ICEYE ranks 2 on the Space 100 with a score of 93; HawkEye 360 ranks 14 with 82. ICEYE is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and firepower. Level on commercials, progress, technology and leverage. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, ICEYE in Espoo, Finland. HawkEye 360: Public. ICEYE: Private, founded 2014. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and ICEYE in 127.
HawkEye 360 operates a commercial RF geolocation satellite constellation and sells radio-frequency intelligence to customers including the National Reconnaissance Office.
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HawkEye 360 is a US RF-geolocation operator with a 30-satellite constellation (clusters of three since 2018; Block 4 angle-of-arrival payloads launching 2027), promoted from watchlist after it went public (ticker HAWK). FY25 revenue was $117.7M with $24.8M EBITDA (international outpacing US), and Lockheed Martin is an investor and integration partner, feeding RF intelligence into the AEGIS weapon system at Valiant Shield 2026; its December 2025 ISA acquisition generalizes emitter identification. The IPO proceeds, Q2 figures, and backlog are the open items.
23 signals name HawkEye 360.
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ICEYE builds and operates a radar imaging satellite constellation and sells Earth-observation imagery and products, such as flood intelligence, to government and defense customers.
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ICEYE is a Finnish operator of the world's largest SAR constellation (70 satellites launched since 2018, 25cm class), profitable at the operating level with FY25 revenue above EUR 250M (+100%) and EBITDA above EUR 100M, a EUR 1.5B backlog, and a EUR 1B-plus raise in June 2026 at a EUR 10B-plus valuation. It is the sovereign-intelligence category winner, with a EUR 1.7B Bundeswehr SPOCK 1 contract via its Rheinmetall JV and POLSARIS delivered to Poland's armed forces in under 12 months, marking a model shift toward governments buying constellations rather than renting imagery. It is scaling production toward one satellite per week during 2026 and 100 a year by 2028.
127 signals name ICEYE.
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ICEYE ranks 2 on the Space 100 with a score of 93; HawkEye 360 ranks 14 with 82. ICEYE is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and firepower. Level on commercials, progress, technology and leverage. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, ICEYE in Espoo, Finland. HawkEye 360: Public. ICEYE: Private, founded 2014. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and ICEYE in 127.
ICEYE ranks 2 on the Space 100 with a score of 93; HawkEye 360 ranks 14 with 82. ICEYE is ahead on deployment, production, positioning and firepower. Level on commercials, progress, technology and leverage. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, ICEYE in Espoo, Finland. HawkEye 360: Public. ICEYE: Private, founded 2014. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and ICEYE in 127. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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