Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR)

• The Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) located in Gurugram played a quiet but crucial role in the backend as the hijacking incident of (Merchant Vessel) M.V. Ruen unfolded by coordinating between the Navy and with the ship owner.

ABOUT IFC-IOR

• The IFC-IOR was inaugurated on December 2018.
• The IFC-IOR is located within the premises of the Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC), the nodal agency for maritime data fusion set up after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks which itself is set to be upgraded into the National Maritime Domain Awareness (NDMA) centre in the near future.
  • IMAC is jointly operated by the Navy and Coast Guard.
  • It is the main centre of the National Command Control Communication and Intelligence System (NC3I).
• The centre aims to strengthen maritime security in the region and beyond, by building a common coherent maritime situational picture and acting as a maritime security information sharing hub for the region.
• The centre currently hosts 12 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) from Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, U.K. and U.S. and actively collaborates with 43 multinational constructs and over 25 partner countries.