Signature Balancing
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Signatures are an important part of the design of a ship. In an ideal situation, signatures must be as
low as possible. However, due to budget constraints it is most unlikely to reach this ideal situation.
The arising question is which levels of signatures are optimal given the different scenarios in
which a ship operates and the incurred cost to obtain these signature levels. This leads to three
questions: ‘which signature is most important in a given scenario?’, ‘what signature level is
needed to operate as good as possible?’ and ‘how can the signatures be reduced in a cost-effective
way?’ The design of the ship depends on the answers to these questions.
TNO Defence Security and Safety has developed methods that support the decision-maker and
ship designer in answering these questions
low as possible. However, due to budget constraints it is most unlikely to reach this ideal situation.
The arising question is which levels of signatures are optimal given the different scenarios in
which a ship operates and the incurred cost to obtain these signature levels. This leads to three
questions: ‘which signature is most important in a given scenario?’, ‘what signature level is
needed to operate as good as possible?’ and ‘how can the signatures be reduced in a cost-effective
way?’ The design of the ship depends on the answers to these questions.
TNO Defence Security and Safety has developed methods that support the decision-maker and
ship designer in answering these questions
TNO Identifier
223239
Publisher
Nexus Media, Ltd
Source title
Proceeding of the European conference on Undersea Defence Technology, UDT Europe 2006, June, 27-29, Hamburg, Germany
Place of publication
Swanley, Kent
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