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    Protection, Munitions & Weapons: protection of military personnel and materials

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    Military personnel must be able to operate effectively, safely and securely in varying operational situations.

    The Dutch comprehensive protection model links physical protection, mission goals and costs. In addition to providing physical protection, the model is designed, for example, to prevent damage by identifying threats in advance and, if necessary, intercepting them. TNO can also assist in the cost-effective and safe acquisition, maintenance and use of weapons systems and munitions.

    Weapon Effects & Protection Center

    The Weapon Effects & Protection Center is the most highly advanced weapons testing center in Europe. The fully indoor facility offers full testing capabilities for ballistics, whole vehicles and laser...

    Firepower: Weapon Systems & Munitions

    There will always be a need for weapons. To maintain legal order or to deter agressors, for instance, and - in the case of the Netherlands Armed Forces - to fulfil the expeditionary role in a credible...

    Protection and survivability of vehicles

    It is hardly possible to make tomorrow's tanks and armoured vehicles heavier still. And that is because in the future these will - increasingly often - have to be deployed worldwide, meaning that they...

    Naval ship protection and survivability

    Threats to a naval ship may come from the deep dark sea or out of the clear blue sky. They may emerge as missiles, shellfire, sea mines or torpedoes. Terrorists may use rocket-propelled grenades or small...

    Protection and survivability of infrastructure

    Our society is based on infrastructure, including buildings and industrial complexes, tunnels, harbours and pipelines. This infrastructure is extremely vulnerable to the effects of an explosion, regardless...

    World-class ballistics research

    TNO has been working on ballistics research for decades. The Dutch Ministry of Defence, foreign defence ministries, the international defence industry and suppliers are among the customers of our Ballistics...

    Countering IEDs

    IEDs are a weapon of strategic influence used by insurgents and are one of the main causes of casualties among troops and local populations. The Netherlands MoD has adopted the NATO docrine in defeating...

    Materials for protection concepts

    In the last decades the development of armour materials is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Materials like armour steel, aluminium alloys, strong fibers and ceramics are traditionally used in military...

    Energetic Materials

    The effectiveness of gun propellant-based weapon systems such as tank guns and large calibre naval guns is largely based on the gun propellant used. Gun propellants are designed to produce very large quantities...

    Ammunition Safety

    Over 40 years of experience with the development and testing of a wide range of weapon systems, ammunition and other energetic and pyrotechnic devices. That is what renders TNO excellently suited for its...

    Ballistic Performance and Personal Protection

    What injuries can be expected due to a bullet impact on a helmet? How does a bullet, explosion or grenade (IED) affect the human body? What protection level is provided by bullet proof vests and how can...

    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection

    Within the Defence, Safety and Security field of TNO a dedicated department focuses on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection. This is a world class research department consisting...

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    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection

    Within the Defence, Safety and Security field of TNO a dedicated department focuses on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection. This is a world class research department consisting... Read more
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    Ammunition from a printer

    12 September 2017
    Today, at the DSEI event in Londen, TNO presents it's innovative vision of a future in which entire items of ammunition with the desired effect come rolling out of printers in the required quantity. TNO... Read more
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    Resilient Ship Design Course 2019

    Rotterdam-Vlaardingen, The Netherlands | Delta Hotel
    Although warships have several layers of defence, history has shown a multitude of incidents where these have all failed resulting in battle damage of the ship. Much can be done in the design of the ship... Read more
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