Maritime AI company Windward has introduced its Remote Sensing Intelligence (RSI) solution, designed to deliver real-time intelligence for maritime operations across both government and commercial sectors.
The RSI system integrates multi-sensor satellite and radio frequency (RF) coverage with analytics. It is now a part of Windward’s Maritime AI platform.
Windward’s RSI combines satellite data sources such as electro-optical (EO) imagery, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and RF sensors with proprietary feeds containing automatic identification system (AIS) signals, vessel behaviour information, and cargo details.
It also incorporates ownership structures up to the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) and global sanctions lists.
This integration is intended to provide operators with the ability to verify cargo origins, identify sanctions-related risks, and detect AIS manipulations more efficiently.
According to Windward, the solution streamlines the entire intelligence workflow by intelligently planning source selection based on factors like weather and availability, automatically tasking imagery collection, and automating object detection.
Professional service reports are available for teams requiring custom assessments that can be distributed among various units or agencies.
The launch features an Imagery & RF Hub that consolidates all collections into a searchable workspace and works alongside MAI Expert, a virtual subject matter expert developed by Windward.
MAI Expert is designed to assist with sensor feasibility checks, collection management, and investigative support.
Windward CEO and co-founder Ami Daniel said: “Due to collapsing launch costs, satellite constellations have grown dramatically. By pulling together dozens of satellites, we allow our customer to tap into our virtual constellation, allowing for the constant monitoring of the maritime domain.
“To leverage this wealth of images and data, organisations need context, accuracy, and the analytics to transform the images into insights and action.”
In the third quarter of this year, Windward recorded a rise in identity laundering and coordinated AIS manipulation among tanker fleets.
The company also identified 11,600 vessels impacted by GPS jamming and the creation of 13 new fraudulent flag registries during the same period.
Windward said that recent trends, including covert ship-to-ship transfers and complex shipping practices, have made it more difficult to track vessel movements and verify cargo origins, which complicates compliance with sanctions.
In March this year, equity investment firm FTV Capital completed the acquisition of Windward. The deal values Windward’s total issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital at approximately £216m ($280m) on a fully diluted basis.
