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32 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News another Industry Day next year and wel- come participation from the commercial maritime industry.” The second area is more in direct part- nership with industry on maritime secu- rity cooperation, Andress says. “I think the best place you can see this right now is in the Horn of Africa in countering piracy. The Navy is a part of a combined task force of protection against piracy in the Gulf of Aden off of Somalia. But this CTF is made up of international partner navies from around the world. They’ve got a strong EU and NATO presence, and they’ve even got partnerships from the Asia-Pacific region, as well. So, what they’re doing now is making industry aware of the transit zones and transit groups so shipping can transit through at certain times and we are able to provide better protection in the region. What I also think is interesting is that we have had fairly aggressive information sharing with industry, through the Maritime Ad- ministration (MARAD), such that Navy and even the intelligence community— the Office of Naval Intelligence and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency FEATURE MARITIME SECURITY: MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS Left: Mark Andress, Director, Navy Maritime Domain Awareness, U.S. Navy. Right: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead delivers remarks and answers questions at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2010 Symposium & Exhibition in Colorado. (U.S. Navy photo)
