SAM #TP2-AFRC-00025

NASA Technology Transfer Opportunity: Licensing for Wireless Sensor Gateway Technology (DRC-TOPS-42)

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is offering a technology transfer opportunity for companies to license a wireless sensor gateway technology developed at Armstrong Flight Research Center. - Opportunity is for licensing, not procurement of products or services - Technology is a universal wireless access point (gateway) for integrating wireless sensors with aircraft systems - Platform- and implementation-agnostic design - No funding provided by NASA with the license - No specific OEMs or vendors mentioned; technology is NASA-developed - Interested parties must submit a license application via NASA’s ATLAS system - No follow-on procurement expected from this notice

Key Details: - Licensing rights available for commercialization, manufacturing, and marketing - Technology enables wireless sensor integration with existing aircraft systems - NASA Technology Transfer Program facilitates the opportunity - No product or service purchase involved - No contract value or period of performance specified

Description

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. 

THE TECHNOLOGY:  

Innovators at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center have found a way to incorporate wireless sensor technology in aerospace vehicles without adding the complexity and tonnage normally associated with physically modifying existing avionics. The solution: A single universal wireless access point or "gateway" that can communicate between existing onboard systems and any subscribed wireless device. This gateway can be easily reprogrammed to communicate with any wireless device, allowing engineers to add new sensing technology "at the speed of software." Furthermore, this gateway approach means that once a wireless sensor has been tested on a research vehicle or platform, it can be immediately integrated into other vehicles outfitted with the gateway. The gateway's architecture also holds promise for other industries seeking ways to capitalize on the advantages of wireless sensors. 

Although specifically designed for aerospace systems, the gateway is both platform- and implementation-agnostic, with the potential to foster convergence between wireless technologies and existing systems in other industries. A manufacturer can add industrial Internet-of-Things capability without having to integrate new wireless interfaces into its preexisting network. The gateway serves as a universal interface with virtually any wireless device for such applications as connected logistics, predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and much more. 

To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/DRC-TOPS-42  

If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA’s Technology Transfer Program at Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ 

These responses are provided to members of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.  

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