IMDEX 2013: ST Electronics introduces maritime C2 concept
ST Electronics has premiered its Comprehensive Maritime Awareness System (CMAS), a maritime C2 analytical tool that integrates different data feeds to analyse big data at IMDEX Asia.
The concept uses different data feeds to provide a common operating picture in order to prevent illegal maritime activities.
‘This is a first in the world,’ David Tan Cheow Beng, VP of ST Electronics’ defence business, explained to Shephard. ‘There is a lot of power in big data and we are taking it to the next level.
‘The idea behind CMAS is that fishing and maritime is global; you have to work out
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