Find, trace, and monitor
potentially illegal and harmful
commodities entering ports
Find, trace, and monitor
potentially illegal and harmful
commodities entering ports
The scene
Activity in the maritime environment is constantly increasing, resulting in port safety protocols to be effective and robust.
This is crucial for the observation and identification of both legal and illicit activity in port, coastal, and border regions. Trafficking in illegal materials is a global phenomenon that increasingly affects the marine field. Traditional methods of drug trafficking to and from Europe include fishing, speedboats, and light planes. Smugglers, however, have come up with novel strategies for distributing their goods because of improvements in the methods employed for aerial detection and tracking.
Law enforcement has recently faced challenges resulting from these new modes of transportation since existing detection techniques may be ineffective in some cases. Additionally, it is vital for law enforcement agencies to remain up-to-date and improve their technology for prevention.
This challenge is also increased by the fact that the movement of illegal substances is a major, heavily financed operation.
To combat this factor, significant penetration by countertrafficking organisations is required, however, they often have limited resources.
As much as illegal activity is a focus for maritime security, the monitoring of legal activity is also paramount, especially in relation to customs, operational and border management.
The SMAUG solution
To enhance maritime and port safety, SMAUG will make use of the most recent developments in underwater detection, group decision-making, and clever integration of security information.
To deploy a collection of instruments that can find, trace, and monitor potentially illegal and harmful commodities entering ports, research and development will be done.
The system will improve the ports' ability to respond by offering:
CISE adaptor
Underwater anomaly detection and identification
Autonomous inspection
Improved AI security
Increase in command-and-control reaction capacity
Our objective is to provide a solution that adapts to the changing requirements of legal and illicit monitoring in the maritime environment.
This novel and creative method of marine monitoring will address the issue of illegal exploitation while enabling the optimisation of legitimate activity by identifying inefficiencies.
Objectives
PCS and CCS Systems
Technological capabilities and interoperability of current PCS and CCS systems will be improved
Information Exchange
Improve security and information exchange capacities of cooperative vessels and platforms in the
vicinity of the port
Detection Systems
Implementation of: Acoustic detection systems, High-Resolution Sonar Inspections, Aerial detection
systems, Rapid Sonar Hull Scans, Underwater Vehicle swarm monitoring
Surface and Underwater Vessel
Development of Control Portals - Underwater & Surface Vehicles
Vessel features
Development of: Docking points, autonomous surface vessel integrated with an underwater vessel,
using a renewable energy source
AI for security
Al & ML integration in operations for improved performance in detection. data analytics, data sharing
security
Screening Capabilities
Set detection targets for underwater threats
SMAUG’s Validation
Project - Pilot demonstrations in four harbours
Challenges
CISE adaptor
Improving the network data translation and interoperability
Surveillance technologies
Combining Acoustic detection systems, High-Resolution Sonar Inspections, Aerial detection systems, Rapid Sonar Hull Scans, Underwater Vehicle swarm monitoring
Enable uncrewed
remote inspection
Deployment of an uncrewed underwater, surface and aerial vehicles to inspect potential threats remotely and rapidly
Improved security via Artificial Intelligence use
Increasing the information processing speed & capacity for improved detection and response generation
C2 capacity for surface vessel based on AIS
Beacon development and integration in the C2 architecture allowing data integration data provided by UUV’s and surface vessels using the AIS standard
Challenges
CISE adaptor
Improving the network data translation and interoperability
Surveillance technologies
Combining Acoustic detection systems, High-Resolution Sonar Inspections, Aerial detection systems, Rapid Sonar Hull Scans, Underwater Vehicle swarm monitoring
Enable Uncrewed
Remote Inspection
Deployment of an uncrewed underwater, surface and aerial vehicles to inspect potential threats remotely and rapidly
Improved security via Artificial Intelligence use
Increasing the information processing speed & capacity for improved detection and response generation
C2 capacity for surface vessel based on AIS
Beacon development and integration in the C2 architecture allowing data integration data provided by UUV’s and surface vessels using the AIS standard
Methodology
