{"title":"HawkEye 360 vs Planet: Earth observation compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/hawkeye-360-vs-planet","comparison":"HawkEye 360 ranks 14 on the Space 100 with a score of 82; Planet ranks 92 with 65. HawkEye 360 is ahead on deployment, technology and positioning. Planet is ahead on production and firepower. Level on commercials, progress and leverage. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, Planet in San Francisco, United States. HawkEye 360: Public. Planet: public. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and Planet in 28.","companies":[{"name":"HawkEye 360","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/hawkeye-360","city":"Herndon","country":"United States","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":14,"score":82,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"HawkEye 360 operates a commercial RF geolocation satellite constellation and sells radio-frequency intelligence to customers including the National Reconnaissance Office.","segment":"Earth observation","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":23,"facts_total":16},{"name":"Planet","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/planet","city":"San Francisco","country":"United States","stage":"public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":92,"score":65,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":7,"progress":10,"firepower":9,"commercial":8,"deployment":1,"production":9,"technology":4},"why":"Planet sells customer-facing satellite-data analytics through Planet AI Application, which lets users query imagery and generate time-series insights.","segment":"Earth observation","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":28,"facts_total":12}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}