Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC's) SBIR/STTR Program mission is to ensure that its contracts produce products that support GSFC's mission and develop commercial products. GSFC is the lead center for the subtopics listed below. For more information about the 2008 SBIR/STTR topics and subtopics, see the solicitation notice.*

SBIR Topics

• Structures, Materials and Mechanisms (topic X4)
  • Low Temperature Mechanisms (subtopic X4.01)

 

• Sensors, Detectors, and Instruments (topic S1)
  • Passive Microwave Technologies (subtopic S1.03)
  • Detector Technologies for UV, X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Cosmic-Ray Instruments (subtopic S1.05)
  • Particles and Field Sensors and Instrument Enabling Technologies (subtopic S1.06)
  • Cryogenic Systems for Sensors and Detectors (subtopic S1.07)
  • In Situ Airborne, Surface, and Submersible Instruments for Earth Science (subtopic S1.08)
  • Space Geodetic Observatory Components (subtopic S1.10)

• Advanced Telescope Systems (topic S2)
  • Optics Manufacturing and Metrology for Telescope Optical Surfaces (subtopic S2.05)

• Spacecraft and Platform Subsystems (topic S3)
  • Avionics and Electronics (subtopic S3.01)
  • Thermal Control Systems (subtopic S3.02)
  • Balloon Technology, Terrestrial and Planetary (subtopic S3.05)

• Information Technologies (topic S6)
  • Data Analyzing and Processing Algorithms (subtopic S6.03)
  • Data Management - Storage, Mining, and Visualization (subtopic S6.04)
  • Software as a Service to Large Scale Modeling (subtopic S6.05)

 

• Space Communications (topic O1)
  • Communication for Space-Based Range (subtopic O1.05)

• Navigation (topic O4)
  • Precision Spacecraft Navigation and Tracking (subtopic O4.02)

 

STTR Topics

• Innovative Sensors, Detectors and Instruments for Science Applications (topic T4)
  • Lidar, Radar, and Coherent Fiber Bundle Arrays (subtopic T4.01)