LKI Admiral's Morning takes up 'Maritime Domain Awareness'

THE Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) held the 3rd session of the month for the lecture series titled 'Admiral's Morning' on 21 October at the Lighthouse Auditorium in Colombo. The series began in September, with the aim of building awareness regarding Sri Lanka's maritime issues.

- LKIIRSS Board Member and Sri Lanka Navy former Chief Hydrographer Rear Admiral (Retd.) Y.N. Jayarathna

The lecture was delivered by the LKIIRSS Board member and Sri Lanka Navy’s former Chief Hydrographer Rear Admiral Y.N. Jayarathna (Retd), who presented on the topic of ‘Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)’. He spoke particularly on the varying international definitions of Maritime Domain Awareness as per respective national interests, the Sri Lankan Navy’s evolution of MDA through the Network Centric Warfare System developed during the separatist terrorism, the Navy’s entry in to new technology like High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) system used for maritime surveillance of up to 200 nautical miles from land, and the introduction of Information Fusion Centre (IFC) Colombo in 2019 and the Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) in 2000 as parts of wider MDA umbrella for the island na