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A vessel’s AIS track goes quiet. A ship slows and holds position outside a shipping lane. A port call shows cargo that doesn’t match what left the previous port. Each of these is the same kind of event: a break from a known pattern. None of them says, on its own, what kind of threat…

At a Glance Two Missions, Same Waters, Different Questions A frigate operating in the Baltic and a coast guard cutter in the same waters are asking different questions of the maritime picture in front of them. The frigate wants to know about the vessels that are not what they claim to be. Which of the…

At a Glance The Constraint Isn’t Data, It’s Fusion MOCs receive multi-sensor data at volumes the operational teams inside them cannot fully process, cross-reference, or turn into decision-relevant intelligence at the pace commanders require. The constraint on decision advantage is not the size of the incoming data pipeline. It is the fusion layer that turns…

At a Glance What Is a False Flag Vessel? A false flag vessel is a ship that broadcasts the flag of a country whose maritime administration has not authorized the vessel to fly it. The vessel’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) transmits a country identifier that is either not recognized by that country’s official registry, or…