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HawkEye 360

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HawkEye 360 is a commercial signals intelligence company that operates a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit to detect, characterize, and geolocate radio frequency (RF) signals. \[3, 11] The company's services include spectrum mapping and monitoring, maritime domain awareness, and other data analytics for government and commercial clients in the maritime, telecommunications, and security sectors. \[1, 3, 8] HawkEye 360 partners with organizations like General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and BlackRock to enhance its data capabilities and expand its market reach. \[5, 9, 12] The company's RF data and analytics are used for various applications, including monitoring wireless usage, detecting interference, and expediting search and rescue operations. \[3, 7, 11]

commercialFounded 2015
Herndon, Virginia, United States
www.he360.com
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UHF Flex and VHF Flex allow customers to select from a broader frequency range than other signals in HawkEye 360’s catalog, enabling more collections, characterizations, geolocations, and insights into RF activity.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

All signals within HawkEye 360’s RFGeo product can be purchased via historical archive access, new collections, or regional awareness subscriptions where applicable.

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 2.0Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

RFGeo provides a geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness using geolocated signal data generated by HawkEye 360’s satellite constellation.

CapabilityValue 4.2Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

HawkEye 360’s RFGeo signal catalog includes VHF Marine Communications, UHF EPIRB, UHF Push-to-talk radios, GPS Interference, L-Band Mobile Satellite Communications (such as Thuraya and Inmarsat), X- and S-Band Maritime signals, and land-based radars.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

HawkEye 360 operates a growing constellation of satellites that detects, characterizes, and geolocates radio frequency signals from a broad range of emitters used for communication, navigation, and security.

CapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 4.2Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

HawkEye 360 Inc. was awarded a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office’s Commercial Systems Program Office to assess, mature, integrate, and operationalize commercial RF intelligence into the NRO’s integrated overhead architecture to support warfighters, the intelligence community, and policymakers.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

HawkEye 360 is funded to develop and operate 20 satellite clusters that will provide an average global revisit rate of 12 to 20 minutes.

CapabilityFinancialValue 4.0Oct 17, 2022UPDATE 1: HawkEye 360 selected by NRO to develop expanded RF capabilities + the company adds new radar + comms signals to the firm’s mapping product

Rocket Lab will supply HawkEye 360 with separation systems produced by Planetary Systems Corporation.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Oct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

The Wallops mission will be the first of three Electron launches for HawkEye 360 under a contract that will deliver 15 satellites to low Earth orbit between late 2022 and 2024.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Oct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

The mission from Launch Complex 2 will deploy satellites for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

The three contracted Electron launches for HawkEye 360 will expand HawkEye 360’s constellation of RF monitoring satellites to improve the company’s ability to deliver precise mapping of RF emissions globally.

PlanCapabilityGrowthRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 13, 2022Rocket Lab’s Electron arrives at Wallops Launch Complex 2 for the firm’s 1st launch from Virginia

HawkEye 360 received an NRO study contract under the Strategic Commercial Enhancement Broad Agency Announcement Framework for commercial RF remote sensing.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.0Sep 30, 2022NRO Announces Commercial Radio Frequency Study Contract Awards

HawkEye 360 is funded to develop and operate 20 clusters that will provide an average global revisit rate of 12 to 20 minutes.

FinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 29, 2022HawkEye 360 Awarded Radio Frequency Contract by the NRO

HawkEye 360 operates a growing constellation of satellites that detects, characterizes, and geolocates radio frequency signals from emitters used for communication, navigation, and security.

CapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 4.0Sep 29, 2022HawkEye 360 Awarded Radio Frequency Contract by the NRO

HawkEye 360 has been awarded a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office Commercial Systems Program Office (NRO CSPO).

RelationshipsValue 4.2Sep 29, 2022HawkEye 360 Awarded Radio Frequency Contract by the NRO

Companies receiving NRO commercial RF study awards include Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Sep 29, 2022NRO’s six contract awards for commercial radio remote frequency study

Companies receiving awards under the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancement Broad Agency Announcement Framework include Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 28, 2022National Reconnaissance Office issues six study contracts for commercial RF remote sensing

HawkEye 360 previously held a 2019 commercial RF survey study contract with the National Reconnaissance Office.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Sep 28, 2022NRO signs agreements with six commercial providers of space-based RF data

HawkEye 360 was the first commercial company to use satellites to create radio frequency data analytics.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.9Sep 28, 2022NRO signs agreements with six commercial providers of space-based RF data

Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab signed agreements giving the National Reconnaissance Office access to their systems and business plans for evaluation of commercial RF data purchases.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Sep 28, 2022NRO signs agreements with six commercial providers of space-based RF data
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