Space-Eyes Announces Four Distinguished Appointments to Post-Combination Board of Directors Reflecting Deep National Security, Intelligence, Defense and Global Capital Markets Expertise

Appointments enhance governance and strategic oversight as Space-Eyes prepares to operate as a publicly traded company following proposed business combination with McKinley Acquisition Corp.

Highlights:

• Accomplished and respected leaders expected to join the post-combination board bring decades of experience across defense, intelligence, academia, aerospace manufacturing, and global finance.
• Deep national-security and operational expertise led by former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and Delta Force officer James Reese.
• World-class strategy and innovation leadership through Wharton School professor and renowned management scholar Harbir Singh.
• Proven space and defense industrial-base, production-scale, and M&A experience from aerospace entrepreneur, former AAE Aerospace owner, and publicly traded Karman Space & Defense co-founder Norm Christensen.
• Extensive capital-markets, M&A, and public-company expertise from former Morgan Stanley Worldwide Investment Banking head and Perella Weinberg founding partner Terry Meguid.
• Positions Space-Eyes to accelerate growth across AI-powered geospatial intelligence, counter-UAS, defense, security, and space-based applications.

Miami, Florida, Aug. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space-Eyes, Inc. ("Space-Eyes"), a provider of AI-driven geospatial intelligence and counter-unmanned aerial systems, today announced that retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Jim Reese, Professor Harbir Singh, aerospace and defense entrepreneur Norm Christensen, and investment banking executive Terry Meguid are expected to join the post-combination board of directors following the company's proposed business combination with McKinley Acquisition Corp.

Reese brings 25 years of U.S. Army experience, including assignments with the 75th Ranger Regiment and the special mission unit commonly known as Delta Force, combat deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq, and service as lead adviser for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA following the September 11 attacks. He later founded the global security and stability consultancy TigerSwan.

"As Space-Eyes enters its next stage of growth, we are assembling a board that reflects the breadth of capabilities required to build a leading defense and intelligence technology company," said Capt. Jatin Bains, founder and CEO of Space-Eyes.

Source: McKinley Acquisition Corporation / Space-Eyes, Inc.