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]
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HawkEye 360 activated new ground stations in Chile, South Africa, and New Zealand to download increasing amounts of data and reduce the time required to deliver data to customers.
HawkEye 360’s expanded constellation has an average revisit of 1.5 hours using enhanced payloads, additional ground stations, and optimized satellite management and data processing.
The constellation now includes a dozen next-generation HawkEye 360 satellites with enhanced payloads that began launching in 2021.
The commissioning of both sets of three satellites means the HawkEye 360 constellation now has a dozen next-generation satellites with enhanced payloads that began launching in 2021.
HawkEye 360 opened its Advanced Technology and Development Center in Herndon, Virginia.
HawkEye 360 built a customized clean room and electronics lab at the Herndon facility for advanced RF technology and smallsat manufacturing.
The Herndon facility enables HawkEye 360 to have end-to-end responsibility to manufacture its commercial RF-sensing satellites for gathering geospatial intelligence.
The investment in the Herndon facility supports HawkEye 360’s hiring efforts for advanced manufacturing, space systems, data engineering, RF engineering, software engineering, and electronics engineering roles in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
HawkEye 360's Herndon facility supports U.S. government and allied government needs.
HawkEye 360 will use dedicated Rocket Lab Electron launches to target specific orbits needed to fill out its constellation and provide desired revisit times.
The Herndon facility continues HawkEye 360’s investment in Fairfax County to support U.S. government and allied government needs.
HawkEye 360 is evaluating options to expand or consolidate the new Advanced Technology and Development Center with its existing headquarters in Herndon.
The Herndon facility enables HawkEye 360 to have end-to-end responsibility to manufacture its commercial RF-sensing satellites for gathering geospatial intelligence.
HawkEye 360’s new facility and its constellation expansion are backed by $200,000,000 the company raised in two funding rounds last year.
HawkEye 360 plans to produce and launch at least four satellite clusters per year to complete the constellation and replace aging satellites.
HawkEye 360 built a customized clean room and electronics lab at the Herndon facility for advanced RF technology and smallsat manufacturing.
HawkEye 360 is investing in the local economy through high-paying, mission-focused jobs at the Herndon facility.
The Herndon facility will host up to 70 employees handling development and operations of HawkEye 360’s constellation.
The first satellites built in Herndon are expected to launch late 2022 on the first Rocket Lab Electron mission from Wallops Island, Virginia as part of a five-launch block buy HawkEye 360 arranged in April.
HawkEye 360 intends for in-house satellite assembly to improve the efficiency of producing its satellites by avoiding shipping payloads back and forth.