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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 353 of 424.

Title Status TRL Technology area Lead organization Last updated Potential ⓘ
Rapid Multiplex Microbial Detector Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors ORBITEC 2026-02-13 —
Titan Montgolfiere Buoyancy Modulation System Completed 3 Heat Rejection and Storage Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-02-13 —
Desensitized Optimal Filtering and Sensor Fusion Tool Kit Completed 4 Navigation Sensors Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Accelerating ATM Optimization Algorithms Using High Performance Computing Hardware Completed 3 Cryogenic Propulsion Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Digitally intensive DC-DC converter for extreme space environments Completed 4 Point-of-Load Power Converters Space Micro, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Sensor System for Super-Pressure Balloon Performance Modeling Completed 5 State Estimation and Monitoring Anasphere, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Cathode for Ultra-High Energy Li-Ion Batteries Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Batteries Lynntech, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
High Fidelity Down-Conversion Source for Secure Communications using On-Demand Single Photons Completed 4 Detector Development ADVR, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
DURACON - Variable Emissivity Broadband Coatings for Liquid Propellant Rocket Nozzles Completed 6 Cryogenic Propulsion Materials Technologies Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Efficient Integration, Validation and Troubleshooting in Multimodal Distributed Diagnostic Schemes Completed — Onboard Navigation Algorithms Qualtech Systems, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Processing Unit (PPU) for Hall Effect Thrusters Completed 3 Electrostatic Propulsion Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Water Management Membrane for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells Giner, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Human Factors Evaluation Mentor Completed 4 Human Factors Engineering Monterey Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Development of a High Energy Amplifier for an Airborne Coherent Wind Turbulence Lidar Sensor Completed 3 Lasers SibellOptics 2026-02-13 —
Digital Array Gas Radiometer (DAGR) Completed — Environment Sensors GATS, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Zero G Mass Measurement Device (ZGMMD) Completed 4 Environment Sensors ORBITEC 2026-02-13 —
Simulation Environment for Power Management and Distribution Development Completed 4 Management and Control PC Krause and Associates, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Enhancing the efficiency of Climate and Weather Simulation in High Performance Computing Environments Completed 4 Radiation-Hardened Extreme-Environment Components and Implementations Tellus Applied Sciences, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Multifunction Lidar for Air Data and Kinetic Air Hazard Measurement Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Ophir Corporation 2026-02-13 —
Development of a Robust, Highly Efficient Oxygen-Carbon Monoxide Cogeneration System Completed 4 Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables Materials and Systems Research, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Vibration Isolation Platform for Long Range Optical Communications Completed 5 Hybrid Radio and Optical Technologies Controlled Dynamics Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Solid State KA-Band, Solid State W-Band and TWT Amplifiers Completed 4 Power Efficiency Pulse Systems, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Development of Wavelet Stochastic Estimation for Identifying the Contribution of Turbulent Structures to the Sound Field of Shear Flows Completed 7 Aeroacoustics Spectral Energies, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Differential Photoacoustic Particle Absorption Monitor Completed 4 Environment Sensors Aerodyne Research, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Automation of Health Management, Troubleshooting and Recovery in Lunar Outpost Completed 5 Navigation Sensors Qualtech Systems, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Renewable Long-Life Biocidal Hydrophilic Coating for Condensing Heat Exchangers Completed 4 Heat Acquisition Creare, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Airborne Thematic Thermal InfraRed and Electro-Optical Imaging System Completed 6 Detectors and Focal Planes Flight Landata, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Accelerating Communication-Intensive Applications via Novel Data Compression Techniques Completed 3 Frameworks, Languages, Tools, and Standards Accelogic, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Portable Sensor for Rapid In Situ Measurement of Trace Toxic Metals in Water Completed 5 Air, Water, Microbial, and Acoustic Sensors Giner, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Sealed Planetary Return Canister (SPRC) Completed 4 Sample Acquisition and Handling Techno Planet Incorporated 2026-02-13 —
Self-Deploying, Composite Habitats Completed 5 Lightweight Concepts Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
ELID Grinding of Large Aspheric Optics Completed 4 Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes Flemming Tinker Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Reduced Order Aeroservoelastic Models with Rigid Body Modes Completed 4 Software Modeling and Model Checking Systems Technology, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Uncertainty Quantification in Aerodynamics Simulations Completed 5 Uncertainty Quantification and Nondeterministic Simulation Methods Jabiru Software and Services 2026-02-13 —
Small Airborne Hyperspectral Wide Area Imager for Disaster Response and Earth Science Completed 3 Optical Components Xiomas Technologies, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Brine Dewatering Using Ultrasonic Nebulization Completed — Waste Management UMPQUA Research Company 2026-02-13 —
Automated Semantic Enrichment for Data Discovery and Decision Support Completed 5 Semantic Technologies GeoVisual Technologies, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Radiation-Hardened, Substrate-Removed, Metamorphic InGaAs Detector Arrays Completed 5 Detectors and Focal Planes Voxtel, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Executable SysML Model Development Accelerator for the Constellation Program Completed 6 Software Modeling and Model Checking Tietronix Software, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Develop Hydrophilic Conductive Coating Technology with High Oxidation Resistance for Non-Flow-Through PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Completed 4 Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells ElectroChem, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensor for ISS (EDLS-ISS) Completed 3 Prevention and Countermeasures Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. - Cambridge 2026-02-13 —
Aerogel Modified Structural Thermal Protection System Completed 4 Thermal Protection Systems Powdermet, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
GaN Bulk Growth and Epitaxy from Ca-Ga-N Solutions Completed 3 Power Efficiency The IIIAN Company, LLC 2026-02-13 —
A Flight-like Integrated Circulator for Broad Area Cooling Completed 5 Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies Atlas Scientific 2026-02-13 —
Advanced Optical Metrology for XRAY Replication Mandrels and Mirrors Completed 4 Manufacturing Processes Aperture Optical Sciences Inc 2026-02-13 —
Compact Ultra-Wideband Optical Frequency Comb Fiber Laser Completed 5 Lasers Polaronyx, Inc. 2026-02-13 —
Smart Phone Fluorescent Chem8 Completed 4 Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis ionu biosystems 2026-02-13 —
Surface Leakage Suppression in LWIR Type-II Superlattice Photodetectors Using Electrical Gating Technique Completed 4 Field and Particle Detectors MP Technologies, LLC 2026-02-13 —
Novel Instrumentation for In Situ Combustion Measurements Completed 9 Atomic and Molecular Species Assessment Los Gatos Research 2026-02-13 —
A Reliable, Efficient Cryogenic Propellant Mixing Pump with No Moving Parts Completed 3 In-Space Propellant Storage and Use Creare, LLC 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.