Comprehensive Maritime Awareness (CMA) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD)

Abstract

The Comprehensive Maritime Awareness (CMA) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) is a program to improve Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). The CMA JCTD vision is to share maritime shipping information throughout the world to deter use of commercial maritime shipping for terrorism, WMD proliferation, drugs, piracy, and human trafficking. CMA serves as an exemplar for a "culture of sharing" of maritime information between the U.S. and international partners. The project takes advantage of ongoing efforts, proven technologies, and current information-sharing agreements. CMA has two main focus areas: (1) demonstrate the importance of interagency and international information-sharing for improved maritime awareness; and (2) demonstrate improved information management techniques - such as application of the U.S. Department of Defense Net-Centric Data Strategy - to enable effective management of large volumes of shared data. CMA is working cooperatively with the Republic of Singapore. Singapore's position as a nexus for shipping in Southeast Asia provides a unique opportunity for sharing information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA518453

Entities

People

  • C. T. Dwyer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Defense Systems
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Human Trafficking
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Maritime Security
  • Military Research
  • Security
  • Shipping
  • Ships
  • Situational Awareness
  • Terrorists

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics