TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY -- Turbulence & Vortex Detection System: LAR-17555-1

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA 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: Scientists at NASA Langley Research Center have developed an aircraft based turbulence and vortex detection system. Turbulence and vortices in the front-flight-path are very dangerous for airplanes. Especially when an airplane is approaching the airfield to land, the altitude near the airfield is very low and the vortices and air turbulence near the ground can cause the airplane to become unstable. Because the vortices and turbulence are just an irregular motion of transparent air, visual detection is very difficult. The NASA Langley invention is designed to detect the irregular motion of transparent air in the front-flight-path from a few hundred meters to kilometers. This aircraft-mounted system utilizes a single source of coherent radiation attached to the aircraft and split into two beams which are oriented at a narrow angle to one another to form a cross pattern. The beams cross at a distance well forward and slightly below the aircraft to detect clear air turbulence and vortices that can pose a flight hazard. The use of an optical telescopic interferometric system and associated electronics detects and enhances the interference pattern of the intersecting light beams, as well as removing any images of the moving ground seen by the telescope. NASA is seeking to license this technology commercially. US Patent 8,913,124. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. Please also provide the nature of your interest in the technology along with a brief background of your company. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at http://technology.nasa.gov/ . These responses are provided to members of NASA Langley’s Office of Strategic Analysis and Business Development “OSACB” 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. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, OSACB will follow the required formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.