HawkEye 360, a company that provides signals intelligence data and analytics, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock, according to a company statement.
The firm, which is based in Herndon, Virginia, has not set the number of shares that would be offered nor established a price range for the planned transaction. HawkEye 360 has stated its intention to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "HAWK."
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley have been named as the lead book-running managers for the offering. In addition, RBC Capital Markets, Jefferies, and BofA Securities are listed as additional book-running managers. Baird, Raymond James, and William Blair are identified as bookrunners for the deal.
The registration statement has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. As the company notes in its filing, the securities covered by the registration statement cannot be sold until the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC.
In its description of the business, HawkEye 360 says it provides signals intelligence services to defense, intelligence, and national security organizations. The company states that it uses space-based collection systems to detect, geolocate, and characterize radio-frequency emissions on a global basis, and that it delivers the resulting data to the U.S. Government and allied partners.
HawkEye 360 says the proposed offering will be conducted through a prospectus. Preliminary copies of that prospectus will be available from the lead underwriters once the company's registration statement becomes effective.
Contextual note included in the filing material - The filing as published also contained promotional material addressing investment research, including a question about investment opportunities in 2026 and a description of a data and analytics product referred to as InvestingPro, which the material characterizes as combining institutional-grade data with AI-powered insights and offering preliminary research assistance. That material notes that preliminary prospectuses and related offering documents will be distributed by the lead underwriters once the SEC declares the registration effective.
What this filing does and does not disclose - The S-1 filing formally begins the process of a potential public offering by making initial regulatory disclosures to the SEC, naming underwriting banks, and stating the intended exchange and ticker. The filing does not, at this stage, disclose the size of the proposed share offering or any pricing information, and it notes that the registration is not yet effective, which means no securities may be sold until that condition is satisfied.
Next steps identified in the filing - The company and its underwriters will proceed with a prospectus distribution only after the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC. Until that effectiveness occurs, the timeline, size, and pricing of any eventual offering remain undefined in the public filing.