Arctic MDADecision Support System

MAST 2009 Stockholm Sweden; Track 8G

CAPT. Jatin Bains

Jbains@ChannelLogistics.com

Drifting Ice Packs

Ship Pollution

Environmental Crisis

Threat Evaluation

Decision Support

Critical Infrastructure Alerting

Piracy Threat Monitors

Mobile Threat Evaluators

Mobile Adhoc Sensors

Sensor Node Management

Data Collection

Domain Management

Sensor Node Integration

Threat Dissemination

New Satellite Coverage• ELINT• COMINT• AIS, LRIT

Data from following Challenges to be addressed

SONAR

RADAR, AIS, CCTV

UAV

SAR, VHR, LRIT, LEO-AIS

USV

Data from Ubiquitous Sensors

Arctic ‘MDA’ will Span Multiple Domains

Case Study – Project MARISS

European Space AgencyContact: Mr. Gordon CampbellTel: +39 06 94180406Email: Gordon.Campbell@ESA.int

Data Overload - Requires ‘Easy to Implement’ Methodology

Real timeIntelligence

Automated Data Fusion

AnomalyDetection

ActionableAlerts

Arctic MDADecision Support System

Data is collected from diverse nodes

RULES

COLLECT FUSE ANALYZE DISSEMINATE

Broad spectrum sensors collect multiple data

feeds including raw data and tracks – manual and/or automated

control

Raw data and sensor tracks are fused to provide composite tracks with higher

confidence

Analyzed information is disseminated to multiple,

remote users via a web accessible common operating picture

Fused tracks are analyzed to determine anomalies and potential threats based on

operational rules, exclusion zones, etc.

Data is collected from a ‘Full Spectrum’ of diverse nodes

ElectricWaves

Radio Waves

HF VHF/UHF SHF EHF

VisibleLight

Infrared

Ext. Far Mid. Near

Ultraviolet

Ext.FarMid.Near

Underwater sonar to track swimmers, divers, and small surface craft

COMINT system with location of radios

ELINT system with direct finding for radar signals

Day/ Night camera

Automatic Identification System for cooperative location and ID

Surface search radar for tracking surface targets

MDA Center of Excellence (ArgonST, Camden New Jersey)

Node 2

Node 4

Node 1

Node 5Node 3

MDA Decision Support Centre

The CATETM System is composed of a set of integrated C4ISR software components (modules) that is currently in use for the express purpose of facilitating maritime domain awareness. These modules include:

Universal Computer Assisted Threat Evaluation (U-CATE™) Computer Assisted Sense Making (CASM™)

Computer Assisted Situational Awareness (CASA™) Computer Assisted Knowledge Management (CAKM™)

The CATETM System is designed as an extensible framework with user driven customization in mind.

Reference ProjectsIndian Navy, Western Naval Command – CATE System NCNC TrialsUS Department of Defence – Joint Unified Maritime Protection SystemUS Navy – Trident Warrior 2007US Department of Justice – Project SeaHawkRepublic of Singapore Navy – DSTA TuasAustralian Border Protection Command – Project AMISLockheed Martin – Project MIDASNorthrop Grumman – Project WebTASGeneral Dynamics – Project Cardinal Point

CATE™ Technology Summary

CATE™ Technology Summary

Integrated GUI• Single integrated GUI used by all modules. Pluggable Framework• Each module is able to operate independently of the other modules. Configurable Dynamic Data Source Integration• Data integration tools.• New or updated data sources can be “learned” by the CATE™ system. • No coding changes required.

Configurable Dynamic Threat Evaluation• Rule construction tools• Multiple threat views configured by users• No coding changes required. Internationalization• All information presented in client GUIs other than the data stored in the databases is internationalized. Fully integrated Context Sensitive Help• A new help system that addresses “what is?” as well as “how to?” questions. Service Oriented Architecture• All services and requests within the CATE™ System are available through web service.• Programming language and operating system neutral.

CATE™ Component Detail

• Responsible for maintaining a history of movement activity.

• Presents a real-time geospatial visual representation of that

data.

• Sensor fusion technology, from several sources including:

• suborbital AIS

• land-based AIS

• LRIT, Radar, Sonar, and Imagery.

• Concept of “unique track” based on single/multiple source.

CATE™ Component Detail

The real-time display has many features including:

• The generation of view selectors that filters out activity of no interest to the user and focuses specifically on critical activity.

• The generation of geo-fences, a user specified area that can be monitored for entrance or exit by all entities or particular entities.

•The generation of proximities that detect the presence of two entities within a specified proximity for a specified period of time.

CATE™ Component Detail

The CASATM module has the ability to incorporate many sources of imagery including: • LANDSAT satellite imagery • Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data.• NRL real-time weather, near real-time cloud cover.• USGS orthographic maps, low altitude imagery.

For Example: The Imagery captured by MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) can be integrated into the real time situational awareness at the correct resolution and location .

CATE™ Component Detail

• The U- CATE™ module has a facility for filtering items of interest such as arrivals and/or vessels.

• This facility is configured by user and is updated in real time as arrivals are added or changed, or threat levels change for arrivals/vessels.

CATE™ Component Detail

The U- CATE™ module is responsible for accessing and returning fully constructed entities (vessels, arrivals) based on their definition generated in the Data Integration Tool.

The U- CATE™ module is also responsible for the running of the Threat Evaluation Rules Engine.

The U- CATE™ GUI presents the entity in an organized intuitive manner with all data source data that contributed to the entity available for view.

CATE™ Component Detail

• The U- CATE™ GUI has a “summary” view that adds graphical descriptions of several key attributes of a vessel.

• This facility is configured by each user to allow for a custom view that is also printable.

CATE™ Component Detail

Included in the GUI are specialized views for the ownership hierarchy of a vessel and the history or names associated with a vessel.

U- CATE™ also has a facility for constructing and testing ad-hoc searches based on any combination of defined attributes of an entity.

The search criteria can be combined with logical operators like AND, OR, XOR, NAND.

There are many functional operators like “within the last 2 years”, “most recent prior arrival”, that make these searches very useful.

CATE™ Component Detail

The U- CATE™ module is also responsible for all processing involved in generating a threat evaluation for certain entities (vessel, arrival).

The threat evaluation is produced by the U- CATE™ Rules Engine.

All rules are developed through the U- CATE™ rule creation facility, based on the search facility.

The threat evaluation is based on the collection of rules that the entity violates.

This evaluation is organized by one or more threat views designed by the system administrator.

Threat views can be customized to address the mission and responsibilities of a class of users.

A threat view can be designed to incorporate all rules that are associated with an aspect of the total threat (i.e. safety, security, anomalies).

Each threat view has its associated graduated threat levels that describe the severity of an entities threat view.

CATE™ Component Detail

Computer Assisted Sense Making (CASMTM)The sense making module is responsible for collecting statistics on user defined relationships between data elements within the scope of all available data.

A relationship might be cargo type, port and time.

This would generate statistical frequencies of cargo going to ports at different times of the year.

The main reason for collecting these statistics is the ability to detect anomalies within the vast store of available data.

The analogy is finding the anomalous “needle in the haystack”.

Computer Assisted Knowledge Management(CAKMTM)The knowledge management module will include:

• A complete knowledge base for the maritime domain.

• All help content for the CATE™ modules.

• Training curriculum for the CATE™ modules.

• Training curriculum for the maritime domain.

• Current events aggregator.

All help content for all CATE™ modules is context sensitive and organized within CAKMTM.

A full featured search will facilitate locating specific information.

Curriculum, organized into a series of short courses, will be available to enable users to jump start their knowledge of the maritime domain and CATE™ usage.

Conclusion

Low risk … leverages existing system architecture, software applications, and infrastructure like the data center

Responsive to change … sensors can be moved and reconfigured as dictated by mission requirements without impacting system performance

Supports incremental deployment … number and types of sensors can change over time minimizing expense at start up

Allows for virtual access and control … web application allows multiple remote users to access the system eliminating the need for dedicated command and control center

Contributes to data sharing … data can be viewed, analyzed and archived by multiple users via access to central repository at the Arctic data center

Complements multiple missions … C4ISR missions, critical infrastructure protection, long term surveillance, enhanced situational awareness, threat identification, precision geo-location

Supports local sensitivity … ‘Freedom of the Seas’ commercial activities for access to resources will lead to regional and local conflicts, timely dissemination of relevant ‘Arctic MDA Data’ benefits dispute resolution