DETECTION OF IEDS: R& D ACTIVITIES UNDER NATO STO Arnold Schoolderman
CONTENT What is TNO? What is NATO STO? What does NATO STO with respect to C-IED? And specifically the detection of IEDs? 2 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
TNO: NETHERLANDS ORGANIZATION FOR TNO: NETHERLANDS ORGANIZATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Established by law (1932); independent of public or private interests Contract research organization; Not-for-profit; 3100 employees 7 innovation areas: - Healthy living; y g; - Built environment - Industrial innovation - Energy - Mobility - Information society 3D motion simulator - Defence, Security and Safety (DSS): National Defence Organisation TNO founded in 1946 650 employees p y approx. 60% funded by Netherlands MoD other costumers: NATO, EDA, foreign MoDs, businesses 3 locations: The Hague, Rijswijk, Soesterberg Strategic partner of the NLD MoD: g p governance of defence research at TNO by the Netherlands Defence Research Council Testing of protective clothing 3 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION (1) NATO STO: “World’s largest organization for collaborative Defence S&T” Advisory Group for Aerospace R&D Research and Technology Research and Technology Science & Technology Science & Technology (AGARD) (AGARD) Organization (RTO) Organization (STO) 1952 1967 Defense Research Group (DRG ) 1998 2012 4 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO (2) North Atlantic Council C3B Conference of C&I ‐ ASB Political & Partnership p Military y National Armament Committee Committee Directors LC C3B NATO C&I Science for Peace & Agency Agency Security Programme Security Programme CaPs C P NATO Army COMEDS Armaments Group STO STO Allied Command NATO Naval Transformation S&T Board Armaments Group Armaments Group NATO Air Force Non ‐ NATO OCS STO Armaments Group “S&T partners” Collaborative NATO Industrial S&T CSO Advisory Group In ‐ house S&T CMRE 5 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO (3) NATO STO’s Mission: - Conducting and promoting S&T activities; - Enable and influence security- and defence-related capability development and threat mitigation; - Supporting decision-making pp g g in order to: help position the nations’ and NATO’s S&T investments for the defence and security posture of NATO nations and partners Most NATO Nations are involved in NATO STO activities, as well as several partner nations (EOP, PfP, Global partners) Panels and groups: Panels and groups: AVT Applied Vehicle Technology SAS System Analysis & Studies HFM Human Factors and Medicine IST Information Systems Technology SCI Systems Concepts & Integration SET Sensors & Electronics Technology MSG Modelling and Simulation Group 6 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO (4) Toolbox: - SY: Symposia (>100 people, 3-4 days) NATO STO’s Collaborative NATO STO s Collaborative - SM: Specialists’ Meetings (<100 Networking Environment people, 2-3 days ) - WS: Workshops (selected participation, 2 3 days) 2-3 days) - TG: Task Groups (study group, 3 Reports & Technology Educational years max.) Standards Demonstrations Opportunities - LS: Lecture Series (junior and mid-level scientists) A Knowledge & Information Base - TC: Technical Courses for NA TO and the Nations - ST: Specialists’ Teams (quick reaction) - ET: Exploratory Teams 7 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO (5) TOTAL NUMBER OF STO ACTIVITIES PER YEAR (ALL PANELS) 250 200 150 100 50 50 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Task Groups New TG's Symposia Spec. Meetings Workshops Lecture Series VKI- LS Tech. Courses AGARDographs Spec. Teams Mil. App. Studies LTSS CDT 8 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO (6) NATO STO ACTIVITY PROCESS NATO STO ACTIVITY PROCESS Panel endorsment • Activity endorsed by Panel ET • Approved by Science & Technology Board (STB) • U t 1 Up to 1 year • Narrow scope of work • Update and refine TAP/TOR for the activity TG/SM/WS/SYM Classification • Submit final report Submit final report Participation P i i i • Publish findings • Pursue exploitation • 1 – 3 years • Conduct meetings • Submit semi ‐ annual reports Submit semi annual reports Report R t Conduct mid ‐ term brief at PBM • • Develop findings • Produce final report 9 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
NATO STO TASK GROUPS ON C-IED 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 SCI ‐ 193 ‐ 256 single detection sensor assessment in RC SCI ‐ 233 ‐ 286 ET route clearance technology road map SCI ‐ 232, ‐ 250 SM or follow ‐ up under consid. EW: RC ‐ IED neutralization SCI ‐ 243 no follow ‐ up AtN: collection and detection means SET ‐ 117 SET 117 specialist meeting specialist meeting SET ‐ 169 military sensing symposium session SET ‐ 175 specialist meeting SET183/IST ‐ 112 persistant surveillance SET ‐ 161 no follow ‐ up initiated LTCR; roadmap SET ‐ 146 (steering committee in NATO ‐ Russia Collaboration project) detection of explo and suiciders (Standex) SET ‐ 158 Unattended ground sensors SET ‐ 190 SET TG hyperspectral imaging SET ‐ 159, ‐ 193 SM THz techn. for explo detection SET ‐ 184 Noise radar capabilities SET ‐ 208 detection: GPR processing SET ‐ 209 human behaviour assessment SET ‐ ET ‐ 076 ET no TG started detection bulk explosives SET ET 088 SET ‐ ET ‐ 088 ET ET SET 238 SET ‐ 238 d t detection of EFPs/side ‐ attack threats ti f EFP / id tt k th t SET ‐ ET ‐ 092 ET SET TG support to explo detection techn. assessment SAS ‐ 078, ‐ 094 NLW concepts of operation (counter insurgency) HFM ‐ 140 Psychosocial etc aspects of terrorism IST ‐ 085, ‐ 110 Visualisation network analysis SAS ‐ IST ‐ 102 Intell exploitation of social media HFM 198 HFM ‐ 198 Injury assessment mounted soldier IED threat Injury assessment mounted soldier IED threat MSG ‐ 089, ‐ 102, ‐ 109 89 102 109 Simulation of C ‐ IED training PtF DtD AtN Full C ‐ IED 10 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
ASSESSMENT OF DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSMENT OF DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES (SCI-193, SCI-256) Aim of these Task Groups: Aim of these Task Groups: Assess the potential and limitations of (new, emerging) technologies for the detection of route threat Participants: reps of defence R&D organizations BEL CAN CZE DEU FRA GBR ITA NLD NOR SWE TUR USA BEL, CAN, CZE, DEU, FRA, GBR, ITA, NLD, NOR, SWE, TUR, USA Program of Work: set-up and conduct demonstrations, tests and trials of the technologies under study; report on the results, observations and recommendations NB no comparison tests of systems SCI-256 (‘12 –’15): 3 demonstrations and trials: - Ground vehicle based change detection Ground vehicle based change detection - Non-linear junction detection - Culvert inspection techniques 11 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
SCI-256 GROUND VEHICLE BASED CHANGE SCI-256 GROUND VEHICLE BASED CHANGE DETECTION (1) 5 teams: - mono b/w camera (ISL, DEU/FRA) - Lidar (FOI, SWE) - mono HD camera (Cyclomedia/Vinotion/TUe, NLD) - Lidar (CAE, CAN) - stereo camera (TNO, NLD) October ‘12, NLD , 12 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
SCI-256 GROUND VEHICLE BASED CHANGE DETECTION (2) Targets: easy to very challenging Targets: easy to very challenging reference reference With EFP With EFP Report published by NATO STO/CSO NATO Unclass. (Sept.’14) EFP: 7.5 cm diameter, copper 13 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
SCI-256 NON-LINEAR JUNCTION DETECTION (1) May ‘14, CZE 5 hand-held COTS/MOTS systems 3 experimental vehicle-mounted systems Report to be published by NATO STO/CSO (NATO Restricted/Rel. to SWE) 14 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
SCI 256 NON LINEAR JUNCTION DETECTION (2) SCI-256 NON-LINEAR JUNCTION DETECTION (2) Tests of ‘intrinsic’ detection performance (range, dependency on target orientation, buried targets, etc.) Operational tests in environment with clutter Visitors’ Day (announced by NATO) 15 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
SCI-256 CULVERT INSPECTION TECHNIQUES Oct. ‘15, SWEDEC Sweden Aim: identify techniques/methods to improve speed, safety and assurance for culvert inspection on the presence of IEDs Wide range of techniques/methods: UGVs, UAV, dogs (with enhancements, e.g. camera), GPR and Lidar (both for change detection), SWIR hyperspectral imager 16 | Detection of IEDs: R&D activities under NATO STO 17 May 2016
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