Expert Paper - Navigating the digital horizon

The strategic imperative of harvesting data and communications on the high seas

What you'll learn from this paper:

• The role of naval vessels in modern warfare: How persistent, globally deployable naval platforms use advanced sensors to build battlespace awareness across air, surface, and subsurface domains.
• SIGINT, EW, and emerging technologies at sea: The critical contribution of Signals Intelligence and Electromagnetic Warfare, and how AI and Machine Learning are transforming signal detection, processing, and analysis.
• Achieving maritime situational awareness and spectrum dominance: How integrated naval sensor and communications solutions improve threat detection, extend warning time, and support faster, more confident tactical decision‑making.