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]
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
HawkEye 360 is funded to develop and operate 20 clusters that will provide an average global revisit rate of 12 to 20 minutes.
HawkEye 360 was awarded a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office’s Commercial Systems Program Office on 2022-09-28.
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.
HawkEye 360’s RFGeo product detects and geolocates RF signals of interest using data generated by the company's satellite constellation.
RFGeo provides a geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness by detecting and geolocating RF signals using HawkEye 360's satellite constellation.
Analysts can use overhead-collected UHF and VHF geolocated signal data from HawkEye 360 to more rapidly discover emitters of interest and increase workflow efficiency.
RFGeo provides a geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness using geolocated RF signal detections from HawkEye 360’s satellite constellation.
VHF Flex and UHF Flex join HawkEye 360’s RFGeo catalog that includes VHF Marine Communications, UHF Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), UHF Push-to-talk radios, GPS Interference, L-Band mobile satellite communications (such as Thuraya and Inmarsat devices), and X- and S-Band maritime and land-based radars.
HawkEye 360 added VHF Flex and UHF Flex to its RFGeo signal mapping product on 2022-09-21 in Herndon, Virginia.
HawkEye 360 is seeking longer-term, steady contracts to support its commercial radio-frequency data and analytics business.
HawkEye 360 performed over 1,000 individual missions over Ukraine.
HawkEye 360 is planning a new funding round and is considering an initial public offering in 2024 or 2025 depending on macroeconomic conditions.
HawkEye 360 has raised more than $300,000,000 across six funding rounds since its founding.
Chip Hardy is Division Chief of the SMDC Space Applications Division and supports evaluating small satellite capabilities such as those offered by HawkEye 360 for the tactical warfighter.
Under the CRADA, HawkEye 360 will develop and demonstrate new commercial overhead RF-sensing capabilities intended to provide tactical support for the warfighter.
Under the CRADA, HawkEye 360 will develop and demonstrate new commercial overhead RF-sensing capabilities intended to provide tactical support for warfighters.
HawkEye 360’s on-orbit activities under the CRADA will include satellite tasking, direct downlink to mobile ground stations, signal detection, signal characterization, geolocation, integration and dissemination into Army systems, and automated tip-and-cue of Army ISR assets.
Under the CRADA, HawkEye 360 will develop and demonstrate commercial overhead RF-sensing capabilities intended to provide tactical support for the warfighter.
HawkEye 360’s on-orbit activities under the CRADA will include satellite tasking, direct downlink to mobile ground stations, signal detection, characterization, geolocation, integration, and dissemination into Army systems, and automated tip-and-cue of Army ISR assets.
Under the CRADA, HawkEye 360 will develop and demonstrate new commercial overhead RF-sensing capabilities intended to provide tactical support for the warfighter.