# Aalyria

**Type:** Company  
**Domain:** Space Development  
**Focus:** AI-enabled space network orchestration  
**Location:** California, USA  

## Overview

Aalyria is a California-based startup developing AI capabilities for space network orchestration. The company was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development (RAPID) unit to support the Space Data Network Experimentation program.

## Timeline

- **2026-03** — Awarded AFRL RAPID contract to support Space Data Network Experimentation program, providing AI capabilities for network orchestration in support of the Pentagon's Space Data Network architecture for Golden Dome missile defense

## Significance

Aalyria represents the first documented case of AFRL contracting AI startups specifically for Space Data Network orchestration, indicating the defense procurement pipeline for orbital compute-adjacent technologies is moving from stated requirements to funded R&D contracts.

## Sources

- Breaking Defense, March 2026: Pentagon's Space Data Network architecture