Psionic, Inc. a provider of advanced precision navigation and autonomy technologies for national security missions, and iMetalx, Inc, a Space Battle Management software company specializing in autonomous space control, announced a strategic collaboration to support Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO), Resident Space Object (RSO) Characterization, Obstacle Avoidance, Docking (RPOD), Capture (RPOC), Space Control, and Space Battle Management missions for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and the Space Development Agency (SDA).
The collaboration integrates iMETALX’s multi-agent autonomous, software-defined Space Battle Management stack with PSIONIC’s precision navigation and sensing solutions, enabling high-confidence space object characterization, resilient command and control, and autonomous decision-making across contested and denied orbital environments.
As space rapidly evolves into a contested warfighting domain, near-peer adversaries are demonstrating on-orbit maneuver, counter-space tactics, and AI-enabled space operations designed to challenge U.S. freedom of action. PSIONIC and iMETALX are addressing this challenge by delivering distributed, attritable multi-domain autonomy-enabled battle management capabilities aligned with USSF and SDA priorities for resilience, speed, and decision advantage.
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Supporting USSF and SDA Mission Needs
The PSIONIC–iMETALX collaboration is designed to integrate with current and future USSF and SDA architectures, including proliferated constellations, software-defined ground systems, and joint command-and-control frameworks. The combined solution supports the following mission areas:
- RPO, RSO Characterization, RPOD, Obstacle Avoidance, and Space Control missions in congested and contested orbital regimes
- Space Battle Management and Space C2/C3 decision layers
- Sensor fusion, tracking, and intent inference across multi-modal data sources
- Autonomous and semi-autonomous operations at the tactical and operational edge
The approach emphasizes software-first, modular integration, enabling rapid adoption through OTA, IDIQ, and incremental deployment models favored by USSF and SDA program offices.
SOURCE: GlobeNewswire