Slingshot Aerospace is a space technology company that provides AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation. As a space situational awareness and space traffic management service provider, Slingshot's platform combines data from various sources to create a holistic view of the space domain. Its key products include Slingshot Beacon, Slingshot Laboratory, and Digital Space Twin, with major partners and customers including the U.S. Space Force, NOAA, and commercial space operators. Associated keywords include space safety, space sustainability, space security, and space domain awareness.
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TALOS is built on Slingshot Aerospace’s behavior cloning pipeline.
Open application programming interfaces and flexible integration paths are central to Slingshot Aerospace’s approach for TALOS integration.
Slingshot Aerospace’s platform fuses data from the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch history database, satellite owner-operators, and third-party providers to create a common operating picture of space for training, planning, and operations.
Slingshot Aerospace is designing TALOS and its supporting infrastructure to integrate with complementary platforms from industry and government partners with an emphasis on interoperability and mission realism.
Slingshot Aerospace positions its unified view of past, present, and predicted space activity as a way to enhance space situational awareness, improve operational efficiency, and reduce risk for operators.
Slingshot Aerospace’s stated mission is to help keep space safe, sustainable, and secure for the growing number of actors relying on orbital infrastructure.
Slingshot Aerospace was founded in 2017 and provides AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation to government and commercial customers.
The U.S. Space Force awarded a $27 million contract to Slingshot Aerospace to modernize scenario training activities.
Slingshot Aerospace is building TALOS and supporting infrastructure to integrate with complementary training systems, data sources, and AI capabilities across the Space Force.
TALOS was built with Slingshot Aerospace’s behavior cloning pipeline to learn and replicate real-world spacecraft tactics within an evolving orbital environment.
Slingshot Aerospace will advance the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program toward integrating existing training enterprise capabilities with AI-native technology.
Space Training and Readiness Command used TALOS to collaborate with Slingshot Aerospace in refining scenarios and planning deeper AI integration into future exercises.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $27 million contract to integrate its Talos AI agent into Space Force scenario training.
In January 2025, the U.S. Space Force selected Slingshot Aerospace to provide technology for detecting GPS jamming and spoofing threats.
Slingshot Aerospace debuted the Talos AI agent in July 2022.
Slingshot Aerospace will advance the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program under the Talos contract.
Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a $27 million contract by the U.S. Space Force on January 15, 2026, to modernize scenario training for space warfare.
The contract focuses on the integration of Slingshot Aerospace’s TALOS AI into the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program.
In December 2024, Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a $13.3 million contract by NOAA to develop the user interface for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).
Tim Solms is the CEO of Slingshot Aerospace.