopy of Coastal and Oceanic Environments Completed 7 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) 2026-02-13 —
Thermopile Area Array Readout Completed 3 Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies Black Forest Engineering, LLC 2026-02-13 —
A Two-Phase Cooling Loop for Fission Surface Power Waste Heat Transport Completed 4 Heat Rejection and Storage Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Cost Reduction of IMM Solar Cells by Recycling Substrates Using Wet Chemical Etching Completed 5 Photovoltaic Electrical Power MicroLink Devices, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Efficient Lightweight AC-AC Power Control for Solar UAV Completed 3 Electrical Power Conversion and Regulation Astral Infiniti, LLC 2026-02-13 —
EDL Sensor Suite Completed 3 Lasers Optical Air Data Systems, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Additive Friction Stir Deposition of Aluminum Alloys and Functionally Graded Structures Completed 6 Manufacturing Processes Schultz-Creehan Holdings Inc 2026-02-13 —
A High Performance Approach to Improving Auscultation Capability in Noisy Environments Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Signal Processing, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Stochastic Queuing Model Analysis to Support Airspace Super Density Operations (ASDO) Completed 3 Lasers Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Fusion of Built in Test (BIT) Technologies with Embeddable Fault Tolerant Techniques for Power System and Drives in Space Exploration Completed 7 Navigation Sensors Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Three Dimensional Situational Awareness Sensor to Assist Descent and Landing of the Mars Lander Spacecraft Completed 4 Atmosphere Characterization Tetravue 2026-02-13 —
Nano-Particle Scandate Cathode for Space Communications Completed 6 Power Efficiency E-beam, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
High Efficiency Switching Power amplifier for Earth Radar Observation System (HESPEROS) Completed 3 Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves Nu Waves, Ltd. 2026-02-13 —
Development of a Low-SWAP, RAD-Tolerant, Thermally Stable, 10Gbps per Channel Fiber Optic Transceiver for Harsh Environment Networking Applications Completed 3 High-Speed Onboard Interconnects and Networks Space Photonics, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Radiation Mitigation Methods for Advanced Readout Array Completed 3 Optical Components RNET Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Long-Range Nondestructive Testing System Completed 5 Solar Thermal Propulsion MetroLaser, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Lunar Organic Waste Reformer Completed 5 Logistics Management Pioneer Astronautics 2026-02-13 —
High Performance Ultra Low-Power ADCs and DACs Completed 5 Power Efficiency Microelectronics Research Development Corporation 2026-02-13 —
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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.