An Integrated Systems Architecture to Provide Maritime Domain Protection
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McCarthy, Chris
Wyllie, Russ
Vaidyanathan, Ravi
Paulo, Eugene P.
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Maritime domain protection
maritime defense
systems engineering and architecting
systems simulation
maritime defense
systems engineering and architecting
systems simulation
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2006-04
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The focus of this research is to address the critically and vulnerability of commercial shipping in the Straits of Mallacca by designing and evaluating competing systems architectures that could provide sufficient maritime domain protection. The category of primary concern was the introduction of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in a cargo container. The Maritime Domain Protection (MDP) physical architecture alternatives combined fiver separate systems: 1) a land-based cargo inspection system, 2) a sensor system, 3) a C3I (command and control, communications, and intelligence system, 4) a force response system, and 5) a sea-based cargo inspection system. Individual models for each system were developed and combined into an overarching integrated architecture model to evaluate overall performance. Study results based on current technology showed that while solutions were found to effectively reduce risk in the WMD threat scenario, effective suppression came at great experience and included the participation of commercial shipping companies. A range of alternative cost-effective solutions were also found, but with limited performance. Future work involves using the developed architecture as a test for evaluating the overall impact and effectiveness of new technologies and research (such as "smart containers") on MDP and homeland security.
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Systems Engineering
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JDMS, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2006 Pages 63–75, 2006 The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.