Maritime authorities consider future modes of wide-area ocean persistent surveillance to enhance intelligence
Jun 16th, 2021
The plan calls for improved undersea surveillance infrastructure, counter-mine warfare capabilities, and unmanned underwater surveillance and strike.
Persistent Surveillance 16 June 2021
WASHINGTON – Persistent surveillance is a term from a Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard military strategy document exploring new dimensions of maritime warfare. It describes an insatiable appetite for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Kris Osborn at The National Interest reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
16 March 2021 -- The new strategy discusses possibilities for armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), undersea sensing and attack, and overhead wide-area ocean surveillance from manned and unmanned aircraft.
It could involve massive numbers of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vessels (USVs), and manned and unmanned aircraft. One important player is the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol jet. The document explains that surveillance technologies will help combine information into a common, actionable operational picture to enable U.S. forces to act more quickly than their adversaries.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14205251/persistent-surveillance-widearea-ocean
