HawkEye 360 has secured $36 million in new international contracts as allied governments seek radio-frequency (RF) intelligence to track activity and identify potential threats.
The multi-year awards cover customers in more than 10 allied and partner nations across the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. The company did not identify the customers or disclose the value of individual contracts.
HawkEye 360 uses satellites to detect and locate RF emissions from sources such as communications equipment. It then processes the collected data to help defense and intelligence agencies understand activity in an area.
The company said its latest contracts will support situational awareness, threat identification, and operational decision-making.
Contracts Expand Signals Intelligence Capabilities
Signals intelligence involves collecting and analyzing electronic signals to gather information about potential threats, military activity, and communications. It can help agencies identify where transmitters are operating, map communications activity, and monitor areas where conventional tracking systems may provide an incomplete picture.
In September, the US Army awarded nearly $196 million in production contracts to Heaviside Industries and Research Innovations for electromagnetic spectrum sensing and signals intelligence capabilities.
The awards include a $99-million contract for Heaviside’s MOTH spectrum analyzer and a $96.9-million contract for Research Innovations’ Dragonfly sensors, which are integrated aboard the Menet Aero Intrepid 1200 unmanned aircraft.
HawkEye 360 also received a contract in August under the National Reconnaissance Office’s Commercial Radio Frequency Capability Augmentation program.
The award moves the company’s work from research and testing into an operational contract to provide commercial RF data for US national security missions.