Windward
- Category
- Maritime Intelligence / Risk / Defense
Technology Score
Score Pending
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Momentum
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Evidence Confidence
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9 approved evidence records
What it does
Maritime AI and operational-intelligence platform combining behavioral analytics with AIS, satellite imagery, RF and other sensor data for defense, security, compliance and commercial use cases.
Windward has evolved from maritime behavioral analytics into a broader multi-sensor intelligence platform with increasing U.S. national-security exposure. Its 2025 ownership change and 2026 Prominent Edge acquisition make defense and mission software an increasingly important part of the company's trajectory.
Watch itemDefense expansion, government adoption and integration of Prominent Edge.
Key metrics
Dated snapshots. Historical values are retained, never overwritten.
Key Metric
Prominent Edge acquired Apr 2026
Key Metric
FTV Capital ownership since 2025
Key Metric
Multi-sensor AIS/EO/SAR/RF fusion
Products & capabilities
No products recorded.
Customers, deployments & partners
Partnership, pilot, trial and deployment are distinct states and are never merged. Deployment scope comes from the cited evidence.
procurement/operational use
Ownership & investors
Current / past owner · Take-private
FTV Capital · Closed · 18 March 2025
Acquisitions made
Funding rounds
Each round is dated and sourced. Totals are never summed from unverified figures.
No funding rounds recorded.
Competitors
direct
Company timeline
Ownership · 9 April 2026
Acquisition of Prominent Edge
Product launch · February 2026
Windward launches Maritime Intelligence Operations Center
Ownership · 18 March 2025
Take-private by FTV Capital
Evidence & sources
Every material claim above traces back to one of these records.
Windward launched a Maritime Intelligence Operations Center in Feb 2026 after adding remote sensing intelligence and AI document validation in 2025.
Source: Windward — Product Evolution
Windward acquired Prominent Edge in April 2026 to deepen U.S. defense, geospatial and mission-software capabilities.
Source: Expand U.S. defense, geospatial and mission-software capabilities
FTV Capital completed its acquisition of Windward on March 18, 2025; Windward became privately held and U.S. majority owned.
Source: Windward — Ownership
UN Procurement Division records a Windward intelligence-system contract with an NTE amount of $106,000.
UN DPRK Panel report used Windward AIS coordinates and described Windward as a maritime AI platform.
Windward publicly displays customer/testimonial relationships including the United Nations, MAOC(N), Metro Shipping and others.
Source: Windward — Windward publicly displays customer/testimonial relationships including the Unit
Windward
Windward / FCA
UN procurement and operational-use evidence
Source record pending attachment.
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