• Introduction
    • History and Purpose of the collection
  • History
    • Measurement Building / TNO Waalsdorp
    • TNO Rijswijk & Ypenburg
    • TNO Soesterberg
    • World War II period
    • North Sea Flood 1953
    • Computer history
    • 95 years at Waalsdorp
    • Royal visits
  • Technical research
    • Air acoustics
      • First assignment (1928)
      • Theoretical and practical research (1929 – 1936)
      • Acoustic correction (1928 – ’29)
      • Electric transport of position data (1929 – ’30)
      • 2- and 3-axle listening devices (1932 – 1940)
      • Speech Transmission Index (1970+)
      • Acoustic sniper localisation (1996 – ’98)
    • Radio Communication
      • Meteorograph (1934 – ’39)
      • UHF telephone (1935 – 1940)
      • Reuse of a WWII Würzburg-Riese antenna (1947 – 1977)
      • Panoramic receivers (1953 – 1964)
      • Non-eavesdroppable ship-to-ship (1954 – 1962)
      • Automatic Reporting and Identification System (1987 – 2000)
      • 60 GHz stealth communication (1992 – 1999)
    • Ballistic measuring devices
      • Measuring time interval (1950 – 1970)
      • Optically measuring projectile velocity (1955)
      • Measuring projectile’s end velocity (1972)
      • Measuring hit accuracy patterns (1973)
      • Spark flash camera (1974)
      • Continuous Wave Doppler homodyne radar (1980)
    • Infrared technique
      • Period 1934 – 1953
      • Period 1960 – 1970
      • Period 1970 – present
      • Quality of photo detectors (1971)
    • Radar (EN)
      • Electric listening device (1936 – 1941)
      • Transponders (1959 – 1995)
      • Phased Array radar research (1962 – 1984)
      • PHARS and PHARUS (1990 – 1999)
      • Bodyscanner (1982 – 2009)
      • SHIRA (1984 – 2005)
    • Underwater acoustics
      • Period (1938 – 1940)
      • Period (1946 – 1957)
      • SOCRATES (2001+)
    • Counter sea and landmines
      • Period 1938 – 1941
      • Countering seamines after 1946
      • Operational PAP Simulator (1986 – 1992)
    • Digital Technology
      • Digital fire control
      • Radar image processing
      • Printed circuit board production (1961 – 1977)
      • Universal Dynamo Meter Bench (1979 – 1992)
      • Tanker Remote Vision System (2006)
  • Other research
    • Operations Research
      • The early period 1955 – 1964
      • Multi Criteria Analysis (1970+)
      • Hunting Operations (HUNTOP) – 1978
      • Decision support system for chemical incidents (GasMal) 1990’s
      • FEL Coverage Planner (FELCOP) – 1992
      • Single Airbase Logistics Model (SALOMO) – 1992
    • Command & Control
      • KIBOWI (1970 – 2005)
      • ICARUS (1993 – 1997)
      • NATO Anti-Air Warfare System (1987- 2000)
    • Capita selecta
      • Forward Air Controller Training (1996 – 2001)
      • Robojeep (1998 – present)
      • Critical Infrastructure Protection (1995+)
      • Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (2002+)
  • Research facilities Defence and Safety
    • Measurement station Roeleveense Plas (1953 – 1995)
    • Electro-Magnetic Pulse (1970 – 1993)
    • Electromagnetic launching (1983 – 1997)
    • Test facility for outdoor intrusion detection systems (1990 – 2005)
    • 76 mm gun (1992+)
    • Landmine detection testbed (1997- ~2005)
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    • English

Human Factors

Human Factors: Research & Development

Some highlights of previous research & development at TNO Soesterberg:

  • Speech Transmission Index (STI) (1970 – 2005+)
  • Stereopsis test for potential Leopard tank gunners (1972)

 
Special research facilities:

  • Desdemona

  

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