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accession: "0001750704-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAWK"
cik: "0001750704"
company_name: "HawkEye 360, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-11-10T21:19:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-10T21:20:05.158801+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HawkEye 360 adds former CIA Director William J. Burns to board as Class II director

## Summary
- Board appointed Ambassador William J. Burns effective November 10, 2026; he serves as Class II director with term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting.
- Burns was CIA Director from 2021 to January 2025, the first career diplomat to lead the agency; Deputy Secretary of State 2011-2014; U.S. Ambassador to Russia 2005-2008.
- He is currently Senior Advisor for Global Affairs at Evercore (since June 2025) and was President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 2015 to 2021.
- Compensation: $50,000 annual cash retainer plus a one-time RSU grant worth $400,000 vesting in equal annual installments over three years under the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
- CEO John Serafini said Burns' expertise will support integrating signals-intelligence data into operational workflows for U.S. and allied defense customers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001750704-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAWK
- cik: 0001750704
- company_name: HawkEye 360, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-11-10T21:19:17+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750704/000175070426000029/0001750704-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750704/000175070426000029/hawk-20261110.htm

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