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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 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.
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 intends TALOS to serve as a coordinating layer for threat behaviors and scenario logic while allowing the Space Force to plug in new sensors, data systems, and AI tools.
Open application programming interfaces and flexible integration paths are central to Slingshot Aerospace’s approach for TALOS integration.
Slingshot Aerospace is positioning TALOS as a core element in a broader ecosystem of training systems, data sources, and AI capabilities for the U.S. Space Force.
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.
Space Training and Readiness Command used TALOS to collaborate with Slingshot Aerospace in refining scenarios and planning deeper AI integration into future exercises.
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.
Slingshot Aerospace debuted the Talos AI agent in July 2022.
The contract focuses on the integration of Slingshot Aerospace’s TALOS AI into the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program.
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.
In January 2025, the U.S. Space Force selected Slingshot Aerospace to provide technology for detecting GPS jamming and spoofing threats.
Slingshot Aerospace will advance the OTTI program by merging existing training capabilities with AI-native technology.
Slingshot Aerospace will advance the Space Force’s Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) program under the Talos contract.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $27 million contract to integrate its Talos AI agent into Space Force scenario training.
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).