Towards Augmenting Maritime Surveillance Capabilities via Deployments of Unmanned Aircrafts and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

This paper presents exemplar cases of adjusting the operations and taskings of an existing maritime safety administration in the Adriatic towards the emerging technologies for enhanced patrolling in maritime surveillance. This work derives from ongoing COMPASS2020 project that aims to showcase the capabilities of unmanned systems (aerial, underwater) demonstrated in a novel concept of operation (CONOPS). Results will be presented in: REP(MUS) 2020 – NATO, the largest maritime unmanned systems exercise to be held in Portugal at the end of the project. The Montenegrin Maritime Safety Department reviewed and assessed the deployment of novel assets towards with goal of increased effectiveness (i.e. reduction of costs and responses) of its civilian maritime safety and security missions. This practical approach is presented in two exemplar use-cases: 1) an illicit activity, and, 2) a polluting incident, both with a search and rescue finale. They are presented using the Plan-Do-Check-Act model of analysis together with problem formulations, functional breakdowns for all operational actors (from patrolling boats, maritime operation centre to decision making institutions), and, stages of data deductions. The use-cases are sequentially revealed using the NATO Architectural Framework (NAF), with its glossary and terms, followed by conclusions on the expected results at the operational and tactical levels from COMPASS2020 Mission System.