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systems, and people that seek the “har- and tugboats into the decision-making Operations and Protection of Amazônia Azul standardized approach in the entire range
monized collection, integration, exchange, process of maritime navigation, and will in (Blue Amazon) (COMPAAz). This new mili- of military operations, where monitoring,
presentation and analysis of information the future, be a requirement essential for tary organization was born as a result of the via SISGAAz, is a necessary condition for
on board ships and on land, by electron- autonomous navigation. natural evolutionary process of Integrated the control of the Amazônia Azul (Blue
ic means, with the purpose of improving With e-Navigation, the availability of Maritime Security Center (CISMAR ) and Amazon) and must be exercised by an op-
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cradle-to-cradle navigation and related ser- information on the marine environment is its merger with the Deputy Chief of Oper- erational authority (COMPAAz), in a pro-
vices, for the protection and safety at sea, essential, continuous and, above all, not ations of the Naval Operations Command active way to decide faster, thus stream-
as well as the preservation of the marine centered on the platform (the vessel). Thus, (COMOPNAV), with the purpose of acceler- lining the classic OODA loop for decision
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environment” (Brazilian Navy, 2022d). the ability of a vessel to monitor the envi- ating the decision-making process in order making (Brazilian Navy, 2020c).
In this way, e-Navigation is not limited to ronment with its sensors is not sufficient to provide a quick response to the threats To this end, the Maritime Operations
equipment or a specific technology, but to for e-Navigation, since, for this informa- that may present themselves to the country Center (COpMar), under the command of
a conceptual and broad vision of digital ser- tion collected by the vessel, other layers and in that sense, our blue economy. a Captain was created together but subor-
vices that, when integrated, provide infor- coming from sensors in the environment We see, therefore, that its nature is con- dinate to COMPAAz, with the implementa-
mation related to navigation and land ser- must be available and interconnected. The sistent with that of the SISGAAz program tion of the concept of a unified Command
vices. The purpose of this concept is related infrastructural challenge that e-Naviga- and, in fact, had its genesis in 2008 along and Control center, resulting from the syn-
to the reduction of risks to navigation, both tion proposes involves the construction with this important strategic program, so ergy of the Maritime Theater of Operations
due to errors and lack of information nec- of a comprehensive and agile data net- that the operational sector can receive Command Center (CCTOM), the Maritime
essary for the safety of maritime activities. work capable of supporting the exchange high-level advice regarding the preparation Traffic Control Center (CCTRAM) and the
Marginally, e-Navigation will also allow for of information and computational pro- and use of Naval Power, which today is inte- SAR Console (ConSAR), operating 24/7,
the optimization of maritime means and cessing that, at the end of the process, grated with other national and international optimizing processes and human resourc-
resources, as it allows the integration of in- will be able to develop the augmented government agencies. With the activation es. Centralizing the control of merchant
formation from ports, terminals, channels, reality under which the e-Navigation ser- of COMPAAz, the Brazilian Navy will count traffic, naval operations and SAR activity,
access routes and services such as pilotage vices are supported. as a military organization, commanded by an adequate and continuous response to
a Rear Admiral, structured in General Staff crises or emergency situations is sought
5. Protecting the Blue Economy
sections with improved administrative and through the integrated preparation and
operational capabilities and, above all, capa- use of naval, air and marine resources, en-
New times, new trends, new realities fields, such as the “Hybrid War,” the ble of rapid implementation of the General sured by the substantial increase in MSA.
are better accepted and found reasonable naval powers have also expanded their Staff for the Commander of the Maritime Thus, COpMar, integrating the monitor-
when they are experienced by society. To- range of deployment to the areas not Theater of Operations (COMTOM). ing activities performed by CCTRAM and
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day we live in times where the Brazilian purely military, but closer to the current All the systems used in the Deputy CCTOM, must provide a service of “compi-
Navy is operating continuously in situa- demands of society, which tend to be ac- Chief of Operations and CISMAR, migrat- lation of the tactical framework in Amazônia
tions of peace, crisis, or conflict, where centuated in the case of Brazil due to lack ing to COMPAAz, enable the operational Azul (Blue Amazon)” that is permanently
the use of integrated Naval Power is con- of resources and regional tensions (MOU- sector to implement, for the first time, the equipped, using all available data sources.
solidated in its three axes: classic naval RA, 2019, p. 259) concept of a Maritime Operation Center, By identifying anomalous behaviors and
warfare operations and actions; limited In this context and within a necessary stra- used by several navies, seeking to coun- possible threats, it must be able to provide
use of force; and in benign activities.
tegic, systemic, and operational evolution, teract an accelerated and multifaceted continuous monitoring and early warning
Currently, when the boundaries between the Brazilian Navy, at the end of 2021, carried operational environment, as a result of in the face of challenges that may impact
war and peace have become less defined, out an important change in its organization- a globalized world which is actively gov- maritime security and national defense, pre-
with the spread of the spectrum of con- al structure, particularly in the operational erned by a network society. Thus, the op- paring the Naval Force in a timely manner
flicts with typification that enter both sector, activating the Command of Maritime erational sector starts to act under a more for an adequate reaction.

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