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Space

NGA Awards HawkEye 360 Contract for Geolocation of RF Emitters

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

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NGA Awards HawkEye 360 Contract for Geolocation of RF Emitters

Pictured is a HawkEye 360 graphics of its Cluster 3 satelllites, which are designed to fly in formation in low Earth orbit (HawkEye 360 Graphic)

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Herndon, Va.-based HawkEye 360 a contract worth up to $10 million over five years for the geolocation of radio frequency (RF) emitters, NGA said on Sept. 27. HawkEye 360 operates a constellation of nine RF-monitoring satellites and plans to launch 21 more satellites this year and next on the path to a full constellation of 30 satellites that the company said will provide data collection revisits every 20 minutes. The company said that…

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