General John P. Abizaid, The Honourable Kari A. Bingen, The Honourable Jim Cooper, and Dr. M. Sanjayan have been named to HawkEye 360 Inc.'s Advisory Board Class of 2023, the world's top defence technology business for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics.

HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini commented, "HawkEye 360 is proud to welcome an extraordinary class of advisory board leaders for 2023." As we continue to grow our RF-sensing satellite constellation to give the U.S. Government and our partners abroad vital, near real-time insights into illegal and illicit operations, their extensive expertise across the government and nonprofit sectors will be key.

HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini commented, "HawkEye 360 is proud to welcome an extraordinary class of advisory board leaders for 2023." As we continue to grow our RF-sensing satellite constellation to give the U.S. Government and our partners abroad vital, near real-time insights into illegal and illicit operations, their extensive expertise across the government and nonprofit sectors will be key.

Four-star retired U.S. Army general General John P. Abizaid most recently held the position of American ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He formerly held positions as the Distinguished Chair (Emeritus) of the Combating Terrorism Centre at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and on the External Advisory Board for the CIA. He was the inaugural Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He oversaw units at every level during his thirty-four years of active duty, serving in Grenada, Lebanon, Kurdistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He holds a master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He has also received honorary degrees from Norwich University and Dartmouth College. He has also studied at the University of Jordan in Amman. He currently serves as the Principal Partner of JPA Partners, LLC, a company that offers leadership, national and international strategy, business, security, and military affairs advice to clients in the private sector, government, and academia. He sits on the board of the Middle East Institute and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

According to General John Abizaid, "HawkEye 360's work is essential to fostering a safer and more secure world, including in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific regions." "I'm excited to be a part of this innovative team that is highlighting the crucial contribution that commercial defence technologies make to our overall national security."

the prestigious At the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Kari A. Bingen oversees the Aerospace Security Project and serves as a senior fellow in the International Security Programme. She was formerly HawkEye 360's Chief Strategy Officer. Along with holding these positions, Kari has also worked as the House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) policy director, staff lead, and deputy undersecretary of defence for intelligence and security. Kari is a part-time assistant professor at Georgetown University, a representative on several corporate and charitable advisory boards, and a member of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group. She earned a bachelor's degree in aviation and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

"I'm thrilled to be back with the HawkEye 360 team in this capacity and to be joining such a distinguished cohort of advisors," said Kari Bingen. HawkEye 360 serves as an example of the contribution that commercial space may make to global security and national defence.

the prestigious Jim Cooper, a former congressman from Tennessee who just resigned, spent 32 years in the House of Representatives, serving on eight different committees, including the Intelligence Committee. As the former chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Jim contributed to the creation of the U.S. Space Force. Jim collaborated with Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) in 2017 on a plan to create a space corps under the Department of the Air Force in the United States. The plan was approved by the House, and two years later a legislation establishing the U.S. Space Force was brought into effect. Cooper got his B.A. as a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his M.A. as a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford University. He is penning a book about the Space Force's early years.

Rep. Jim Cooper stated, "I was impressed by HawkEye 360 and its outstanding management team from the beginning and have been much more impressed by their efforts internationally this past year. They are a business with a bright future, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

Conservation International, an organisation that works mostly in the Global South to safeguard wildlife for humanity, is led by Dr. M. Sanjayan, a conservation scientist. Sanjayan, a Sri Lankan native who was reared in West Africa, has a Ph.D. in conservation biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master's degree in biology from the University of Oregon. Prior to this, he held positions as a fellow at the Aspen Institute, a distinguished professor of teaching at Arizona State University, and a visiting researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sanjayan also works with the Clinton Global Initiative as a climate advisor and a trustee for the Earthshot Prize.

Sanjayan stated, "I have centred my professional life on humanitarian and environmental preservation activities as a conservation scientist concerned with global climate change, including forest regeneration and safeguarding ocean waters. "I genuinely think that Hawkeye 360's technologies will improve both our society and the entire planet."

According to HawkEye 360 Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Zeitouni, "as HawkEye 360 expands its signal collection and analysis capabilities, these distinguished advisors bring invaluable knowledge and experience in how our data can support the national security, defence, space, and environmental sectors." Their leadership strengthens HawkEye 360.

These four people will join the board's 18 current members as the HawkEye 360 Advisory Board's Class of 2023:

Visit https://www.he360.com/ for more details on the HawkEye 360 satellite constellation.

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