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Driving digital transformation where failure is not an option, with 40+ years of proven reliability at scale across complex, always-on, mission-critical environments.
Wind River powers mission-critical systems across aerospace, defense, telecom, automotive, industrial, energy, medical, enterprise, and retail, securely connecting embedded devices to cloud infrastructure for real-time performance.
Solving the Mission Critical Challenges Facing Every Industry Today
Across industries, organizations must modernize legacy infrastructure, unify IT and OT, and meet strict safety and compliance requirements—while keeping operations always-on and ready for what comes next.
Whether you're certifying avionics software, building 5G networks for automated factories, monitoring and managing electrical grids or optimizing retail operations, Wind River provides edge-to-cloud platforms that reduce risk, accelerate time-to-market, and provide mission critical reliability . Our unified approach lets you modernize incrementally- without compromising safety, performance or regulatory compliance.
Why Wind River?
Proven Reliability
Deployed in systems that provide 99.9999% uptime . Billions of devices deployed and decades of experience delivering the reliability mission-critical industries demand.
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Hundreds of certifications across DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and more help you de-risk programs, shorten audit cycles, and speed time-to-certification.
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Unified platforms connect embedded devices, distributed infrastructure, and DevSecOps toolchains, giving you a consistent operational model from chip to cloud.
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Explore moreSafety Certified & Regulated Industries
Industries where lives and national security depend on software demand the highest levels of safety, reliability, and certification. Wind River platforms are proven across hundreds of safety programs, helping organizations meet stringent regulatory requirements while accelerating development and controlling costs.
Aerospace, Defense and Government
Wind River is the trusted foundation for the world's most critical aerospace and defense systems. Our platforms power aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and defense systems from organizations including NASA, Lockheed Martin, Collins Aerospace, Boeing, Airbus, Leonardo, and BAE Systems.
With certification-ready software proven across 750+ safety programs, Wind River reduces certification risk, time, and cost. Our platforms support MOSA, FACE 3.2, and DO-178C requirements while enabling modernization through DevSecOps practices and mixed-criticality consolidation.
Automotive
Wind River enables the software-defined vehicle transformation. Our safety-certified platforms power ADAS, autonomous driving systems, and mixed-criticality vehicle architectures for major automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide.
Wind River helps automotive leaders accelerate software-defined vehicle programs, supporting safety certification, real-time performance, and the consolidation of mixed-criticality workloads—so they can innovate faster while managing risk and complexity.
Medical
Wind River provides the regulatory-compliant platforms medical device manufacturers need to bring life-saving innovations to market. Our solutions support IEC 62304 compliance and FDA requirements while enabling modern development practices and secure over-the-air updates.
From diagnostic imaging to patient monitoring to therapeutic devices, Wind River delivers the long-term support, security, and reliability that medical applications demand—with 15-year lifecycle support ensuring continued compliance throughout product lifecycles.
Network Infrastructure Industries
Leading critical infrastructure providers require exceptional reliability, low latency, and automation at massive scale. Wind River Cloud Platform provides a cloud-native foundation for distributed, mission-critical deployments across 5G, energy, transportation, and other connected industrial systems.
Telecommunications
Wind River powers the world's most advanced telecommunications networks. Our Cloud Platform delivers the carrier-grade infrastructure for 5G transformation, supporting ultra-low latency RAN and Edge AI deployments with proven reliability at scale.
From RAN to core to IT, Wind River enables telecom operators to modernize faster while reducing TCO through automation and standardization. Verizon chose Wind River for mission-critical 5G RAN infrastructure, and a leading US carrier selected Wind River to modernize their Open RAN and cloud infrastructure. TELUS chose Wind River for their Open RAN transformation, and Vodafone selected Wind River for Open RAN deployments across Europe.
Energy & Utilities
Wind River enables utilities to modernize grid infrastructure, converge IT and OT systems, and deploy intelligent edge capabilities for real-time grid management. Our platforms deliver the reliability and security required for critical energy infrastructure while supporting the integration of renewables and distributed energy resources.
From substation automation to smart grid management to distributed generation, Wind River helps utilities reduce outages, lower costs, and accelerate progress toward sustainability goals—all on proven, secure, and scalable digital infrastructure.
Commercial & Industrial Operations
Commercial and industrial organizations are unifying IT and OT, deploying edge intelligence, and adopting cloud-native architectures. Wind River delivers platforms that bridge these worlds, enabling predictive maintenance, real-time analytics, and automated operations from factory floors to data centers to retail stores.
Industrial and Manufacturing
Wind River unifies IT and OT with secure edge‑to‑cloud platforms that enable predictive maintenance, digital twins, and AI‑driven optimization, allowing incremental modernization while preserving the real‑time performance and reliability operations demand.
Manufacturers connect legacy OT with modern IT to break down data silos and accelerate Industry 4.0, using secure, compliant platforms that cut complexity and costs while strengthening long-term competitive advantage.
Enterprise
Wind River provides enterprises with cost‑effective alternatives to legacy virtualization, delivering unified management of VMs and containers across distributed environments for high‑performance, secure operations.
Organizations facing proprietary licensing changes and rising virtualization costs can modernize with an open platform that restores cost predictability and data sovereignty while reducing infrastructure costs by up to 50%.
Retail
Wind River enables retailers to centralize control of distributed store infrastructure, automate IT operations, and deploy AI and automation at scale. Our platforms deliver reduced operational costs, higher uptime, and faster innovation across stores, distribution centers, and edge environments.
Manage thousands of distributed devices and applications without fragmentation. Ensure business continuity in mission-critical point-of-sale and inventory systems. Deploy new customer experiences rapidly through zero-touch provisioning and unified orchestration.