There are more than 10,000 active satellites in orbit right now. By the end of this decade, that number is expected to exceed 100,000. SpaceX is launching hundreds per year. Amazon, OneWeb, and dozens of sovereign space programs are following. The result is the most congested operating environment in human history, and the consequences of getting it wrong aren't a delayed package or a dropped call. They're a catastrophic collision at 17,000 miles per hour, a debris field that cascades for decades, and the potential loss of the global communications infrastructure that modern civilization depends on.

Knowing what's in orbit, where it is, where it's going, and what it's about to hit, is one of the most critical intelligence problems of our time. And it turns out the U.S. Department of Defense and the world's leading commercial space operators have the same answer: Slingshot Aerospace.

Slingshot's platform is the AI-powered brain of space situational awareness. It fuses data from ground sensors, government feeds, and commercial networks into a single operating picture, enabling operators to track, predict, and respond to orbital threats in real time. It is mission-critical infrastructure for the new space economy, trusted by the DoD and the commercial operators racing to build on top of it.

Leading Slingshot’s growth across the commercial and national security markets is Kelli Furrer, who spent fifteen years at Dell Technologies building go-to-market strategies for the aerospace and defense sectors and managing partnerships with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and General Dynamics. Named a Top Woman in Tech by FedScoop, she later founded her own AI and analytics company before bringing that combination of technical, commercial, and industry expertise to Slingshot. Today, she is helping transform one of the space economy’s most consequential platforms into a scalable global business.