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C-SIGMA: Improving International Collaboration in Space to Enhance Maritime Situational Awareness
1 February 2017
C-SIGMA: Improving International Collaboration in Space to Enhance Maritime Situational Awareness

Space-based Surveillance is among the most important means of monitoring the oceans today; satellites provide the widest possible range for observation and have the benefit of being in international territory to fulfil their roles. This includes everything from pollution monitoring to suspect marine traffic, even signals intelligence.
Unfortunately, financial and resources restrictions prevent any one nation being able to provide full global coverage. Furthermore, the vast majority of the planet’s water lies in international territory and therefore requires an international approach to successfully monitor and police.
C-SIGMA is a major advocate for international collaboration in space-based maritime surveillance, seeking to transform mechanisms by which nations work together on this highly crucial subject, if you are interested in how this can be done, this workshop is for you.

Workshop LEADER

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Guy Thomas

President, C-SIGMA, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

C-SIGMA (AKA global space-based maritime situational awareness) envisions linking together existing space system capabilities in a worldwide network for international GLOBAL MARITIME AWARENESS. The coordination needed to implement C-SIGMA would provide a focus for the efforts to achieve a common goal of protecting the maritime environment as stated in that document and would go far in bringing at risk areas of sea under control.
 

Workshop agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:10

The Importance of Off-the-shelf Technologies

Guy Thomas

Guy Thomas, President, C-SIGMA, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

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9:40

Maximising Surveillance Coverage through Integration ofOptico-electric, AIS and SIGINT Satellite Systems

Guy Thomas

Guy Thomas, President, C-SIGMA, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

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10:10

Coffee Break

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10:40

Other Integrated Systems:

Guy Thomas

Guy Thomas, President, C-SIGMA, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

 

  • Individual transponders sending short formatted status reports to communications satellites
  • Automatic Identification System (AIS)
  • The ground infrastructure, software tools and licenses determining which spacecraft to task and to obtain desired results

     

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    11:10

    Time Crucial Gathering, Interpreting and Dissemination of Information to C-SIGMA ‘Customers’

    Guy Thomas

    Guy Thomas, President, C-SIGMA, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence

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    11:40

    Case Studies and Discussions

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    12:10

    Closing Remarks

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