ESA Phi-Lab Sweden, in collaboration with ESA and Vinnova, invites the submission of innovations in the domain of AI and Cognitive Cloud Computing that once solved could unlock significant commercial transformation in the space domain.

We welcome challenges that are suitable for focused collaborative problem-solving that would benefit from the expertise of Phi-Lab Sweden.

Focus Areas

The call addresses challenges related to the following topics:

• AI-driven Earth Observation for climate resilience and actionable Earth intelligence.
• Next‑generation pipelines for onboard data processing and management, ensuring data quality, value, and integrity.
• Cognitive Cloud Computing to improve the performance and autonomy of onboard AI models.
• Resilient and trustworthy space systems, including non‑terrestrial 5G/6G networks and inter‑satellite communication architectures.

Challenges deemed relevant will be used to prepare a future Call for Proposals, where applicants will be invited to propose concrete solutions with a clear commercial focus.

By submitting your idea, you will be able to:

• Receive feedback from ESA Phi-Lab Sweden on your proposed challenge.
• Engage with Phi-Lab Sweden to understand how its expertise and resources can help you tackle the challenge and to define potential Phi-Lab contributions to your solution.

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