TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory

TNO Defence, Security and Safety provides innovative contributions to the advance of comprehensive security and is a strategic partner of the Dutch Ministry of Defence to build up the defence knowledge-base. We employ our acquired knowledge for and together with contractors.

Focus

We focus on Defence in the broadest sense of the word and our involvement covers a range of activities: military operations, military equipment, command & control and operational decision making, threat and protection, and instruction and training. In the area of Security and Safety, the emphasis lies on combating crime, calamity and terrorism.

TNO Defence, Security and Safety also works for the aviation and maritime sectors, markets in which our knowledge can be of good use. In terms of aviation, we concentrate largely on improving safety while for the maritime sector we focus on naval architecture.

We collaborate with the defence industry and with small and medium-sized enterprises to develop innovative solutions.

Customers

Our customers include the Dutch Ministries of Defence, Home Affairs, Justice, Foreign Affairs as well as Transport, Public Works and Water Management, regional/national police forces and fire services, as well as national and international defence-related industries.

TNO Defence, Security and Safety has a thousand employees who develop and apply knowledge in the form of advice, applied research and product innovation.

TNO Defence, Security and Safety has three research locations: The Hague, Rijswijk and Soesterberg, all in the Netherlands.

Our slogan is: 'Committed to innovation for a safer world'

Organisation
TNO Defence, Security and Safety: 5 business units

Observation Systems:

• Integrated systems
• Transceivers and real-time signal processing
• Radar and electronic warfare
• Electro-optics and underwater technology Policy Studies for OA & Information Provision
• Operational analysis
• Command, control and information management
• Modeling and simulation .Policy studies and strategy Protection, Munitions and Weapons
• System performance and survivability
• Explosions, ballistics and protection
• Energetic materials, electric power technology Biological and Chemical Protection
• Threat and protection
• Detection and identification
• Diagnosis and therapy
• Human Factors
• Human interfaces
• Human in command
• Human performance
• Training and instruction

Your Partner in Protection

TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory
P.O. Box 45
2280 AA
Rijswijk (ZH)
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 15 284 2842
Fax: +31 15 284 3991