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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
History: over 95 years at Waalsdorp
Royal visits
Technical research
Aeroacoustics
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+)
Former R&D facilities
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 (1997- ~2005)
Technical
Technical fields
