AI to Help US Space Force Rehearse Future Battles in Orbit

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

If you build orbital sensors, communications, or propulsion systems, Slingshot now needs to integrate your hardware into MENTAT's simulation engine—that's a new customer pipeline into Space Force training before the systems fly operationally. This contract validates simulation as the gate to real space operations contracts; if you're in space autonomy or collision avoidance, being in this rehearsal platform first is how you get bought into the actual constellation.