ESC
Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) Office
The Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) office identifies opportunities, nurtures relationships, and implements collaborative solutions to enhance capabilities and technologies in support of exploration and space communications. CIS will foster synergistic relationships and accelerate infusion opportunities by leveraging private industry, other government agencies, and international partners.
CIS Office
The Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) office’s commercialization effort is a strategic focus within the Exploration and Space Communications (ESC) projects division. The office is dedicated to increasing the industry base for the new Near Space Network, which provides communication and navigation services to missions through both government and commercial assets. Building on an established blueprint of employing commercial providers and the SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program’s commitment to advancing commercialization, NASA is incentivizing the growth of the free market by encouraging a robust marketplace.
CIS OFFICE
Industry Collaboration
The CIS office infuses innovative technologies that will enable scientific discovery and space exploration into the Near Space Network. The office leverages Goddard’s rich history in robotic missions and human exploration support, as well as science and technology expertise to help meet agency goals. CIS has a small team dedicated to supporting current and future exploration efforts for the agency.
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Launch Pad is an opportunity for aerospace companies to meet one-on-one with NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) stakeholders and share their emerging technologies or capabilities in an internal NASA session. Launch Pad is open to all aerospace companies with technologies related to space communications or navigation capabilities.
Upcoming Events
The CIS office hosts engagement sessions to foster meaningful, long-lasting partnerships with industry, mission users, and government agencies.
Engagements will include introductory briefings, sessions to connect experts across industry and government, and forums to create a community of innovators dedicated to providing dependable communications, navigation, and data acquisition services. It is our mission to offer platforms for robust dialogue and collaboration on the critical services that guide revolutionary robotic, science, and human exploration missions in space. These will be shared opportunities for the infusion of new and enabling capabilities, and will provide for a vibrant marketplace with creative, cost-effective solutions.
CIS News
NASA Announces Selections for Lunar Comms, Network Studies
NASA Selects Lunar Relay Contractor for Near Space Network Services
NASA Seeks Commercial Near Space Network Services
NASA to Commercialize Near-Earth Communications Services
