{"id":12693,"date":"2025-07-02T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commercialisation-new.dev.remediagroup.it\/?post_type=esa-opportunities&#038;p=12693"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:00:27","slug":"call-for-ideas-simulation-and-intelligence-for-future-space-transportation","status":"publish","type":"esa-opportunities","link":"https:\/\/commercialisation-new.dev.remediagroup.it\/?esa-opportunities=call-for-ideas-simulation-and-intelligence-for-future-space-transportation","title":{"rendered":"Call for Ideas: Simulation and Intelligence for Future Space Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1><strong>FIRST! Simulation and Intelligence<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.esa.int\/servlet\/hype\/IMT?userAction=Browse&#038;templateName=&#038;documentId=28373d59003d1fef2bdbde584e197c2d\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn btn-outline-transparent ms-0\">OSIP Call for Ideas<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>\n<strong>Closing Date<\/strong>: 26 September 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Space Agency\u2019s programme for future space transportation, FLPP, has launched a new campaign under its <strong>FIRST!<\/strong> initiative (Future Innovation Research in Space Transportation). This campaign focuses on <strong>simulation and intelligence<\/strong> \u2014 two areas with strong potential to transform space transportation vehicles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <strong>call for ideas <\/strong>is now open on OSIP, ESA\u2019s Open Space Innovation Platform, inviting <strong>disruptive technologies and system studies<\/strong> in the fields of<strong> intelligence software<\/strong>, as well as emerging<strong> Artificial Intelligence and data enabled capabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This campaign supports <strong>ESA\u2019s transformation objectives<\/strong> by accelerating the identification, selection, and derisking of disruptive technologies. The aim is to enable <strong>faster prototyping and early testing<\/strong>, helping commercially relevant solutions mature more quickly.<\/p>\n<h2>Technology areas<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideas are welcome in four areas:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Data-driven Design &amp; Simulation for Space Transportation:\u00a0<\/strong>Technologies that leverage novel data-driven methods to support the design, definition, simulation and de-risking of new space transportation systems and associated processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart Manufacturing &amp; Testing for Space Transportation:\u00a0<\/strong>Technologies that leverage the latest digital technologies to improve the efficiency and capability to manufacture and test space transportation components, sub-systems and systems (e.g. Industry 4.0).<\/li>\n<li><strong>On-board &amp; Embodied Intelligence for Space Transportation:\u00a0<\/strong>Technologies that leverage or support on-board decision-making (OBDM) to improve the autonomy and intelligence of space transportation systems during its operational phase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Technology Disruptors in the field of Simulation and Intelligence:\u00a0<\/strong>Technologies that are in keeping with the theme of FIRST! Simulation &amp; Intelligence but do not fit into the aforementioned categories.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Who can participate<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Technology providers <\/strong>with disruptive ideas in the above fields, <strong>space transportation service providers<\/strong>, and <strong>investors<\/strong> seeking promising advancements are encouraged to submit their ideas.<\/p>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the Call for Ideas, <strong>a pitch day event<\/strong> will showcase selected proposals and provide opportunities with technology providers, space transportation service providers, investors, and ESA experts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12696\" src=\"https:\/\/commercialisation-new.dev.remediagroup.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLPP-Procurement-Graphic_3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"301\" \/><img \/><img \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be followed by <strong>an ESA Invitation to Tender (ITT)<\/strong> for maturation activities related to the most promising technologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants are welcome to join either at the Call for Ideas stage or at the ITT stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>We look forward to hearing from you \u2014 and welcome to FIRST!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12695,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"directorate":[],"esa_comm_programme":[320],"sts-api_categories":[353],"esa-opportunities-type":[321],"esa-fields":[256],"class_list":["post-12693","esa-opportunities","type-esa-opportunities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","esa_comm_programme-flpp","sts-api_categories-flpp","esa-opportunities-type-call-for-ideas","esa-fields-space-transportation"],"acf":{"isam":[],"opportunity_id":"","opportunity_closing_date":null,"opportunity_bics":"","opportunity_alt_link":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call for Ideas: Simulation and Intelligence for Future Space Transportation - ESA Commercialisation Gateway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Call for Ideas: Simulation and Intelligence for Future Space Transportation - ESA Commercialisation Gateway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FIRST! 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