International Maritime Protection Symposium 2005

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International Maritime Protection Symposium
2005 The Harbour Defence IKC2 Experiment 13 Dec
2005 Tan Choon Kiat Defence Science Technology
Agency, Singapore
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Objectives

• Leveraging network-enabled and knowledge-based
  war-fighting paradigm using Service Oriented
  Architecture (SOA), to provide interoperability
  and pervasive accessibility to information to all
  on the network

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Integrated Services

• Common Situation Picture from subscription to
  various Web Services
• Radar Service
• Own Force Service
• Sea Situation Picture (SSP) Service

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Integrated Services
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Enhanced Awareness

• Provide recognized situation picture from fusion
  of sensors info
• Track Manager Service
• Providing video streaming of the ground
  activities
• Electro Optics System
• Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera
• Fixed IR Camera

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Enhanced Awareness
Track Manager Service
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Enhanced Awareness
Building up a recognized situation
picture accessible by all, anytime
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Enhanced Awareness
Virtual Presence
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Knowledge Based Decision Support

• Aids commander in decision making by sieving out
  potential threats early
• Intent Monitoring Service

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Observations

• Proliferation of Situation Awareness
• Before
• Situation Picture only at Command Post
• After
• Situation Picture is available to all operational
  nodes
• Forces can be equipped with a mobile computer and
  receive the picture on the move

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Observations

• Proliferation of Situation Awareness
• Before
• Command Post has no real-time knowledge of
  patrolling units location
• Cumbersome voice communications needed to vector
  patrolling units and interceptors to scene of
  action
• After
• All patrolling units locations are displayed at
  all operational nodes
• With the mobile computer, patrolling units can
  coordinate and approach intruder in shortest time

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Observations

• Benefits of Visual Information
• Before
• Each Observation Post has its own blind spots
• Identification and verification via voice
  communications gt 5 min
• After
• Video streams from various cameras provide visual
  images to all nodes
• Identification and verification via visual
  imagery lt 1 min

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Lessons Learnt

• Challenges during Lab Ops transition
• Creating experimental environ without impeding
  live operations
• Limitations of COTS
• Preventive measures to extend shelf life of
  equipment needed in marine environment
• Co-evolution
• Constant review of services with Ops users is
  critical to create relevant systems
• Streamline of work process needed to promote
  acceptance of new technology and system