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PostedAug 10, 2026
DeadlineAug 10, 2027
In plain English
NASA is seeking companies interested in licensing its Anonymous Feature Processing technology for commercial development, manufacturing, and marketing. The technology supports vision-based navigation using cameras or LIDAR and may apply to autonomous vehicles, manufacturing, space exploration, and imaging. Licenses may be exclusive or nonexclusive, and NASA will not provide funding; interested companies should apply through NASA’s ATLAS system.
About this opportunity
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 Johnson Space Center have developed an innovative algorithmic and computational approach to vision-based feature recognition called Anonymous Feature Processing (AFP). The ‘anonymous’ approach allows feature-based navigation techniques to be performed without the need for explicit correspondence/identification…
Time remaining
Closes Aug 10, 2027
330Days
:15Hours
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