Aerospace Open Innovation Challenge 2026
Welcome to the Aerospace Open Innovation Challenge (AOIC) 2026!
Building on the success of its previous edition, AOIC 2026 invites startups and SMEs to reimagine the aerospace and space industries. This year, the challenge calls on innovators to:
Organised by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), and in collaboration with leading aerospace corporates, AOIC 2026 provides a platform for startups and SMEs to test, pilot, and scale their solutions for validated industry use cases. Startups and SMEs will gain access to cutting-edge facilities, build partnerships with key industry leaders, and stand a chance to secure funding support for co-development and pilots.
Together, let’s shape a greener, smarter, and more resilient future for aerospace and space.
Total of up to S$400,000 of funding support.
Winning innovators’ prizes include:
The sky is no longer the limit.
This is your moment to seize an extraordinary opportunity to be a changemaker within the aerospace industry.
The aerospace sector is well-positioned to embrace innovative solutions for process improvement. Considering Singapore's status as a global hub for aviation and aerospace, any changes in its aerospace industry could spearhead the transformation of future flight.
Step forward and rise to our challenge. Take the leap and kick off your journey to deliver real impact to the aerospace industry!
Startups and SMEs can now submit your solutions by completing the participation form and submitting a proposal deck (5 to 10 slides maximum).
Challenge statement owners will evaluate the proposals and select potential solutions to explore further. The list of shortlisted innovators will be announced by 22 May 2026.
Shortlisted innovators will have the opportunity to be connected directly with the challenge statement owners in 1-to-1 sessions to engage with them for further clarification and final evaluation.
Final announcement of matched innovators will be done by the end of June 2026 via email.
JTC is the government agency championing sustainable industrial development in Singapore. A key driver of industrial and economic development in Singapore, we are responsible for providing infrastructure and land solutions to support businesses, innovation, and sustainable growth in the country.
Together with our partners, we masterplan clean, green and smart estates as attractive destinations for talent and communities. We also drive innovation in the building and infrastructure sector.
Visit www.jtc.gov.sg for more information.
Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. We work with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate, and internationalise.
We also support the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups and build trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.
Visit www.enterprisesg.gov.sg for more information.
The Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore) or AAIS, is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2003 to promote the development of Singapore as a leading aerospace hub. Its vision is “An Innovative Aerospace Community for a Sustainable Future.
Visit www.aais.org.sg for more information.
The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent. We undertake investment promotion and industry development, and work with international businesses, both foreign and local, by providing information, connection to partners and access to government incentives for their investments. Our mission is to create sustainable economic growth, with vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore and Singaporeans.
For more information on EDB, please visit www.edb.gov.sg.
The Open Innovation Network (OIN) is set up by Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to provide a single national gateway to open innovation challenges and activities happening in Singapore. At OIN, you will find a directory of challenges launched by companies or agencies inviting solutions, where innovators can seek out co-development and test-bedding opportunities. We encourage the discovery of new ideas and solutions, and link up partners in the open innovation ecosystem.
Visit www.openinnovationnetwork.gov.sg for more information.
Agorize is the leading global platform for Open Innovation and talent engagement challenges. Founded in Paris in 2011 with offices across Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, and Canada, Agorize has supported over 300 international companies in furthering their innovation strategies by connecting them with our global community of 5 million innovators through Open Innovation challenges. Through our software as a service (SaaS), we can tailor-make innovation programs and business challenges dedicated to fostering innovation and sourcing talent.
Our ambition is to become the missing link between large corporations and talented innovators: students, developers, startups, and (internal) employees. Because the best ideas can come from anywhere.
Agorize has run 2000+ programs for the likes of Amazon Web Services, AXA, Electrolux, Enterprise Singapore, IMDA, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Kering, Lego, L’Oreal, LinkedIn, LVMH Fashion Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Microsoft, Parkway Pantai, Paris Saint-Germain, Pernod Ricard, Singapore Airlines, Schneider Electric and Société Générale.
Visit get.agorize.com for more information.
Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance empowers founders to rapidly build, validate and scale Industry 4.0 startups that reduce the environmental footprint of businesses by supporting them with world-class technologies, investment, network and skills through a public-private partnership with research institutions, government agencies, investors and corporates.
Our vision is to be the world's most impactful venture builder to help entrepreneurs bring advanced technologies to market to solve large-scale environmental problems.
Visit www.sdta.sg for more information.
Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Accelerating Asia’s early-stage VC fund focuses on pre-Series A startups with untapped potential that are 6-18 months away from institutional funding.
Visit https://www.acceleratingasia.com for more information.
The Asia-Pacific Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation (APYEF) is committed to building a cross-border startup ecosystem to nurture and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region.
Visit https://www.apyef.org/ for more information.
The Association of Startup and SMEs Enablers of Kenya (ASSEK) is an association that brings together and represent the interests of organizations supporting the development and growth of startups and SMEs. In fostering the startup and SMEs enablers ecosystem in Kenya, ASSEK seeks to represent all the actors of the Kenyan startup and SMEs enablers ecosystem and actively promote the networking among its members, and become the driving force for an entrepreneurial economic breakthrough of Kenya.
Visit https://assek.ke/ for more information.
At SGInnovate, we launch, prove & scale deep tech products borne out of science research.
We believe Singapore has the resources & capabilities to tackle hard problems that matter to people around the world. SGInnovate has been established to help ambitious & capable people to build ‘technology-intensive’ products borne out of science research.
Our commitment is to use the full power of the Singapore ecosystem to achieve this mission.
Visit https://www.sginnovate.com/ for more information.
Based in Hong Kong and Singapore, Garage Society helps businesses and individuals work better by building WorkStyle solutions tailored for them. From entrepreneurs to large corporates, we understand the diverse ways in which people work.
Its spaces, people and experiences fit around the needs of our community, enabling individuals and businesses to perform to their WorkStyle strengths. With this approach, we’re able to make a difference, helping businesses stay agile, competitive and connecting them to a network of talent.
Visit https://www.thegaragesociety.com/ for more information.
SGTech is the leading trade association for Singapore’s tech industry. Representing over 1,000 member companies ranging from top multinational corporations, large local enterprises, vibrant small and medium-sized enterprises, and innovative startups, it is the largest community in Singapore where companies converge to advocate for change and drive what enables tech innovation and accelerates tech adoption to spur greater sustainability in the sector.
SGTech’s mission is to catalyse a thriving ecosystem that powers Singapore as a global tech powerhouse.
Visit http://www.sgtech.org.sg/ for more information.
Fongit is Switzerland's premier innovation incubator. We specialize in tech innovation in Geneva. Fongit currently supports over 100 ICT, Engineering, and Life Sciences startups and projects.
Visit https://www.fongit.ch/ for more information.
Algeria Venture is a group of passionate individuals who encourage startups and innovative projects to provide innovative solutions to the challenges the country faces through entrepreneurship; thus creating employment opportunities, promoting environmental protection, creating a cultural movement, and integrating minorities into development processes. Algeria Venture’s program targets passionate innovative project bearers and startups in particular. who, being able to develop an entrepreneurial spirit, see challenges as opportunities and opportunities to be seized.
Visit https://aventure.dz/ for more information.
Awesome Ventures verifies startup′s potential both in global and local market from early-stage. We support growth and global expansion with a deep knowledge and various experience.
Visit https://www.awesome-v.com/ for more information.
EnergyLab is Australia and New Zealand’s largest climate tech startup accelerator and innovation network dedicated to reaching net zero emissions. We connect talented founders to the mentors, advisors, partners, peers and investors they need to succeed.
Visit https://energylab.org.au/ for more information.
Backed by years of industry experience and a network that reaches far and wide, we are a community of location-data and proptech collaborators looking to make positive change happen.
Since its inception in 2009 Geovation has become a leading proponent of the value of open innovation in the public sector. After opening its first space in summer 2015, Geovation has grown to support a community of more than 1,500 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, academics, students and corporate innovators.
Visit https://geovation.uk/ for more information.
KITA is the largest business organization in South Korea with over 70,000 member companies. Representing the interests of Korea's global traders, KITA serves a diverse range of roles including supporting member firms, drawing trade cooperation from the private sector, formulating new trade strategies, nurturing trade professionals, and building trade infrastructure.
Visit www.kita.org for more information.
Nordic Innovation House is a community platform accelerating high-quality Nordic tech startups, scaleups and growth companies. Via our strong community and network, we connect Nordic companies into the right ecosystem stakeholders.
In Singapore, our Nordic partners include Business Sweden, Innovation Norway, the Embassy of Finland, Business Iceland, and the Embassy of Denmark.
We share the mission of building bridges between the Nordics and Southeast Asia and have a presence in Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, providing a global network and framework tailored to serve the local ecosystem needs.
Visit www.nordicinnovationhouse.com/singapore for more information.
IPI is an innovation catalyst that creates opportunities for enterprises to grow beyond boundaries.
As a subsidiary of Enterprise Singapore, IPI accelerates the innovation process of enterprises through access to its global innovation ecosystem and advisory services.
Visit https://www.ipi-singapore.org/ for more information.
Pinnacle - a learning and development initiative, spanning NextGen empowerment and upskilling, entrepreneurship bootcamps and executive learning.
Visit https://pinnaclelearning.global/ for more information.
Mobility Makers is the professional network of sustainable mobility leaders gathering more than 11.000 members.
Mobility Makers reunite all verticals of the transport industry into one global network. It facilitates connections and collaborations in the sustainable mobility sector between corporates, startups, policy makers, VC and researchers.
Visit https://mobilitymakers.co/ for more information.
The Solar Impulse Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded by explorer and cleantech pioneer Bertrand Piccard. Following the success of the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered plane, its mission is to accelerate the adoption of solutions capable of protecting the environment in an economically profitable way. It thus reflects the unifying and realistic approach of its founder around ‘Qualitative Growth’. Demonstrating that it is possible to meet ecological challenges without undermining economic development, the Foundation achieved, in April 2021, its first objective of identifying and labelling 1000 ‘Efficient Solutions’, assessed as clean and profitable by independent experts. While continuing to increase its portfolio of solutions, Bertrand Piccard and the Foundation are seeking to facilitate the emergence of these technologies on the market through advocacy in favour of modernising the legislative framework and by publishing guides to support political and business decision-makers in their ecological transition
Visit https://solarimpulse.com/ for more information.
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Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. We work with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate, and internationalise.
We also support the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups and build trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.
Visit www.enterprisesg.gov.sg for more information.
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The Open Innovation Network (OIN) is set up by Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to provide a single national gateway to open innovation challenges and activities happening in Singapore. At OIN, you will find a directory of challenges launched by companies or agencies inviting solutions, where innovators can seek out co-development and test-bedding opportunities. We encourage the discovery of new ideas and solutions, and link up partners in the open innovation ecosystem.
Visit www.openinnovationnetwork.gov.sg for more information.
Agorize is the leading global platform for Open Innovation and talent engagement challenges. Founded in Paris in 2011 with offices across Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, and Canada, Agorize has supported over 300 international companies in furthering their innovation strategies by connecting them with our global community of 5 million innovators through Open Innovation challenges. Through our software as a service (SaaS), we can tailor-make innovation programs and business challenges dedicated to fostering innovation and sourcing talent.
Our ambition is to become the missing link between large corporations and talented innovators: students, developers, startups, and (internal) employees. Because the best ideas can come from anywhere.
Agorize has run 2000+ programs for the likes of Amazon Web Services, AXA, Electrolux, Enterprise Singapore, IMDA, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Kering, Lego, L’Oreal, LinkedIn, LVMH Fashion Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Microsoft, Parkway Pantai, Paris Saint-Germain, Pernod Ricard, Singapore Airlines, Schneider Electric and Société Générale.
Visit get.agorize.com for more information.
Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance empowers founders to rapidly build, validate and scale Industry 4.0 startups that reduce the environmental footprint of businesses by supporting them with world-class technologies, investment, network and skills through a public-private partnership with research institutions, government agencies, investors and corporates.
Our vision is to be the world's most impactful venture builder to help entrepreneurs bring advanced technologies to market to solve large-scale environmental problems.
Visit www.sdta.sg for more information.
