Goddard Space Flight Center-Innovative Partnerships Program Office

	Combining Spinoff and SBIR Technologies Yields Cost and Time Savings for NASA Missions The Hammers Company, Inc. (tHC, Inc.) has successfully combined two technologies —ITOS and the VirtualSat™ system—to yield significant benefits for NASA missions. The ITOS (Integrated Test and Operations System) software offers command and telemetry control of spacecraft during development, test, and on-orbit operations. + Read more

	Goddard’s CHARMS Facility Characterizes Material Properties for Advanced Optics As part of reimbursable Space Act Agreements (SAAs) with the University of Oxford, the Aerospace Corporation, Harvard College Observatory, and the University of California Observatories/LICK, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center used its state-of-the-art Cryogenic High Accuracy Refraction Measuring System (CHARMS) facility to characterize material properties of prismatic samples provided by the participating organizations. + Read more

	SBIR Recipient Creates Low-Power, Lightweight Controller Barrett Technology, Inc. has successfully created and commercialized a brushless servo electronics module. The Puck™ module is a powerful universal controller that replaces controller cabinets with a device that weighs 43 grams and can be powered by batteries. The controller increases portability, lowers power consumption, and improves reliability of robotics. + Read more

	NASA Sells Technology Rights to Highest Bidder (link opens new browser window) At a public auction this past October, the first-ever sale of rights to government-owned patents was made. A bidder picked up an exclusive license to a group of NASA patents for signal-processing technology at the event, which was organized by intellectual property managing firm Ocean Tomo LLC. + Read the story at PhysicsToday.org >>> (link opens new browser window) + Read more about the Ocean Tomo partnership >>> + Read press release: NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC Sell Government Patent License >>> (link opens new browser window)

	Tech Transfer Training: Something for Everyone Goddard’s IPP Office offers quarterly training classes to help civil servant and contractor personnel understand the ins and outs of technology transfer. Dates TBD — Stay Tuned + Find out more about Training + Civil servants register online* + Contractors contact Dale Hithon to register



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	Technology Innovation Magazine* Read about Goddard technologies, facilities, and partnerships featured in Technology Innovation magazine. + Current Issue*

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