Hawkeye 360 has named to its advisory board class of 2023 John Abizaid, a retired U.S. Army general; Kari Bingen, former deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence; Jim Cooper, former representative for Tennessee; and M. Sanjayan; CEO of Conservation International. The four new appointees will join Hawkeye 360’s 18-member board to contribute diverse expertise, […] More

HawkEye 360 has deployed its seventh cluster of next generation radio frequency sensing spacecraft to low Earth orbit to expand its constellation of RF signal mapping satellites. The Cluster 7 trio has established communications with HawkEye 360 operations team after launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part […] More

HawkEye 360 has commissioned its sixth cluster of radio frequency-sensing satellites, the first of its constellation to enter an inclined orbit. The three new satellites are expected to bolster data collection of RF-based intelligence in mid-latitude regions, the company announced Tuesday. The Cluster 6 satellites are supported by a new ground station in Maui, Hawaii, […] More

Rocket Lab has launched its first Electron mission from the U.S. to deploy three HawkEye 360-developed satellites to the low Earth orbit. The “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” mission lifted off Tuesday from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Rocket Lab said. It is the first of […] More

HawkEye 360 has received a contract from Slingshot Aerospace to provide radio frequency data to the latter to facilitate the detection of GPS interference and other RF threats from space in support of the U.S. Space Force. Herndon, Virginia-based HawkEye said Thursday it will also provide support services for Slingshot’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit Data […] More

Patrick Zeitouni has been appointed chief strategy officer of space-based radio frequency data and analytics provider HawkEye 360. In this role, Zeitouni will direct the organization’s efforts amid the changing space and national security landscape to drive company expansion and product strategy within the growing RF data and analytics market, HawkEye 360 announced from Herndon, Virginia on […] More

HawkEye 360 has expanded its space-based radio frequency signal mapping product portfolio with the addition of two new radar and communication signals for geospatial intelligence. The company said Wednesday the RFGeo mapping platform’s UHF Flex and VHF Flex radar signals were made available to give users the flexibility to detect RF activities without specifying a […] More

HawkEye 360 will build and demonstrate overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under a two-year cooperative research and development agreement. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficient, effective, and resilient systems that strengthen how the U.S. Army mobilizes, protects, and sustains expeditionary forces leveraging […] More

HawkEye 360 has opened a new technology and development center in Herndon, Virginia, to advance the production of radio frequency-sensing satellite technology and geospatial intelligence offerings for defense and government customers. The 19,000-square-foot facility is designed to accommodate up to 70 new employees specializing in data processing, software development, constellation operations, payload development and satellite […] More

HawkEye 360 has introduced an analytics technology developed to provide naval law enforcement officials with insights into illicit maritime activity in global areas of interest. The company said Monday the new maritime association analytics capability uses radio frequency signal and automatic identification system geolocations from third-party sources to check if they match and confirm their Maritime […] More

Rocket Lab has secured a contract with HawkEye 360 to send 15 radio frequency monitoring satellites to low Earth orbit using the Electron launch vehicle. Three Electron missions will be conducted from late 2022 to 2024, with the first delivering three satellites to orbit followed by two, six-spacecraft launches to expand HawkEye 360’s constellation, Rocket […] More

A new set of HawkEye 360 geolocation satellites have reached space and established communications with ground-based systems after launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The three Cluster 4 satellites carry a radio frequency payload each and expand HawkEye 360’s existing constellation of nine satellites, the company said Friday, the same day as […] More