Maritime Domain Awareness & Surveillance (MDAS)

Continuous maritime intelligence through multi-source fusion—AIS, RF, EO/SAR—to detect illicit activity, dark vessels, and underwater intrusions across coastal and EEZ waters.

AIS + RF + EO/SAR FusionDark Vessel DetectionCoastal & EEZ Security
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Why MDAS is mission-critical

Authorities require real-time awareness to enforce law, protect resources, and counter threats such as IUU fishing, smuggling, piracy, pollution, and illegal migration within the EEZ.

IUU Fishing

Persistent detection of covert operations and licensing violations.

Smuggling & Piracy

Find anomalous loitering, AIS gaps, and ship-to-ship transfers.

Pollution Events

Support oil-spill response & environmental enforcement with imagery + tracks.

Border & Port Security

Persistent monitoring over harbors, terminals, and restricted zones.

Multi-source fusion

Multi-Source Fusion

Combine AIS/SAT-AIS, RF detections, and EO/SAR imagery into a unified, weather-agnostic maritime picture.

  • SAR swaths + RF correlation for persistence day/night.
  • Vessel databases + historical behavior patterns.
  • Temporal analytics: loitering, AIS gaps, ship-to-ship transfers.

Dark Vessel & Anomaly Detection

Detect non-cooperative vessels and AIS-off behaviors using SAR/RF detections against expected tracks, with automated alerts for interdiction.

AIS GapsRendezvous/TransfersLoitering
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Intruder detection

Underwater Intrusion Detection

Integrate intruder detection sonar and USV patrols to secure harbors, offshore assets, and subsea infrastructure with mobile or fixed sensors.

Data & Analytics Toolkit

Unified ingestion of AIS, SAT-AIS, RF detections and EO/SAR, with change detection, object classification, segmentation, time-series analysis, and InSAR for ground stability.

Vessel Detection

EO/SAR detections correlated with AIS; flag non-correlated contacts.

Temporal SAR

Change detection and pattern-of-life over areas of interest.

Classification & Segmentation

Objects, roads, urban areas, vegetation; feature extraction.

InSAR / Time-Series

Terrain displacement, subsidence, structural stability analytics.

Solution Modules

The Maritime Awareness System (MAS) provides on-demand EO acquisition, multi-source data provisioning, and a 24/7 analysis team.

EO Acquisition

On-demand satellite tasking for optical and SAR over AoIs.

Data Provision

Store, process and query AIS, SAT-AIS, LRIT, VMS, SAR/EO, RF detections, ship info and more.

24/7 Analysis Team

Analysts deliver alerts, reports and operational decision support.

Enabling Platforms

Persistent surveillance buoy (wind/solar/wave) and roaming WAM-V USV extend MDAS reach with real-time comms and sensing in Sea State 5, TRL-9 deployments.

Stationary Surveillance Buoy

Self-powered; 24/7/365 persistence; proven global deployments; ~15-year lifetime.

WAM-V Uncrewed Surface Platform

Ultra-stable payload articulation; swarming/force-multiplication; DoD-proven.

Platforms

Where MDAS is deployed

Applications for authorities, coastguards, fisheries and defense—tailored playbooks per mission.

Fisheries / IUU

Detect loitering, gaps and suspicious transfers in EEZ waters.

Port Security

Monitor terminals/approaches; flag illicit activity & risks.

Oil & Gas

Protect offshore assets & shipping lanes with persistent swaths.

Defense & Border Control

Cross-domain feeds for patrol planning and interdiction.

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Regional Coverage

Kenya sits within the NEqO constellation footprint, enabling ~3–4 satellite revisits per 24 hours for frequent coastal monitoring.

Plan an MDAS demo or pilot?

We'll scope your EEZ, data sources and enforcement goals—then configure fusion & analytics for rapid outcomes.