Ocean Security Grid: A Concept for a Distributed Autonomous Maritime Security Network (DAMSG)

This document presents the concept of an Ocean Security Grid, a distributed maritime security architecture based on the large-scale deployment of low-cost autonomous maritime platforms integrated with AI-enabled surveillance, data analysis, and coordination systems. The proposed framework introduces a network-centric maritime security model designed to enable persistent maritime domain awareness, large-area mine detection through parallel underwater drone operations, and rapid swarm-based response to potential maritime threats. This publication is intended as a conceptual proposal and a publicly accessible timestamped record of the author's original contribution to the concept of a distributed autonomous maritime security grid (DAMSG).