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VIII Regional Seapower Symposium
“Dialogue and Cooperation
as Maritime Security Enabler ”

UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT
AND SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE
Bulgarian Navy’s Perspective
On the Maritime Situational Awareness

REAR ADMIRAL PLAMEN MANUSHEV, BGR NAVY
Chief of Bulgarian Navy


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OUTLINE
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

• MSA AS UNDERSTANDING OF MARITIME
ENVIRONMENT ;
• COMPREHENSIVE STUDYING OF
MARITIME DOMAIN;
• INTERACTIVE LEARNING ABOUT MSA
PARTNERS;

• BULGARIAN NAVY’S EXPERIENCE.
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Definitions
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

“NATO Maritime Situational Awareness is an enabling
capability which seeks to deliver the required
Information Superiority in the maritime environment
to achieve a COMMON UNDERSTANDING of the
maritime situation in order to increase effectiveness
in the planning and conduct of operations.”
NATO MSA Concept, MCM-140-2007
“Maritime Domain Awareness is the EFFECTIVE
UNDERSTANDING of anything associated with the
maritime domain that could impact the security, safety,
economy, or environment of the United States”
U.S. Navy’s MDA Concept

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MSA Beyond Information
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

Maritime Domain
Studies

INFORMATION

+

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KNOWLEDG
E

Interactive
Learning
About Partners

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Regional Behavior Patterns
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NAVY

Black Sea
Region
Wider
Mediterranean
Region

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Regional Behavior Patterns (cont.)
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NAVY

CULTURAL
AWARENESS

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Interactive Learning
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

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Interagency Problems
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NAVY

BULGARIAN BORDER POLICE
BULGARIAN NAVY

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

FORMER COMPETITORS – CURRENT PARTNERS
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Bulgarian Integrated MSA
Overall Approach
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

Exclusive Economic
Zone

Territorial waters

BORDER
POLICE

NAVY
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MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION
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National Integrated Coastal
Surveillance System
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

VTS
Radar Site

NAVY

MA
Police
Border
MSOC

Integrated Digital CIS

Radar Site

NAVY

MoD

NAVY
RSCC

NAVY
V-RMTC
МSSIS

NATO
HQ MC Naples

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Summary
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NAVY

• Current Information on the Maritime Environment
Supplemented by Comprehensive Knowledge;
• Regional Maritime Cultural Awareness;

• From Information Sharing towards Knowledge
Sharing;
• Shared Knowledge as an Enabler for Network
Centric Response to Maritime Challenges.
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VIII Regional Seapower Symposium
“Dialogue and Cooperation
as Maritime Security Enabler ”
B U LGAR IAN

NAVY

UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT AND
SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE
Bulgarian Navy’s Perspective on the Maritime Situational Awareness

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

REAR ADMIRAL PLAMEN MANUSHEV, BGR NAVY
Chief of Bulgarian Navy
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