As a direct response to the times, where constant monitoring of maritime and border regions has taken on much greater importance, especially for Brazil with a long coast and wayless borders at the Amazonas region, DCNS is introducing the I2C (Eye to See) maritime surveillance system, whose purpose is to monitor and detect any suspicious activity. The system is the culmination of four years of research and investment by the group in conjunction with seven European countries.
The I2C provides a continuous image of the maritime situation and has automatic alerts by virtue of parameters previously established with the operational authorities or directly by the operators. Its aim is to detect and identify illegal and suspicious activities in real time using the latest generation sensors and different information sources (AIS, coastal radar, air tactics, civilian agency databases of maritime and port control, amongst others).
The system has information on vessels, such as their ID number, owner, size, ports visited, history of breakdowns and accidents. The I2C itself, was developed over a four year period by DCNS along with several international partner companies. The data acquired in real time by the I2C system is disseminated among several stations installed in Operational Centres in France, where users are trained to detect and monitor suspicious behaviour of vessels. Situations such as drug trafficking, fishing in prohibited or unauthorized areas, illegal migration or even activities linked to pollution can be curbed from analysis of the information collected. The system supports decision making by the operators who have reliable information to assess the threat and therefore, to decide and plan any necessary intervention.
At LAAD, DCNS presents a demonstration of the I2C, with a replica of the scenario presented to operators in the French Operating Centres. The idea is to allow a view of an already developed and installed maritime surveillance system, but which, based on the Brazilian coastline as well as parameters to be set according to customer requirements: surveillance of oil platforms, drug trafficking, illegal fishing, piracy, etc. can be remodelled.
The I2C provides a continuous image of the maritime situation and has automatic alerts by virtue of parameters previously established with the operational authorities or directly by the operators. Its aim is to detect and identify illegal and suspicious activities in real time using the latest generation sensors and different information sources (AIS, coastal radar, air tactics, civilian agency databases of maritime and port control, amongst others).
The system has information on vessels, such as their ID number, owner, size, ports visited, history of breakdowns and accidents. The I2C itself, was developed over a four year period by DCNS along with several international partner companies. The data acquired in real time by the I2C system is disseminated among several stations installed in Operational Centres in France, where users are trained to detect and monitor suspicious behaviour of vessels. Situations such as drug trafficking, fishing in prohibited or unauthorized areas, illegal migration or even activities linked to pollution can be curbed from analysis of the information collected. The system supports decision making by the operators who have reliable information to assess the threat and therefore, to decide and plan any necessary intervention.
At LAAD, DCNS presents a demonstration of the I2C, with a replica of the scenario presented to operators in the French Operating Centres. The idea is to allow a view of an already developed and installed maritime surveillance system, but which, based on the Brazilian coastline as well as parameters to be set according to customer requirements: surveillance of oil platforms, drug trafficking, illegal fishing, piracy, etc. can be remodelled.
Andre Forkert
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