AI to Help US Space Force Rehearse Future Battles in Orbit

US Space Force awards $69.2m contract to Slingshot Aerospace to develop MENTAT, an AI-powered mission rehearsal platform for orbital warfare training and decision support. The platform uses TALOS, an AI agent that models spacecraft behaviour and simulates space operations to identify threats and coordinate responses.

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