SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC

El Segundo, CA · Aerospace · Private

Wide Area Staring Photometer (WASP) 2.0 — a persistent-surveillance sky camera array system for high-accuracy astrometry, photometry, and celestial object detection

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · slingshotaerospace.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: El Segundo, CA
Total capital: $91.4M

Federal grants: $6.1M; 8 awards · 2019–2024; Rank in peer group#63 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $85.3M; 20 awards · Defense, Commerce; Rank in Aerospace#51 of 1335
Granted patents: 5; 17 pending · first 2022; Rank in peer group#36 of 155

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Oct 2025Federal contractDefense · Distributed Synthetic Training Environment Evolution And Prototyping - Slingshot$22M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Slingshot Aerospace Phase III Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Space Domain Awareness/space Situational Awareness Exploiting In-space Sensors$2M
Nov 2024Federal contractCommerce · Presentation Layer Of The Tracss$7.4M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Magnus Phase II: Space-fence-level Uncued Detectability At 1/1000TH The Cost$1.2M
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Magnus Phase II: Space-fence-level Uncued Detectability At 1/1000TH The Cost$1.2M
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · The Pnt-sentinel Ingest, Process, Exploit Data From Proliferated Low-earth Orbit (pleo) Satellites, Advancing The State Of The Art By Incorporating Higher Sampling Rates Than Are Currently Available To The Jco And Multi-gnss Data For The First Time.$1.9M

Show 21 earlier federal awards

Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · The Pnt-sentinel Ingest, Process, Exploit Data From Proliferated Low-earth Orbit (pleo) Satellites, Advancing The State Of The Art By Incorporating Higher Sampling Rates Than Are Currently Available To The Jco And Multi-gnss Data For The First Time.$1.9M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX237-PCSO1-1292 - Magnus$75K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX237-PCSO1-1292 - Magnus$75K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Effort To Achieve Global Persistent Space Domain Awareness Including 24/7 Custody Of Orbiting Threats.$1.7M
Aug 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced Persistent-Surveillance Sky Camera$882K
Mar 2023Federal contractDefense · Remote Telescope Study$25K
Dec 2022Federal contractDefense · Defense Deep Space Sentinel (D2S2) Mission Operations$1.1M
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Space Domain Awareness With Optical Tracking In Stereo$2.2M
Sep 2022Federal contractCommerce · Noaa Space Object Commercial Data$100K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Slingshot Beacon SpaceTag$250K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II Proposal F2-15642 Rapid On-orbit Threat Identification And Custody Via On-demand Sensor Tasking$748K
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · Horus: Reducing The Cost Low Earth Orbit (leo) Satellite Tracking By More Than 90%$748K
Feb 2022Federal contractDefense · Slingshot Orbital Lab Training Tool And Advanced Visualization Environment Digital Twin Software$36.9M
Jul 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Virtual Space Situational Training Notebook$1M
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Visualization Application$2.8M
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · Next Generation Emergency Operations Center$50K
Nov 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Pitch Day Investment in Battlefield Air Operations Family of Systems Technologies$750K
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · Battlefield Air Operations Software Development And Integration.$1.5M
Aug 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Battlefield Space Operations Insight Platform$50K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · White Paper Response To Broad Agency Announcement - Battle Management Prototype$2.6M
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · Tactical Artificial Intelligence Toolkit For Battlefield Airmen$158K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 155 peers

Line = median

Aerospace · Device

Federal grants#63 · top 41%
Granted patents#36 · top 23%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Christopher ShonkDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
David GodwinExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Erin DefosseExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Melanie StricklanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Najib Khouri-HaddadDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Pieter KreukExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

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Rory McMahonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Thomas AshmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Tom InmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 5 granted of 22

Apr 9, 2026PendingMethod, System, And Medium For Processing Satellite Orbital Information Using A Generative Adversarial NetworkUSPTOApplication 19265606
Nov 13, 2025PendingMethods And Systems For Streaming Buffer Numerical PropagationUSPTOApplication 19096375
Oct 2, 2025PendingSystem And Method For Space Object Detection In Daytime Sky ImagesUSPTOApplication 18978625

Show all 22 patent records

Method, System, And Medium For Processing Satellite Orbital Information Using A Generative Adversarial NetworkApr 9, 2026 · Application 19265606Pending
Methods And Systems For Streaming Buffer Numerical PropagationNov 13, 2025 · Application 19096375Pending
System And Method For Space Object Detection In Daytime Sky ImagesOct 2, 2025 · Application 18978625Pending
Methods And Systems For Streaming Buffer Numerical PropagationApr 29, 2025 · US 12,288,011Granted
System And Method For Space Object Detection In Daytime Sky ImagesJan 21, 2025 · US 12,205,365Granted
Methods And System For Space Traffic Coordination And Data Sharing For Collision AvoidanceMay 9, 2024 · Application 18486891Pending
System And Method For Space Object Detection In Daytime Sky ImagesFeb 21, 2023 · US 11,587,311Granted
Adaptive Neural Network Selection To Extract Particular ResultsJan 25, 2022 · US 11,232,330Granted
Conditional Loss Function Modification In A Neural NetworkJan 18, 2022 · US 11,227,191Granted
Method, System, And Medium For Processing Satellite Orbital Information Using A Generative Adversarial NetworkNov 4, 2021 · Application 17327385Pending
Streaming Buffer Numerical Propagator SystemApplication 63301919Pending
Streaming Buffer Numerical Propagator SystemApplication 63368954Pending
Methods And System For Space Traffic Coordination And Data Sharing For Collision AvoidanceApplication 63382941Pending
Signal Processing Workflow Engine Incorporating Graphical User Interface For Space Situational AwarenessApplication PCTUS2019062868Pending
Methods And Systems For Streaming Buffer Numerical PropagationApplication PCTUS2023011287Pending
Conditional Loss Function Modification In A Neural NetworkApplication PCTUS2019017876Pending
Methods And Systems For Space Traffic Coordination And Data Sharing For Collision AvoidanceApplication PCTUS2023079160Pending
Image Processing Workflow Deployment EngineApplication 62770947Pending
Image Processing Workflow Engine Incorporating Graphical User InterfaceApplication 62770946Pending
Signal Processing Workflow Engine Incorporating Graphical User Interface For Space Situational AwarenessApplication 62770948Pending
Conditional Loss Function Modification In A Neural NetworkApplication 62640404Pending
Adaptive Neural Network Selection To Extract Particular ResultsApplication 62630097Pending

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.