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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)
Introduction
General topics
