Radac
Radac B.V. is a Delft-based Dutch manufacturer of WaveGuide FMCW X-band wave monitoring radar systems, sold via direct enterprise sales to offshore wind, oil and gas, and maritime vessel operators across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1996
- HeadquartersDelft, Netherlands
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Radac does
Radac B.V. is a privately-held Dutch company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, that develops, manufactures, and markets the WaveGuide family of wave monitoring radar systems for offshore wind, offshore oil and gas, and maritime vessel applications. The company's core technology is an FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) X-band 10 GHz radar inherited from Honeywell Enraf tank-gauging technology, which measures distance to the water surface at 10 Hz and integrates an IMU for heave, pitch, and roll compensation. The product portfolio spans the WaveGuide 5 series — including Height & Tide, Onboard, Onboard 2, Direction, Direction Onboard, and Direction Onboard 2 variants — offered in both compact and ATEX-certified explosion-proof versions, with the three-radar Direction system being a proprietary architecture for directional wave spectrum measurement.
Radac's commercial model is direct enterprise field sales of proprietary hardware (radar sensors, processing units, and integrated motion sensors) priced via quote on configuration and certification, with no disclosed software/SaaS component and no publicly listed pricing. Customers are large industrial operators and vessel owners, with named relationships spanning Ørsted, Vattenfall, DEME, Seafox, Shell, CNOOC, ENSCO, MODEC, Keppel Fels, TechnipFMC (6 vessels), Fugro, Allseas, Marin, and Siem Offshore across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. The company's value proposition centers on no-contact, maintenance-free operation (eliminating recalibration), field-validated accuracy (±1 cm water level, ±2° wave direction, ±3 cm wave height), up to 10 years of internal data storage, and web-based remote access. Radac operates without disclosed external venture or institutional funding and has no parent company, appearing to be an owner-operated specialist with 11-50 employees serving a defensible niche in offshore metocean instrumentation.
Radac firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Radac
- Legal name
- Radac B.V.
- Website
- https://radac.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1996
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Radac B.V. is a Delft-based Dutch manufacturer of WaveGuide FMCW X-band wave monitoring radar systems, sold via direct enterprise sales to offshore wind, oil and gas, and maritime vessel operators across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Radac industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Wave Monitoring Radar Systems
- NAICS
- Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)
- SIC
- Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Marine Navigation Systems (ECDIS, Radar, GNSS, AIS) (IMAJAJAE)
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Where Radac is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Delft
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Radac business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Wave Monitoring Radar Systems: Sale of proprietary wave radar hardware systems including WaveGuide 5 product line (Height&Tide, Onboard, Direction models) with optional explosion-proof certifications. Systems include radar sensors, processing units, and integrated motion sensors.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels2 records
Radac product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Radac develops, manufactures, and markets the WaveGuide 5 series of FMCW X-band 10 GHz radar-based wave monitoring systems for offshore wind farms, offshore oil and gas platforms, and maritime vessels. The product line includes six variants (Height & Tide, Onboard, Onboard 2, Direction, Direction Onboard, and Direction Onboard 2) with options for motion compensation and ATEX-certified explosion-proof housings. Systems measure wave height, wave period, wave direction, tide, and vessel draught with no water contact and no requirement for recalibration.
Product overview
Radac is a Dutch company based in Delft that has developed, manufactured, and marketed the WaveGuide radar system since 1996. The product portfolio consists of the WaveGuide 5 series of wave monitoring radars, which share core FMCW radar technology at X-band 10 GHz but offer different configurations for various applications. The lineup includes: Height & Tide models for basic wave and tidal measurement; Onboard and Onboard 2 models with motion compensation for vessel installation; Direction models with three-radar array systems for directional wave measurement; and Direction Onboard variants combining motion compensation with directional measurement. Products are available in Compact and Explosion-proof (ATEX certified) versions. The systems feature no water contact, no maintenance, and no calibration requirements, with data processing using the Standard Wave Analysis Program (SWAP) in accordance with Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment standards.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- WaveGuide 5 Height & Tide Radar-based sensor for real-time measurement of wave height, wave period, and tide using FMCW X-band 10 GHz radar technology. Single-unit system available in compact and explosion-proof versions; used by offshore wind farms and offshore oil and gas platforms.
- WaveGuide 5 Onboard Motion-compensated wave radar designed for onboard vessel installation, measuring wave height, wave period, and vessel draught. Used on specialized offshore vessels including pipelaying, diving support, survey, and FPSO support fleets.
- WaveGuide 5 Onboard 2 Enhanced motion-compensated wave radar for vessel installation with improved heave compensation, increased accuracy at high pitching and rolling, and up to 10 years internal data storage. Measures wave height, wave period, and vessel draught. Used on offshore vessels, FPSOs, and floating installations.
- WaveGuide 5 Direction Directional wave radar system using three downward-pointing radars in a virtual triangle to measure wave direction, wave height, wave period, and tide. Available in compact and ATEX-certified explosion-proof versions; used on offshore platforms and wind farms requiring directional wave data.
- WaveGuide 5 Direction Onboard Directional wave radar for onboard vessel use, measuring wave direction, wave height, wave period, and draught. Used on offshore vessels requiring directional wave data.
- WaveGuide 5 Direction Onboard 2 Motion-compensated (roll-pitch-heave) directional wave radar for floating structures. Measures wave direction, wave height, wave period, and vessel draught. Suited for floating turbines, semi-subs, FPSOs, and offshore vessels. Available as compact version (WG5-DO2-CP) with optional explosion-proof certification, packaged as 3 radars plus 1 processing unit.
Quantifiable outcome
- Standard deviation for water level measurement is only 1 cm across all wind and wave conditions
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Radac
Customer profileNamed customers16 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Radac technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Radac partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Radac competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Sonardyne: Sonardyne supplies subsea acoustic positioning and sensing systems used extensively in offshore O&G and renewables, overlapping with Radac in serving floating-asset monitoring on FPSOs and offshore wind vessels.
- Teledyne Marine: Teledyne Marine aggregates oceanographic instrumentation brands (RDI, Oceanscience, Benthos) and competes broadly in marine sensing, including wave and current measurement ecosystems that overlap with Radac's niche.
- Kongsberg Maritime: Kongsberg Maritime delivers a broad portfolio of marine navigation, sensing, and automation systems—including radar and bridge instrumentation—competing indirectly with Radac where integrated platform solutions are procured.
- Aanderaa Data Instruments (Xylem): Part of Xylem, Aanderaa supplies oceanographic and environmental monitoring instrumentation for offshore deployments, overlapping with Radac in metocean data acquisition for wind, oil & gas, and marine research customers.
Direct peers
- Datawell: Datawell manufactures Waverider buoys—the dominant wave-measurement reference that Radac's own materials use to validate WaveGuide accuracy. Both companies compete for the same offshore wind, O&G, and metocean monitoring specification slots.
- Miros: Norwegian-based Miros offers marine sensor systems including wave and current monitoring radars for offshore and maritime applications, competing head-to-head with Radac for vessel and platform wave-monitoring contracts.
- Nortek: Nortek designs and manufactures oceanographic Doppler and acoustic instruments used for wave, current, and turbulence measurement in offshore environments—a competing non-radar measurement modality to Radac's FMCW approach.
Emerging players
- AXYS Technologies: AXYS designs and manufactures marine environmental monitoring systems (buoys, metocean stations) used by offshore operators and researchers, competing for similar specification wins in offshore wind and O&G metocean campaigns.
- Ocean Sonics: Ocean Sonics produces acoustic sensors and wave measurement systems for marine research and offshore monitoring, partially overlapping with Radac in metocean and floating-platform deployment use cases.
- OSIL (Ocean Scientific International): OSIL supplies a range of oceanographic instruments and wave-measurement buoys for marine monitoring projects, operating in the same offshore wind and O&G metocean specification space as Radac.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Radac social profiles
Digital presenceRadac compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Radac financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Radac leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Radac funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Radac M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Radac
What does Radac do?
Radac develops, manufactures, and markets the WaveGuide 5 series of FMCW X-band 10 GHz radar-based wave monitoring systems for offshore wind farms, offshore oil and gas platforms, and maritime vessels. The product line includes six variants (Height & Tide, Onboard, Onboard 2, Direction, Direction Onboard, and Direction Onboard 2) with options for motion compensation and ATEX-certified explosion-proof housings. Systems measure wave height, wave period, wave direction, tide, and vessel draught with no water contact and no requirement for recalibration.
Is Radac a public or private company?
Radac is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Radac founded?
Radac was founded in 1996. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Radac based?
Radac is headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Radac make money?
One revenue line is on record: wave Monitoring Radar Systems.
Who are Radac's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Sonardyne, Teledyne Marine, Kongsberg Maritime and Aanderaa Data Instruments (Xylem). Direct peers are Datawell, Miros and Nortek. Emerging players are AXYS Technologies, Ocean Sonics and OSIL (Ocean Scientific International).
Does Radac have an API?
No public API is recorded for Radac.
What industry is Radac in?
Radac's product category is Wave Monitoring Radar Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAJAJAE, Marine Navigation Systems (ECDIS, Radar, GNSS, AIS). Its NAICS code is 334511 and its SIC code is 3825.