Space Force Wants Innovation Ideas from Academia, Industry

October 13, 2023

The Space Force is looking for space domain awareness project concepts from companies and universities, Defense News reported. The first projects will focus on capability gaps in space launch custody, object identification and decision aids.

“Project Apollo aims to fill those gaps quickly by providing a tools- and data-rich ‘sandbox’ for industry, academia and government to quickly formulate, test and prove solutions,” Space Systems Command, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said, according to the article.

Space Force photo by Ethan Johnson

October 13, 2023

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