Oceanic space mindfulness (MDA) is characterized by the International Maritime Organization as the powerful comprehension of anything connected with the sea area that could affect the security, wellbeing, economy, or environment.

The sea space is characterized as all zones and things of, on, under, identifying with, nearby, or verging on an ocean, sea, or other traversable conduit, including all sea related exercises, foundation, individuals, load, and vessels and different transports.

Post the 26/11 assaults, the Indian government embraced various proactive measures to rebuild beach front security and push the cautious border encourage far from the coast into the oceans. The attention was on building national sea area mindfulness (NMDA) network by means of various authoritative, operational and innovative changes. The Indian Navy has now set up the National Command Control Communication Intelligence (NC3I) system that has the Information Management and Analysis Center (IMAC).

It associates 41 radar stations (20 Indian Navy and 31 Coast Guard) situated along the coast and on the island regions, and gathers, combine and disperse basic insight and data about 'irregular or suspicious developments and exercises adrift'. There are arrangements for extra beach front radar stations to cover hole/shadow zones in the second stage; these are at present tended to through sending of boats and flying machine of the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard.

The IMAC gets indispensable operational information from numerous sources, for example, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and the long-extend distinguishing proof and following (LRIT), a satellite-based, continuous reporting instrument for reporting the position of boats. This data is further supplemented by shore based electro-optical frameworks and top quality radars. Essentially, sea space mindfulness is additionally gotten through satellite information.