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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Passive Smart Container (MSC-TOPS-36)

Description: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is offering a technology transfer licensing opportunity for a Passive Smart Container system that uses RFID circuits to monitor fill levels and track small bulk items. Interested parties are invited to apply for exclusive or nonexclusive license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and market the NASA-developed technology. Applications must be submitted through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by the February 2027 deadline.

Buyer: NASA Johnson Space Center
Federal · TX, US
Released: Mar 10, 2026
Closes: Feb 27, 2027(198 days left)

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Gary E. BevenChief, Space Medicine Operations Division

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Stephen A. KoernerDeputy Director

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Mary Beth SchwartzDirector, Center Operations Directorate

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Daniel P. CostelloDirector, Human Capital

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