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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Airbus is a new investor and distribution partner for HawkEye 360 and provides the company access to European markets.
HawkEye 360 will focus on scaling its business to provide faster and more relevant RF analytics to support growing customer demand with the Series B financing.
With $70,000,000 from the Series B round and more than $30,000,000 raised previously, HawkEye 360 has enough money to complete construction and launch six satellite clusters.
HawkEye 360 launched its first satellite cluster in December 2018.
The Series B financing capitalizes HawkEye 360’s plan to build out and launch the HawkEye 360 commercial satellite constellation and develop the company’s line of RF analytic products by 2021.
HawkEye 360 was founded in 2015 and has raised over $100,000,000 in funding to date.
HawkEye 360 secured $70,000,000 in Series B financing on 2019-08-06.
HawkEye 360 had previously raised more than $30,000,000 prior to the Series B round.
HawkEye 360 raised $70,000,000 in Series B financing.
HawkEye 360 brought its first product, RFGeo, to market in April 2019.
HawkEye 360 plans to launch its second satellite cluster in early 2020 and then rapidly build and launch four more clusters.
Robert Cardillo joined HawkEye 360’s advisory board on 2019-06-27.
Esri’s enterprise geospatial platform offers customers tools to ingest data from HawkEye 360’s satellites.
When HawkEye 360 satellites detect transmissions such as VHS push-to-talk radio communications from a ship that is not transmitting AIS, HawkEye 360 can notify Ursa Space Systems to obtain synthetic aperture radar imagery.
Ursa Space Systems is partnering with HawkEye 360 to offer products that combine synthetic aperture radar and radio frequency data.
Esri’s web-based platforms can deliver HawkEye 360 RF signals data to customers immediately.
HawkEye 360 released its first RF mapping product in April that draws on information gathered by three satellites launched in December to detect and geolocate the source of radio frequency signals.
HawkEye 360 operates a constellation of small satellites that geolocate radio frequency signals.
The combined use of HawkEye 360’s space-based RF geolocation services and Windward’s technology platform enables customers to validate a vessel’s reported AIS location.
Windward will integrate HawkEye 360’s services into its digital platform to provide a seamless customer experience.