Catalyst Campus Delivers an Ecosystem that Cultivates Partnerships & Sparks Innovation
We are a collaborative ecosystem with best-in-class amenities where industry, small business, workforce training, entrepreneurs, startups, and venture capital intersect with the aerospace and defense industry to create community, spark innovation, and stimulate business growth.
THE CAMPUS VISION
Our vision is to serve as an agnostic ecosystem connecting small business and non-traditional industry partners with government mission owners to accelerate innovation for national security.
The Campus Mission
Through Public-Private Partnerships – Accelerating commercial Tech Transfer, and Transition (T3) to counter evolving threats, close mission gaps, and maintain strategic superiority for U.S. national security and homeland defense.
Campus Origins
In 2015, the O’Neil Group Company purchased a three-building campus focused around the old Santa Fe Railroad Depot in Eastern Downtown Colorado Springs. Between renovation, expansion and a vision to bring small business, academia and government together to solve real problems, the Catalyst Campus has become a thriving environment for technological advancement and the delivery of capability to the Air Force and Space Force. The Catalyst Campus has supported the growth of the downtown Colorado Springs economy, to the tune of over 1,000 employees and $270M in economic impact from a combined direct, indirect and induced effect on the economy according to a recent study.
