EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – U.S. Space Force battle-management experts are reaching out to industry for enabling technologies that range from cloud computing infrastructure, to software applications, artificial intelligence (AI), and software development services.
Officials of the U.S. Space Systems Command in El Segundo, Calif., issued a commercial solutions opening (CSO) announcement last month for the Kronos Family of Systems Commercial Solutions Opening project.
Space Systems Command experts are asking industry for advanced cloud-native infrastructure and services; scalable and secure platform solutions; agile software development methodologies and tooling; mission-driven command-and-control applications; data integration, management, and visualization capabilities; AI, machine learning, and decision-support tools; and cyber security and zero-trust architectures.
The Space Force's Project Kronos seeks to consolidate and upgrade legacy systems into a unified software suite that provides satellite operators with intelligence tools and command-and-control capabilities. The project aims to enhance decision-making, accelerate planning and deconfliction, and provide shared situational awareness.
Scalability and interoperability
The Kronos Family of Systems Commercial Solutions Opening project seeks to capitalize on new ways to enhance the scalability, flexibility, interoperability, and resiliency of the Kronos program to meet evolving needs of space command and control.
Experts want solutions that enable end-to-end command-and-control, such as planning, preparation, execution, and assessment, within a unified, interoperable framework.
Key capabilities include developing and ranking commander’s intent; support for deliberate and dynamic target development and effects-based operations; capability and feasibility analyses; facilitating commander’s decision-making and force assignment; monitoring real-time mission execution with adaptability to changing conditions; performing combat assessments; and shared situational awareness.
Tell me more about the Space Force Kronos project ...
- The Space Force Kronos project supports operational command and control (C2) for space missions to enable faster response to evolving threats in orbit and enhancing targeting and intelligence workflows. It is used by entities such as the National Space Defense Center and the Combined Space Operations Center. The project embraces rapid commercial innovation and agile acquisition methods to keep pace with threats from adversaries like China and Russia in a contested space environment.
Space Force experts want solutions that are scalable, modular, and extensible to support mission needs and emerging technologies. Cloud-native design, DevSecOps practices, AI/ML integration, advanced data management, and zero trust cyber security principles are highly desired.
Company responses should demonstrate how proposed solutions will deliver cohesive, resilient, and adaptable command-and-control capability and enable agile, data-driven decision-making across the Kronos Enterprise.
Companies interested should email responses no later than noon eastern time on 11 Dec. 2025 to the Space Force at [email protected]. Email questions or concerns to [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e74a8c6323494b129007103515f0e178/view.
