Multi-Source Maritime Vessel Tracking
Abstract
NRL Code 8100 is developing the Common Distributed Virtual Database/Information Extraction (CDVD/IE) System for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center (MIFC) in Dam Neck, Virginia. The CDVD/IE semiautomatically identifies vessels via multisource data. This provides the USCG with maritime domain awareness of vessels operating in an area of responsibility (AOR) encompassing the Atlantic Ocean, north of the equator, and the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea. NRL system and software engineers have designed an architecture that implements a multilevel data aggregation and semiautomated tracking system. The CDVD/IE enables the MIFC to monitor potential vessels of interest (VOIs) and automatically generates alerts when behaviors meeting user-defined parameters are detected. The CDVD/IE Program is sponsored by the U.S. Navy (USN) Office of Naval Research (ONR) and is scheduled for delivery to the MIFC during summer 2006. During fiscal year 2007, NRL and the USCG will exercise the system and assess suitability to support an upgradable path using multiple CDVD/IE installations to form a distributed maritime community grid. The CDVD/IE System uses a suite of commercial and NRL developed computing technologies and resources to address two main areas: (1) Multilevel Security Architecture and (2) Data Aggregation and Semiautomated Tracking Capability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA522656
Entities
People
- M. D. Bell
- P. You
- S. M. Elliott
- T. Y. Yang
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory