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Edwards, CA 93523-0273
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	Licensing The Dryden Innovative Partnerships Office helps industry benefit from NASA inventions by widely disseminating the technologies for scientific, academic, industrial, and commercial use. › Learn how to license Dryden technologies

	Partnering Dryden’s Innovative Partnerships Office actively promotes partnerships between industry, academia, and other government agencies and Dryden’s researchers. › Learn how to partner with Dryden

	Technologies Available for Licensing or Partnering Dryden technologies are listed by technology category. › Find Dryden technologies

	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs The SBIR and STTR programs provide an opportunity for small, high technology companies and research institutions to participate in government-sponsored research and development efforts in key technology areas. › Visit the SBIR/STTR Web site→

	Submit Your New Technologies NASA centers patent and commercialize their innovations to bring value to the country, prestige to the center, and monetary rewards to the inventors. NASA employees and contractors use the electronic reporting process called E-NTR to disclose their inventions and new technologies. › Learn How to Submit Your New Technologies

Lightweight Fiber Optic Sensors for Real-Time Strain Monitoring

This technology is a lightweight, robust fiber optic sensor system that represents a major breakthrough in sensing technology. The sensors, along with NASA’s sophisticated algorithms, can be used to calculate a variety of critical parameters, including shape, stress, temperature, pressure, strength, and operational load.
Safe, Low-Cost Ground Vibration Testing Without Critical Lifts

This innovative technology developed for ground vibration testing enables an aircraft to float in mid-air without the need for a critical lift, significantly reducing testing risk, time, and costs.