Title :
Maritime border control computer simulation
Author :
Giompapa, Sofia ; Gini, Fulvio ; Farina, Alfonso ; Graziano, Antonio ; Stefano, R.
Author_Institution :
SELEX, Anal. of Integrated Syst. Group, Rome
Abstract :
This work describes a computer simulator for an integrated command and control (C2) multi-sensor system acting in a maritime border control scenario. The analyzed system is composed of two platforms of multiple sensors: a land-based platform, equipped with a Vessel Traffic System (VTS) radar, an Infrared camera (IR), and an Automatic Identification System (AIS); an airborne platform, carrying an Airborne Early Warning Radar (AEWR) and an IR camera. The mission of the system is the detection, tracking, and identification of multiple naval targets inside a sea region, their threat level evaluation, and the selection of an intervention against possible threat targets, in order to inspect their nature. The Measures of Effectiveness (MoE) of the integrated system are evaluated, i.e., the system performance during the detection, the threat evaluation process, and the intervention.
Keywords :
command and control systems; infrared imaging; marine vehicles; military radar; national security; object detection; radar tracking; sensor fusion; target tracking; airborne early warning radar; airborne platform; automatic identification system; infrared camera; integrated command and control multisensor system; land-based platform; maritime border control computer simulation; naval targets; sea region; target detection; target identification; target tracking; threat level evaluation; threat targets; vessel traffic system radar; Airborne radar; Automatic control; Cameras; Command and control systems; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Infrared sensors; Radar detection; Sensor systems; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAES.2008.4693989