Our Programs

Each Catalyst Accelerator cohort brings together a focused group of companies to tackle real-world challenges alongside government and industry partners. Explore the cohorts below to learn more about their mission areas, participants, and the impact of each program.
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BMC3I TAP Lab Cohort 4

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2026
Customer
State of Colorado (OEDIT Grant)
Problem Sponsor
BMC3I TAP Lab

The BMC3I TAP Lab accelerates the delivery of space battle management solutions to defense centers by connecting commercial software companies with the testing, compliance support, and environment integration they need to succeed.

Through a structured cohort program, beginning with an Ask Me Anything webinar and Catalyst Wine Mixer and progressing into a six-week Stage 1 cohort experience, selected companies gain direct access to government and industry subject matter experts, customer discovery opportunities, and a growing network of partners working to strengthen the defense industrial base.

The result is a faster, lower-risk path for small businesses to deliver real capability to the warfighter.

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#CAAMO

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Orchestrator

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2026
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
DEL 7

How might we apply Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to automate the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) cycle, turning data into predictive insights that help Space Delta 7 outpace adversaries and enable Joint leaders to act with confidence?

Explore #CAAMO

BMC3I TAP Lab Cohort 3

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2025
Customer
State of Colorado (OEDIT Grant)
Problem Sponsor
BMC3I TAP Lab

The BMC3I TAP Lab accelerates the delivery of space battle management solutions to defense centers by connecting commercial software companies with the testing, compliance support, and environment integration they need to succeed.

Through a structured cohort program, beginning with an Ask Me Anything webinar and Catalyst Wine Mixer and progressing into a six-week Stage 1 cohort experience, selected companies gain direct access to government and industry subject matter experts, customer discovery opportunities, and a growing network of partners working to strengthen the defense industrial base.

The result is a faster, lower-risk path for small businesses to deliver real capability to the warfighter.

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#CADEW

Directed Energy & Electromagnetic Warfare

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2025
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP)

How might the United States Space Force employ emerging Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) and Directed Energy (DEW) technologies to detect, manipulate, and control the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), and utilize Directed Energy Weapons to deter, disrupt, or destroy adversary capabilities, thereby safeguarding United States assets and ensuring space superiority?

Explore #CADEW

BMC3I TAP Lab Cohort 2

Colorado Springs, CO
Summer 2025
Customer
State of Colorado (OEDIT Grant)
Problem Sponsor
BMC3I TAP Lab

The BMC3I TAP Lab accelerates the delivery of space battle management solutions to defense centers by connecting commercial software companies with the testing, compliance support, and environment integration they need to succeed.

Through a structured cohort program, beginning with an Ask Me Anything webinar and Catalyst Wine Mixer and progressing into a six-week Stage 1 cohort experience, selected companies gain direct access to government and industry subject matter experts, customer discovery opportunities, and a growing network of partners working to strengthen the defense industrial base.

The result is a faster, lower-risk path for small businesses to deliver real capability to the warfighter.

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#OKGBC

Oklahoma Government Business Boot Camp

Tulsa, OK
Summer 2025
Customer
Small Business Administration (2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition)

How might we equip Oklahoma-based technology startups with the knowledge, connections, and confidence to successfully break into government contracting in just two weeks?

Explore #OKGBC

BMC3I TAP Lab Cohort 1

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2025
Customer
State of Colorado (OEDIT Grant)
Problem Sponsor
BMC3I TAP Lab

The BMC3I TAP Lab accelerates the delivery of space battle management solutions to defense centers by connecting commercial software companies with the testing, compliance support, and environment integration they need to succeed.

Through a structured cohort program, beginning with an Ask Me Anything webinar and Catalyst Wine Mixer and progressing into a six-week Stage 1 cohort experience, selected companies gain direct access to government and industry subject matter experts, customer discovery opportunities, and a growing network of partners working to strengthen the defense industrial base.

The result is a faster, lower-risk path for small businesses to deliver real capability to the warfighter.

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#CASJS

Space-Based Joint Spectrum

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2025
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)

How might the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Army leverage emerging technologies in advanced Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Satellite Communications (SATCOM), along with relevant supporting Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to enhance operational mission environments and maintain strategic advantage in contested domains? 

Explore #CASJS
#OGFall24

Digital Modernization, Huginn Cohort

Ogden, UT
Fall 2024
Customer
Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

How might the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office utilize commercial capabilities to better cultivate a digitally-empowered community to accelerate change across the Air Force?

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#OGFall24

Digital Modernization, Muninn Cohort

Ogden, UT
Fall 2024
Customer
Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

How might the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office utilize commercial capabilities to better cultivate a digitally-empowered community to accelerate change across the Air Force?

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#CASDA2

Space Domain Awareness

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2024
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
BMC3I TAP Lab

How might the United States Space Force introduce commercial capabilities to its mission environment for Space Domain Awareness?

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#CAAML

AI/ML for Space and Maritime Applications

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2023
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
U.S. Navy

How might the United States Space Force and United States Navy introduce commercial capabilities to innovate operational mission environments with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?

Explore #CAAML
SIGSTEP

Securely Improving Geographically Seperated Teams’ Experience and Productivity

Ogden, UT
Fall 2023
Customer
Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

How might emerging technologies increase productivity and improve the experience of employees and managers across differing types of work centers, in a secure manner, for geographically separated teams and remote work?

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#OGdenny

Digital Model Certification (OGdenny Cohort)

Ogden, UT
Spring 2023
Customer
Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

How might modern technology streamline the ingestion, digestion, and analysis of digital models to enable an efficient US Air Force (USAF) certification process?

Explore #OGdenny
#CADCO

Defensive Cyber Operations

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2023
Customer
AFRL
Problem Sponsor
DEL 6

How might the United States Space Force leverage commercial capabilities to identify and automate cyber terrain mapping of complex systems, in order to support existing cyber operations tool suites?

Explore #CADCO
#CASDA

International Space Domain Awareness

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2022
Customer
AFRL

How might the United States Space Force, its friends, and allies introduce commercial capabilities to its mission environment for International Space Domain Awareness and spaceflight safety?

Explore #CASDA

Government Business Boot Camp

Colorado Springs, CO
Summer 2022
Customer
Small Business Administration (2021 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition)

How might we equip tech startups and small businesses with the knowledge, connections, and confidence to successfully break into government contracting in just two weeks?

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#OCADDS

Digital Data Strategies

Ogden, UT
Spring 2022
Customer
Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

How might we facilitate the development of an overarching acquisition and sustainment digital data strategy that allows for a secure and scalable cloud hybrid data environment?

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#CAHDM

Hybrid Data Movement

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2022
Customer
AFRL

How might we provide a secure and scalable hybrid data environment to pull, move and combine diverse sets of data from commercial, public, Allied and Government sources to allow users to find, fix, target, track, engage, and assess on faster timelines?

Explore #CAHDM
#CADES

Digital Engineering For Space Applications: Modeling and Simulation

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2021
Customer
AFRL

How might the United States Space Force (USSF) leverage modeling and simulation to improve operator training, system design, acquisition, architecture resilience, and operations?

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#CASAM

On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2021
Customer
AFRL

How can we make servicing satellites in space as easy as maintaining your car?

Explore #CASAM
#CACSA

Cyber for Space Applications

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2020
Customer
AFRL

How might we apply cyber technologies to secure the next generation of space operations and increase resiliency?

Explore #CACSA
#CASDF

Data Fusion for Space Applications

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2020
Customer
AFRL

How might we take advantage of the latest in information analysis and data fusion to provide insight into space objects’ past, current, and predicted trajectories and understand spacecraft capabilities and operator intentions?

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#CAISR

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2019
Customer
AFRL

“Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond ordinary men, is foreknowledge.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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#CASC

Resilient Space Communications

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2019
Customer
AFRL

The Air Force is looking for a suite of options to augment, supplement, backup, complement, and or improve current space communication capabilities. Solutions may be ground-based or space-borne and involve some combination of hardware devices, software, data products, algorithms, or services.

Explore #CASC
#CAPNT

Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

Colorado Springs, CO
Fall 2018
Customer
AFRL

The Catalyst Accelerator is seeking teams across the United States of entrepreneurs, startups, and technologists from established companies with commercial solutions to provide PNT in a GPS-denied environment. Submitted solutions may augment, supplement, backup, complement, and improve upon current PNT capabilities provided by GPS.

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#CATWX

Terrestrial Weather

Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2018
Customer
AFRL

How might we address the ability to monitor earth’s terrestrial environments with the objective of providing improved global weather data and products to support the warfighter?

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