Slingshot Aerospace
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Slingshot Aerospace, founded in 2017, provides AI-powered satellite tracking, space data, and space modeling and simulation software to government and commercial customers, and has offices in Colorado, Texas, Canada, Taiwan and the UK.
| Website | https://www.slingshot.space |
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| Headquarters | Slingshot Aerospace's contact page lists a single company address, in Windsor, Colorado. |
| Founded | Slingshot Aerospace was founded in 2017. |
| Ownership | Not published. |
| In this guide | Drones, counter-drone, EW and space |
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Drones, counter-drone, EW and space
Products named: TALOS AI; Digital Space Twin; Slingshot Laboratory
| What they offer | Slingshot Aerospace offers AI-driven space operations training: TALOS AI, an agent that imitates satellite behavior for training and simulation; the Digital Space Twin, an interactive 3D visualization platform for orbital data; and Laboratory, a no-code orbital sandbox for onboarding and training. |
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| Who they serve | Slingshot Aerospace serves the U.S. Space Force, including Space Training and Readiness Command and Guardians on protect-and-defend missions, plus commercial operators and academic users. |
| How it is delivered | Slingshot Aerospace delivers software environments; it says MENTAT will let Guardians rehearse from their home stations and that TALOS can be deployed in unclassified and classified environments. VR headset: not published; Desktop or browser: not published; Mobile: not published; Offline: not published; Classified: yes |
| Assessment and analytics | Slingshot Aerospace says TALOS quantifies maneuver outcome metrics and archives results for audit and reporting, and that Laboratory saves mission states to support repeatable training. |
| AI features | Slingshot Aerospace says TALOS is built with a behavior-cloning pipeline that learns real spacecraft tactics, models adaptive threat behavior and generates strategic response options for mission rehearsal. |
| Notable public programs and contracts | Slingshot Aerospace announced a Space Force contract in January 2026 to bring TALOS into the Operational Test and Training Infrastructure and, in July 2026, a 4.5-year SBIR Phase III award, MENTAT, for AI mission rehearsal; SBIR.gov lists its 2020 space training award. |
| How to buy | Slingshot Aerospace says its MENTAT award was issued as an SBIR Phase III contract and its January 2026 training award came through a Commercial Solutions Opening. |
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Sources
- Slingshot Aerospace Awarded $27 Million Space Force Contract to Power the AI-Driven Training Environment for Space Warfare. Slingshot Aerospace, January 15, 2026. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Slingshot Aerospace Wins $69.2 Million U.S. Space Force Contract to Advance AI-Powered Mission Readiness for Space Defense. Slingshot Aerospace, July 15, 2026. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Contact Sales | Slingshot Aerospace. Slingshot Aerospace. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- Digital Space Twin | Slingshot Aerospace. Slingshot Aerospace. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Slingshot Laboratory | Orbital Sandbox. Slingshot Aerospace. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- TALOS AI Agent | Space Mission Ops. Slingshot Aerospace. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Virtual Space Situational Training Notebook (Slingshot Aerospace Inc). SBIR.gov (U.S. Small Business Administration), 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2026.