TNO DEFENCE, SAFETY & SECURITY

THE INTEGRAL TNO APPROACH TO R&D

KEY ELEMENTS TO TNO’S INTEGRAL APPRO- ACH IN SUPPORT OF NAVAL PLATFORM DEVE- LOPMENT ARE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVE- NESS, SENSOR SYSTEMS, FIREPOWER, COMMAND & CONTROL, HUMAN FACTORS AND SURVIVABILITY TNO DEFENCE, SAFETY & SECURITY

FIREPOWER COMMAND & CONTROL SURVIVABILITY At TNO, we cover all aspects of firepower. The design of future naval platforms There are numerous conceivable threats We offer professional, specialist advice depends on many new technological and to a ship in peacetime and wartime when it comes to the selection, integration, conceptual trends like autonomous conditions. Conventional threats like use and maintenance of guns and missiles. vehicles, the All Electric Ship and Network mines, shellfire, torpedoes or missiles, for From small calibre weapons to 30 mm Enabled Capabilities. In addition to this, instance. Or terrorist attacks, small arms mounted remote controlled weapon after decades of blue water operations fire or accidents resulting in a fire or an stations to 127 mm naval guns to exoat- are also focusing their attention on explosion. Any damage to the ship will mospheric ballistic missile interceptors. We littoral and expeditionary operations (e.g. diminish its effectiveness, which is a develop, simulate and evaluate firing Sea Basing). At the same time, budgets condition that should be avoided at all doctrines, threat and target definitions and keep shrinking and crews will inevitably times. TNO has decades of experience in (special) munitions. We look at coordinated keep becoming smaller. Any mistake in the improving ship survivability. From the use firepower, including all types and sorts of chain of command may cost the lives of of water vapour to reduce the effects of an platforms and systems, like naval fire men, and endanger the ship. That is why it incoming shell to redundant power circuits, support for an integrated, simultaneous is essential to have optimal Command & from effective damage control techniques attack on ground, and defence against sea Control and common shared situational to blastproof doors and bulkheads – TNO and air targets. To ensure that our crews awareness. At TNO, we have worked with has been supporting Navies all over the remain safe, we also continually research many C2 and C4I systems available today world in saving human lives. active protection systems such as air and tomorrow, on the ground, in the air and defence missiles and close-in weapon at sea. We can help you improve your TNO researches, designs, develops and systems. system. So that you can use it in the most validates safety measures ranging from effective way. efficient damage control organisations to TNO was involved in the First of Class Live reinforced hull constructions. TNO Firings of the AAW missile systems in TNO provided the Royal Navy survivability solutions have been imple- 2003, for the integration, evaluation and with hands-on support and the evaluation mented on the Air Defence Command continuous improvement of the AAW of the JCOP (Joint Common Operational (LCF) of the Royal Netherlands system. We also developed the Missile Picture) interoperability experiment Purple Navy, the Norwegian Navy Type 310 Performance Data Set (MPDS) of the Nectar. In this joint exercise the Royal Frigates and the Type 45 Standard Missile 2 Block IIIa (SM2) and exchanged . Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). The real-time data to create a common MPDS provides performance data for the situational awareness using the JCOP. The weapon scheduler of the Combat overall evaluation by TNO will help to Management System aboard the Air improve future interoperability. Defence Command Frigates to determine the engagement times that optimise the probability of raid annihilation. OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SENSOR SYSTEMS HUMAN FACTORS TNO supports the acquisition, operation One day a Navy ship may combine A Navy ship is as good as the men that sail and maintenance of all types of military maximum situational awareness with total it. The crews manning the ships consist of systems. Buying a naval platform is one surprise by becoming virtually undetectable highly skilled specialists able to perform thing. Keeping it operational at an outside a 10 mile radius. Not exactly easy. under straining conditions. That is why TNO affordable cost is another. Apart from the But it can be done, because it is all about pays much attention to Human Factors life cycle cost, the operational effective- radar, EO/IR, acoustics, data fusion, (which in itself is a fairly broad concept). In ness of a Navy ship depends on numerous countermeasures and signature manage- the C2 and C4I environments, for instance, other factors that we can quantify and ment. We know all about the latest in we keep looking for the best man-machine optimise for you, using realistic threat sensor systems, including automatic interfaces, enhanced situational awareness scenarios, simulation environments, classification and identification of small under poor visibility conditions, good operational analysis tools and Operations targets that so easily escape detection. ergonomics, optimal team effectiveness and Research. Our unique selling point is this: TNO has the knowledge and expertise to streamlined procedures, while simultane- for any query you may have, we can tap the maximise the chance of seeing the enemy ously reducing the crews in size. All are knowledge and experience of more than before he sees you. TNO will subject any needed for optimal performance. But we 1,000 experts in military research projects. measures you propose – e.g. system also address e.g. motion sickness, custom- They will know the answer. upgrades, coatings, decoys – to the most ised foods, personal protection and advanced radar and EO/IR simulations effective damage control. Human Factors is Together with the Royal Netherlands Navy available today. And tell you whether these all about people and their working we are investigating how TNO modelling will actually improve your situational environment. and simulation systems can support the awareness and reduce your signature. current counter-piracy activities. By TNO supported the Royal Netherlands Navy submerging the actual operators in a On the new Class Patrol Vessel with the layout of the navigation bridge and simulated environment TNO helps training most of the sensor technology has been command centre of the new Holland Class their tactics, techniques and procedures, integrated in the MAST. This MAST concept Patrol Vessel. The novel concept of the familiarising them with the area of consists of radars, optical, IR sensors and command centre being positioned directly operations and the way the pirates work. communication antennas. It was designed behind the bridge was developed by TNO by , the Defence Materiel specifically with reduced manning concepts Organisation and TNO Defence, Safety and in low-intensity threat environments in mind. Security. TNO DEFENCE, SAFETY & SECURITY

A CASE IN POINT – THE HOLLAND CLASS and anti-drug operations. The reduced PATROL VESSELS manning concept of the Holland Class, the At TNO, we are familiar with all the ins and decentralised system configuration and the outs of advanced military systems. Like the integrated mast are just a few of the acquisition of a new system. This requires technologically advanced features of this you to look ahead for 30 to 40 years. What ship. During the Holland Class development will the world look like by then? Will the and acquisition phase, TNO supported the system still be able to perform as planned? Netherlands Ministry of Defence in more If not, what will be the necessary than one way. A few examples of our work: upgrades? TNO has been acting as a − Operational Effectiveness: speed strategic partner to the Netherlands requirements of the vessel and helicop- Ministry of Defence for many years now. ter tactics for surface picture That is why we are confident that we will be compilation able to help you solve a large variety of − Sensor Systems: concept, performance problems you may have with your naval and architecture of integrated sensor platforms. As part of the fleet modernisa- mast tion programme the Royal Netherlands − Firepower: selection of calibre and gun Navy is introducing four new Holland Class positions Patrol Vessels. At 108 by 16 metres, the − Command & Control: wireless communi- total displacement is approximately 3,750 cation and personal information system TNO.NL tonnes. The armament includes a single 76 for platform management mm gun and a 30 mm automatic gun. The − Human Factors: reduced manning ship has a helideck and can accommodate concepts and layout of combined a crew of 50. The Holland Class Patrol command centre and bridge Vessels have been designed for operation − Survivability: protective blast doors and in low-intensity conflicts, counter-piracy damage control systems

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Patrick Keyzer Business Developer Maritime Operations

TNO Defence, Safety, and Security P.O. Box 96864 2509 JG The Hague The Netherlands P +31 888 66 3913 M +31 6 237 10 347 E [email protected]