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 achieved commercial operation in April 2019.
HawkEye 360 launched its initial three satellites in December 2018 to identify and geolocate a broad range of RF signals.
HawkEye 360 Inc. was awarded a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office for a commercial RF survey study.
PJT Partners serves as an advisor to HawkEye 360, a firm operating satellites to pinpoint the origin of radio frequency signals.
Finalists for Deal of the Year included SpaceX raising $1,000,000,000+, NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards, OneWeb raising $1,000,000,000+, HawkEye 360’s $70,000,000 Series B, Virgin Galactic’s IPO, Relativity’s $140,000,000 round, the Raytheon-United Technologies merger, and the L3-Harris Corp. merger.
Advance committed to investing $15,000,000 of primary capital into HawkEye 360’s previously announced Series B funding, subject to regulatory approval.
HawkEye 360 is the first commercial company to use formation flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data analytics.
The transaction to transfer Allied Minds’ HawkEye 360 shares to Advance closed on 2019-11-08.
On 2019-11-08, Advance became HawkEye 360’s largest shareholder after purchasing Allied Minds’ minority stake.
HawkEye 360 is the first commercial company to use formation-flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data analytics.
On 2019-10-24, HawkEye 360 expanded the RFGeo signal catalog to address new markets such as border security and anti-poaching efforts.
Since February 2019, the HawkEye 360 satellites have collected millions of RF geolocation data points.
Reston, Virginia-based HawkEye 360 is developing a smallsat constellation for radio-frequency monitoring from space.
HawkEye 360 is targeting maritime customers and developing the capability to detect dark vessels by identifying push-to-talk radio, satellite phone, S-band, or X-band communications from space.
HawkEye 360 is developing a next-generation constellation intended to further expand its RF geolocation capabilities.
In December 2018, HawkEye 360 launched its first satellites capable of identifying and geolocating radio frequency signals.
Advance committed to invest primary capital into HawkEye 360’s Series B fundraising round.
HawkEye 360 raised $70,000,000 in Series B financing in August 2019.
The next-generation HawkEye 360 satellites are intended to improve capabilities and expand the constellation for faster revisit rates to provide better insights across maritime, air, and land domains.
HawkEye 360 awarded UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory a contract last year to build three additional satellites.