Innovation for life | TNO
Our latest developments. Contributing to Europe’s sovereignty and security. Position paper by the Dutch industry on the possibilities of space communications for defence. AI model for personalised healthy lifestyle advice. 60 Years of Space Innovation: Pioneering Beyond Earth. This is our time: Working on global quantum internet via space.
Military weapon systems and ammunitions | TNO
In terms of ammunition safety, TNO assists to make ammunition safe and suitable for its intended purpose. TNO’s ammunition safety portfolio encompasses a full range of R&D activities. These cover the safe use of all ammunition systems including missiles throughout their complete lifecycle. We support our clients, partners and stakeholders in ...
Tandem technology for higher PV performance | TNO - tno.nl/en
Tandem solar devices. Combining different solar cells in a PV module enables a conversion efficiency above 40%. If one solar cell is optimised for short wavelength photons, and the other for long wavelength photons, the two solar cells together will extract more electrical energy. We’re researching and developing these tandem applications.
Organisation | TNO
Organisation. TNO is an independent not-for-profit research organisation made up of units, boards, and a services organisation. Meet our Supervisory Board, Executive Board, and Council for Defence Research.
Surface warfare | TNO
Surface warfare. Now that offshore companies are digging deeper and offshore wind farms coast are getting bigger and bigger, TNO is working on more effective exploration at sea. TNO's technological and technical innovations are prominent, whether it concerns the optimisation of wind and tidal energy or the deepest deep-sea mining industry.
Low frequency active sonar | TNO
Low frequency active sonar. Maritime defence and security. We have over 30 years of practical experience with low frequency active sonar (LFAS). This radar system provides protection against submarines (Anti-Submarine Warfare). Find out what we …
Naval protection and survivability | TNO
TNO plays a leading part in the development and application of innovative models and tools that aim to reduce the vulnerability of naval ships and improve damage control after attack. Survivability can be increased in many ways. Structural ship elements can be designed to minimise the transmission of loads for sensitive areas, equipment ...
National cyber resilience | TNO
Integral vision of cyber resilience. Our experts use a combination of security expertise and mathematics for research-driven technology development and anomaly detection (deviations from the rule). The key to our approach is the integral vision of cyber resilience. In the case of digital threats, we look at all the factors that are important ...
Countering explosive threats | TNO
Countering Explosive Threats (CET) is the TNO team that specialises in threat detection and neutralisation of explosive materials, including IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) and home-made explosives that are placed in buildings and streets. They are a weapon of strategic influence used by insurgents and terrorists, and are one of the main ...
Chemical, Biological, Nuclear protection | TNO
They also look for the most efficient operational methods to implement that technology in order to protect people and equipment. TNO’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection department offers scientific support and consulting services in relation to CB detection systems, decontamination solutions, diagnostics, and ...