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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Self-Cleaning Seals (Electrodynamic Dust Shield Technology) (KSC-TOPS-101)

Description: NASA’s Technology Transfer Program is offering exclusive or nonexclusive license rights for an electrodynamic dust shield self-cleaning seal technology developed at Kennedy Space Center. Interested companies must apply for a license through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) on the NASA Technology Transfer Portal. This opportunity provides no funding from NASA and is strictly for the commercialization and manufacture of the patented technology.

Buyer: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Federal · FL, US
Released: Mar 24, 2026
Closes: Mar 2, 2027(117 days left)

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