The Maritime Timeline Analysis and Requirements Toolset (M-TART)
Abstract
When the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement was renewed in 2006, Maritime Warning (MW) was added to the mission set. Since then, there has been much debate as to what MW actually constitutes and where the Command and Control boundaries lie. This is further complicated for the United States, where the Commander of NORAD is also the Commander of United States Northern Command. The general consensus has been that NORAD MW brings together information and data provided by the activities of multiple agencies of both the United States and Canadian governments to provide a unique bi-national perspective and, if required, issue a warning to the governments of the United States and Canada. Unlike the air domain, where the roles and relationships of the various agencies involved are well defined and understood, particularly since the events of September 11, 2001, the agencies involved in the maritime domain have far more complicated and varied relationships. A simple metaphor is to view the air domain relationships as a spider web of sorts, where the information, command and control pathways are many, but defined and traceable. The maritime domain can then be viewed as a pot of spaghetti noodles; very difficult to trace and constantly changing. This makes the decision space for MW complicated to comprehend and visualize. Out of this, several different questions are posed: 1. If you are going to produce a warning, when should you issue it? 2. Once you know when the warning needs to be issued, to whom should it be sent? 3. Lastly, do we have the systems and relationships in place to have enough information to be able to issue a warning to the correct people at the right time?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA560089
Entities
People
- J. D. Caron
- N. Carson
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada