A Amazônia Azul e a capacitação do poder naval brasileiro: contribuições das Instituições de Ciência e Tecnologia da Marinha do Brasil

Abstract

The Blue Amazon® is an equivalent sea area to the A mazon, of great value for Brazil not only due to the vast natural resources it holds, as well as for being the locus of most of the Brazilian foreign trade traffic. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an important legal instrument that opened the possibil ity of extending the boundaries of Brazilian territorial waters but can not guarantee, unequivoc ally, one of the four attributes of the sea - the domain, for which a capable Sea Power is requir ed. The objective of this study is to point out a possibility to increase such capacity, which can be achieved by increasing scientific and technological capability, as well as command and co ntrol capability. The Information Revolution reduces the cost of development of moder n equipment, with advanced methods that lead to improved decision making and efficient information management. The processing and fusion of data and its timely sharing among nav al and military organizations on land reduce friction in a conflicting event, the decisio n cycle and therefore increment maritime situational awareness, crucial point for the advanc ement of capability proposed in scientific- technological bias. The Brazilian Navy (BN) develop s the Electronic Navigation and Sensors Integration Center (CISNE), currently as navigation aid, but that could advance including military use algorithms and sharing network informa tion generated by BN Institutions of Science and Technology. Thus, the decision cycle wo uld be reduced, with significant gain in maritime situational awareness.