TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Method for Discrete Assembly of Cuboctahedron Lattice Materials (TOP2-315)
NASA · NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation T2P-ARC-00127 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 10, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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What the notice says
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: Aeronautical and aerospace applications require strong and stiff lightweight materials and structures. The invention relates to a construction system for mechanical metamaterials based on discrete assembly of a finite set of types … (show all)
of parts, which can be assembled in varying orders to produce spatial variation in a range of properties such as rigidity, and auxetic behavior. This system achieves desired material properties through design of the parts such that global behavior is governed by local mechanisms. The invention describes the design methodology, production process, modeling, and experimental characterization of metamaterial behaviors. This approach benefits from incremental assembly that eliminates system deployment scale limitations, best-practice manufacturing of components for reliable, low-cost production, and interchangeability through the use of a consistent assembly process across part types. The novel technology is a method for the design, manufacture, and assembly of modular lattice structure based mechanical metamaterials composed of cuboctahedron unit cells. The main parameters for determining the behavior of an architected lattice material are 1. Lattice geometry: base unit cell topology defines joint connectivity and informs general lattice behavior (e.g. bending or stretch dominated), which can then be used for performance prediction relative to constituent material and density. Cell size (edge length) and edge thickness (cross section) can be used to calculate relative density; 2. Base constituent material: solid properties (mechanical, thermal, electrical, etc.) are used to calculate effective properties of resulting lattice, as well as to inform manufacturing processes. The invention relates particularly to a cuboctahedral lattice geometry, which can be decomposed into face connected cuboctahedrons. The material used is determined by the manufacturing process, such as injection molding. This offers a range of high-performance options such as glass fiber and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP, CFRP) composites. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-315 If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA�s Technology Transfer Program at Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program 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. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
171 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), any industry: a loose match.
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Single-winner award sizes (120): middle half $726K to $25.2M, median $3.8M; range $26K to $1.8B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amentum Technology, Inc. · $AMTM · $14.1B | 2 | $1.2B | May 20, 2026 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 2 | $739.8M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SIERRA LOBO INC | 2 | $548.2M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA | 2 | $86.4M | Feb 14, 2025 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA | 2 | $40.3M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| SIERRA SPACE CORP | 2 | $26.3M | Jan 8, 2026 |
| AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | 2 | $12.0M + 1 shared | Aug 20, 2025 |
| ASCA, INC | 2 | $10.6M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | 2 | $3.6M | Jul 7, 2025 |
| ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 1 | $1.8B | Sep 10, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (1 here). Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $AMTM reported $14.1B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 120 past awards, $3.8M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 13, 2026FEI COMPANY$1.7MThermoFisher Helios 5 CX PurchaseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 8, 2026OMITRON, INC.$23.5MOrbital Safety Analysis Support Services (OSASS) AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 6, 2026LINDE INC.$33.1MRequest For Proposal (RFP) NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)Materiality: 0.09% of $LIN revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 6, 2026The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA$25.3MTotal and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Mission Operations and Data ProcessingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2026MODULATE SPACE CORPORATION$38.0MAWARD - 5G System for Lunar Surface Communications Evaluation and Radio Propagation MeasurementsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2026ASCA, INC$10.0MASCA Blanket Purchase AgreementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026SKYMARK REFUELERS LLC$397K3K Dual Compartment/Dual Pumping GSE Refueling TruckNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.$5.6MTropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Extended Operations Host ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2026INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE COATINGS INC$317KAward Notice for Aircraft PaintingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2026SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$5.9B (modification)Modification to the SpaceX Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) ContractContract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (12 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- $46K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 16 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
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- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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