The control of sea lanes and coastal regions is an indispensable task for every coastal state, which cannot be mastered without powerful sensors. In fulfilling this task, naval forces and coastguard units are constantly confronted with new challenges.
Missions on the high seas as well as in coastal waters are characterised by a high density of potential threats and extremely difficult environmental conditions. Under these circumstances, individual sensor technologies sometimes reach their limits, so that in many cases a reliable picture of the situation can best be obtained by combining several sensors.