Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC)
Abstract
Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) - support GWOT by providing other USG Agencies with maritime traffic information that is not currently available. RMAC also provides enhanced regional security, safety, economic stability and environmental protection through shared maritime domain awareness (MDA). Capabilities include the ability to detect, track, identify and display information on a cooperative and non-cooperative surface vessels to enable maritime security operations. The Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) is a coordinated Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of State project. The goal of the US European command, as the Combatant Command sponsor for this JCTD, is to establish a maritime domain awareness (MDA) system that can be propagated to allied nations and is compliant with US Navy afloat and expeditionary systems. The RMAC incorporates data models that enable the US Navy to leverage data from indigenous sensors as policy and the situation dictates. The Navy is the sponsoring branch of DoD for the RMAC JCTD because of their vested interest in sensors and surveillance throughout the maritime domain. The RMAC JCTD will demonstrate and, possibly, transition a regional maritime awareness solution set, consisting of sensors and their indigenous processors, communication systems, and software. The initial application of the capability will enable friendly nations in the Gulf of Guinea region to develop maritime domain awareness in the regional waters, and share their data with each other and US government users (including the US Navy), as authorized by RMAC JCTD coalition partners. This solution set will be equally applicable to local sensor sites, national operations centers, regional coordination centers, and external users. The sensors and processors include Automated Identification System (AIS), radar, video cameras, and night vision devices. The RMAC JCTD outputs and efficiencies include: surveillance; tracking; correlation and analysis; and multi-national information sharing and collaboration capabilities. The US Navy is directly contributing approximately 17% of the total RMAC JCTD cost. The Navy funding is directed to the performing activities as outlined in the Office of the Secretary of Defense coordinated RMAC JCTD Management Plan via a program element line executed by the Program Executive Officer, Littoral and Mine Warfare's (PEO LMW) Anti-Terrorism Afloat Program Office (PMS 480).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 3184_0604230N_5_1319_PB_2011
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