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HawkEye 360 acquires RF Solutions
Herndon-based HawkEye 360 has acquired RF Solutions from Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Intelligence, the satellite analytics company announced last week. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. It’s the first acquisition for HawkEye 360 and gives the company ownership of two new satellites, intellectual property and a data archive. The company now has a constellation [&h[...]
HawkEye 360 promotes COO to president
HawkEye 360’s chief operating officer has been promoted to president, the Herndon-based satellite analytics company announced Tuesday. Rob Rainhart joined HawkEye 360 as vice president of engineering in 2016, a few months after the company’s 2015 founding, and has served as its chief operating officer since 2019. His new role as president is effective immediately. […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN SERAFINI
Serafini founded his geospatial analytics company in 2015. From its constellation of satellites, HawkEye 360 collects radio frequency data that can identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. It has helped detect illegal fishing for the Australian government, and in Ukraine, it tracked Russian troop movements. Last year, Serafini […]
Rocket Lab launches first mission from U.S. soil
After more than a month’s delay, Rocket Lab USA’s first launch from U.S. soil at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County blasted off Tuesday evening. The mission, “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” lifted off around 6 p.m. EST from the company’s Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within the NASA facility, […[...]
Rocket Lab announces December Va. launch window
Rocket Lab USA Inc. will launch the first U.S. mission for its Electron rocket from a launch pad on NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County during a 13-day window that opens Dec. 7. The company announced the Wallops launch Thursday. The mission, called “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” will deploy satellites for Herndon-based HawkEye […]
Herndon contractor employee receives Intelligence and National Security Alliance award
Herndon-based satellite company HawkEye 360 Inc. announced Wednesday that Darek Kawamoto, its principal engineer for algorithms, has been honored with the Edwin H. Land Industry Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). Of the six honorees receiving INSA Achievement Awards this year, Kawamoto is the only Virginia contractor employee being honored. The Edwin […]
