HawkEye 360 vs Spire Global: Earth observation compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

HawkEye 360 ranks 14 on the Space 100 with a score of 82; Spire Global ranks 84 with 66. HawkEye 360 is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, Spire Global in Vienna, United States. HawkEye 360: Public. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and Spire Global in 106.

HawkEye 360 →

Herndon, Virginia, United States · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation · Public · he360.com

HawkEye 360 operates a commercial RF geolocation satellite constellation and sells radio-frequency intelligence to customers including the National Reconnaissance Office.

Space 100 · rank 14 · score 82

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials8
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

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.

Latest signals

  • HawkEye 360 successfully deployed six advanced RF detection and geolocation satellites.Satellite Evolution
  • SFL Missions delivered HawkEye 360 Cluster 15 and 16 spacecraft buses and subsystems.Satellite Evolution
  • Rocket Lab launched three HawkEye 360 satellites on an Electron rocket from New Zealand.Novosti Kosmonavtiki

23 signals name HawkEye 360.

Facts, with sources

  • Launches booked through 2028 for RF geolocation satellitesSpaceNews
  • [object Object]SpaceNews
  • Secured launches through 2028 via SpaceX rideshare missionsSpaceNews

16 facts on file.

Spire Global →

Vienna, Virginia, United States · Space · Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation · spire.com

Spire sells satellite-driven weather intelligence through AI-WX, AI-S2S, APIs and Cirrus, serving energy, agriculture, logistics, insurance, finance and government customers.

Space 100 · rank 84 · score 66AI Core · watchlist · score 55

Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials6
Progress9
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower6
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Spire Global is a US operator of a multi-payload nanosatellite constellation for RF sensing (weather, AIS, ADS-B) plus a space-services model building satellites for others, having reset its balance sheet by selling its maritime business to Kpler (~$241M, 2025) and now forecasting ~50% revenue growth in 2026. Its European pivot has a humanoid-list crossover: Schaeffler (which tops the Humanoids list) and Diehl are named partners in its German manufacturing expansion. Post-divestiture revenue is estimated at 10-100m.

Latest signals

  • Estuaire used approximately 8,000 Spire Global flight tracks to build an aviation emissions-tool auditing framework.Spire Global
  • Spire Global won a $28 million NOAA contract to develop a hyperspectral microwave sounding satellite.SpaceNews
  • NOAA awarded Spire Global and PlanetiQ contracts for radio-occultation dataSpaceNews

106 signals name Spire Global.

Facts, with sources

  • NOAA contract for a hyperspectral microwave sounderSpaceNews
  • NOAA contract to develop new weather satellite instruments for the TMATE projectVia Satellite
  • NOAA contract to build and flight qualify a satellite and hyperspectral microwave sounderSpaceNews

114 facts on file.

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HawkEye 360 or Spire Global: which is ahead in space?

HawkEye 360 ranks 14 on the Space 100 with a score of 82; Spire Global ranks 84 with 66. HawkEye 360 is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, Spire Global in Vienna, United States. HawkEye 360: Public. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and Spire Global in 106.

How do HawkEye 360 and Spire Global compare?

HawkEye 360 ranks 14 on the Space 100 with a score of 82; Spire Global ranks 84 with 66. HawkEye 360 is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment. HawkEye 360 is based in Herndon, United States, Spire Global in Vienna, United States. HawkEye 360: Public. HawkEye 360 is named in 23 signals and Spire Global in 106. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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