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Maritime Domain Awareness –Maritime Domain Awareness –

4 April 20074 April 2007

Future Industry Solutions… FY10 and Beyond

Tom WilliamsTom Williams

2 2/2005

The Challenge

Conventional Warfare Global War on Terror

“We Need a NORAD for Maritime Forces”Admiral Vern Clark, Former CNO

(August 15, 2002)

Forward PresenceForward Presence

3 2/2005

The Problem

Over 150,000 commercial ships80,000 involved in global trade40,000 ships within 1,000 mi of US coastline

Over 150,000 commercial ships80,000 involved in global trade40,000 ships within 1,000 mi of US coastline

4 2/2005

Enabling Technology Investment Areas

Ability To Uniquely “Fingerprint” Thousands of Large and Small Hull Commercial Ships

Fusion and Reasoning Tools

Persistent Surveillance

Cooperative Communications / Information Sharing

Ability To Uniquely “Fingerprint” Thousands of Large and Small Hull Commercial Ships

Fusion and Reasoning Tools

Persistent Surveillance

Cooperative Communications / Information Sharing

5 2/2005“Knowing Who’s Who with Certainty”

“Finger Printing”AIS (Automatic Identification System)EO/IRRadar/Radar EmissionsAcousticsHyperspectralOther Unintended Emissions

AIS (Automatic Identification System)EO/IRRadar/Radar EmissionsAcousticsHyperspectralOther Unintended Emissions

Less Uncertainty More TargetsGreater RangesBearings and Tracks

Less Uncertainty More TargetsGreater RangesBearings and Tracks

25 nmi Range25 nmi Range

6 2/2005

Fusion and Reasoning Tools/AlgorithmsBehavior Analysis / Pattern RecognitionNetted and Shared Information

“Clutter Rejection”… Weeding Out the Good GuysKnowing Where Your Ship Has Been Lately?

NOA: Ship, Voyage,Cargo, Crew

Track Files

AIS Info

NOA: INFO, Criminal Data Bases OtherIntelligence

Ship and CompanyData Bases

Port Data Bases

7 2/2005

Persistent Surveillance

AutonomousRefueling

Hybrid Electric

Solar Electric

Sensor /Capability

vs.Power

Day Week Month Continuous

Tracking the Exceptions

Day Week Month Continuous

Tracking the Exceptions

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Cooperative Communications / Information Sharing

“Pay for it only when you need it”Seek options which provide interoperability / netcentricity now, and… enable affordable transition to standards / common systems

“Pay for it only when you need it”Seek options which provide interoperability / netcentricity now, and… enable affordable transition to standards / common systems

• Linking dissimilar systems together cost effectively… Today today

• Assured Comms

• Linking dissimilar systems together cost effectively… Today today

• Assured Comms

9 2/2005

Enabling Technology Investment Areas

Ability To Uniquely “Fingerprint” Thousands of Large and Small Hull Commercial Ships

Fusion and Reasoning Tools

Persistent Surveillance

Cooperative Communications / Information Sharing

Ability To Uniquely “Fingerprint” Thousands of Large and Small Hull Commercial Ships

Fusion and Reasoning Tools

Persistent Surveillance

Cooperative Communications / Information Sharing

Duck Hunting Made EasyDuck Hunting Made Easy

Maritime Domain Awareness – �The ChallengeThe ProblemEnabling Technology Investment Areas“Finger Printing”Fusion and Reasoning Tools/AlgorithmsPersistent SurveillanceCooperative Communications / Information SharingEnabling Technology Investment AreasDuck Hunting Made Easy