Products and services

Mission

MATRICS is an innovative, scalable and affordable solution providing permanent maritime traffic surveillance up to EEZ, with advanced threat assessment capabilities. MATRICS is based on DCNS’ relevant experience in complex naval information systems and data fusion algorithms.

New threats, new challenge, your solution MATRICS

MATRICS is based on French and European R&T contracts led by DCNS. As such, MATRICS is fully compliant with the future definition of the European sea border surveillance system.

The MATRICS solution was chosen in 2009 by the French Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (CROSS) for Search and Rescue missions (Marylin project)

Access to global maritime intelligence

MATRICS is connected to existing databases in order to fully exploit all the necessary maritime information. However it also integrates data from the environmental context: legislation, weather, bathymetry, cartography

MATRICS provides immediate access to a ship’s complete history with permanent updating to improve the understanding and surveillance of maritime traffic.

Innovations

Automatic detection of possible threats

MATRICS is the only proven solution providing innovative capabilities for automatic ship behaviour analysis and 24 hour a day alert systems.

Threat identification and action

Every suspect behaviour alert is automatically logged and recorded in the MATRICS data base. The most complex alerts are transmitted to operators who can classify the threat using a unique support tool set developed by DCNS.

In a crisis situation, MATRICS accelerates the decision-making process by submitting potential intervention plans to the competent authorities.

In addition, MATRICS offers dedicated tools and models for search and rescue missions (IAMSAR standard compliance)

From local surveillance to EEZ limits and beyond

MATRICS integrates existing infrastructure and sensors and reinforces coverage by adding new on-board or shore-based sensors and naval capabilities to provide maximum and permanent surveillance, from local coastal zones to EEZ or open sea.

MATRICS uses multi sensor data collection to generate a picture of maritime traffic and shares this information among an infinite number of operators through a high data flow and secured network. MATRICS can be connected with other systems to extend maritime situational awareness to several countries.