SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract to build spacecraft bus units for three new HawkEye 360 satellite clusters, adding nine spacecraft to the company's expanding constellation for RF signal detection and geolocation. The order covers Cluster 14, which follows earlier designs, and Clusters 15 and 16, which incorporate advanced capabilities.

Through its Flex Production program, SFL Missions delivers bus units and subsystems derived from its 30-kg DEFIANT platform, designed in Toronto for HawkEye 360. These units are shipped to HawkEye 360's Herndon, Virginia, facility for integration, assembly, and testing.

HawkEye 360, headquartered in Herndon, is a leader in space-based signals intelligence and the first to deploy formation-flying microsatellites for terrestrial and maritime RF dete

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