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Slingshot Aerospace Wins $27M Space Force Contract
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Slingshot Aerospace said on Jan. 15 it won a $27 million, 18-month contract from the U.S. Space Force to advance TALOS, an AI-based autonomous virtual opponent for satellite-operator training. The award supports the Space Force's Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) to simulate contested orbital threats and integrates TALOS into a shared ecosystem with open APIs. The system has seen use by the 57th Space Aggressors Squadron.
Key Points
- 1Awards $27 million, 18-month contract to Slingshot to advance TALOS autonomous training system.
- 2Addresses Space Force need for realistic, adaptive orbital threat simulations beyond scripted, program-specific simulators.
- 3Enables operators to train against adaptive adversary behaviors and integrate TALOS via open APIs.
Scoring Rationale
Significant official defense contract and AI training capability, limited novelty as TALOS was unveiled previously.
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