AFWERX RAPTOR
AFWERX SBIR Phase II award funding Slingshot Aerospace to apply machine learning to track and characterize behavior of objects in low Earth orbit.
Awarded April 2, 2025, this SBIR Phase II contract worth up to $1.2M tasks Slingshot Aerospace, under the RAPTOR effort, with applying machine learning to the roughly 4.5 million nightly observations from its global sensor network to track and characterize the behavior of low Earth orbit objects in support of U.S. Space Command.
Award detail
- Agency
- AFWERX (U.S. Air Force)
- Award ID
- Ceiling value
- Up to $1.2M
- Vehicle
- SBIR Phase II; ML-based tracking/behavior analysis of LEO objects using 4.5M nightly observations from Slingshot's global sensor network
- Awarded
- 2025-04-02
- Period of performance ends
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Frequently asked
- What is the AFWERX RAPTOR contract?
- Awarded April 2, 2025, this SBIR Phase II contract worth up to $1.2M tasks Slingshot Aerospace, under the RAPTOR effort, with applying machine learning to the roughly 4.5 million nightly observations from its global sensor network to track and characterize the behavior of low Earth orbit objects in support of U.S. Space Command.
- Which agency awarded the AFWERX RAPTOR contract?
- The AFWERX RAPTOR contract was awarded by AFWERX (U.S. Air Force) under a SBIR Phase II; ML-based tracking/behavior analysis of LEO objects using 4.5M nightly observations from Slingshot's global sensor network vehicle.
- How much is the AFWERX RAPTOR contract worth?
- The AFWERX RAPTOR contract has a value of Up to $1.2M, awarded on 2025-04-02.
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AFWERX selected Slingshot Aerospace for RAPTOR, an SBIR Phase II award (up to $1.2M) to apply ML to track and characterize behaviors of LEO objects for USSPACECOM
Business Wire: AFWERX Selects Slingshot Aerospace to Track and Identify Nefarious In-Space ActivitiesVerified2025-04-02