SBIR DAF26BX02-NV503 (Air Force): Project Celestial: Multi-Domain Site Selection Framework for Terrestrial and Maritime Spaceport Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Defense — Air Force
Who can apply
Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
Air Force SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 CSO (Solicitation 26.BX, Release 2) — Accepting submissions 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-24. Objective: The objective of this Phase I effort is to design and demonstrate the feasibility of an integrated survey platform and decision-support framework—Project Celestial—to identify, evaluate, and rank optimal global locations for future terrestrial and maritime spaceports. The framework should model and evaluate multi-variable site-selection criteria—including geospatial, political, environmental, security, and logistical factors—to enable objective, data-driven analysis of candidate launch locations. The resulting capability should support strategic military and dual-use infrastructure planning for future terrestrial and maritime spaceport operations. Desc...