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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: 3D Lidar for Autonomous Landing Site Selection (GSC-TOPS-353)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: 3D Lidar for Autonomous Landing Site Selection (GSC-TOPS-353)”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
NASA offers patent licence for a compact 3D lidar used for autonomous landing site selection
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center offers licence rights to commercialise its Ocellus 3D lidar, a lightweight sensor that measures altitude from about 2 km and maps terrain below 200 m for autonomous landing. Licences may be exclusive or non-exclusive and may cover specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding with these licences.
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
- Reference
- T2P-GSFC-00073
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