This award is presented by the Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee and acknowledges advancements in Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) information sharing, integration or analysis. Agencies, offices, or individuals may be recognized for exceptional achievements associated with improving MDA. Accomplishment(s) may demonstrate enhancement to our collective understanding of the maritime domain, develop or coordinate information vital to maritime security, or assist those charged with preserving the maritime security of our Nation. Achievements may be analytical, statutory, policy, technical, outreach or enterprise service-related. Eligibility is open to personnel, agencies or offices that are part of the federal interagency; the Intelligence Community; state, local, tribal, or territorial governmental or law enforcement organizations. Members of academia, and the maritime industry whose mission promotes maritime security through MDA may also be acknowledged by this program.

Recent Award Winners:

• California Maritime Security Council Maritime Domain Awareness (CMSC MDA) Subcommittee
• The Counter-Unmanned or Autonomous Maritime Systems (C-UAMS) National Action Plan
• Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Radar Program Department
• San Francisco ReCom Regional Intelligence Group
• Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific ROA Team
• Situational Awareness and Logistics Division (V332) of the Volpe Center
• Southern California Maritime Domain Awareness Innovation Cell
• Agent Ali Baig, Jacksonville Air and Marine Operations Center

Submit nominations, (no longer than two pages) to mark.f.shaffer2.civ@us.navy.mil no later than January 31, 2025. Include email and telephone contact information for both the nominee and nominating entity. Refer questions to Mark Shaffer at the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office, 301-669-3386.