Herndon data analytics firm HawkEye 360 Inc., along with the National Security Space Association (NSSA), has convened a group of space industry companies to send humanitarian aid to Ukrainians impacted by the war.
The Space Industry for Ukraine (SIFU) initiative, announced this week, is so far a group of around 20 companies that have each promised to donate $50,000 toward sending medical and food supplies and other aid to Ukraine and Poland. Certified nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) will manage the aid projects, SIFU said in a statement, although it wasn’t clear what particular NGOs that would include.
HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini worked with the NSSA to set up the initiative after a humanitarian trip he took in March to Ukraine and Poland, where he said he was “energized” by the work of the NGOs on the ground to go beyond the defense and intelligence data work his company others were doing in the region. “We are thrilled with the amount of interest we received from our…
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