75 years of Science and Innovation at the front line
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Soon after the liberation in 1945, the Dutch government decides to accelerate the reconstruction by investing in knowledge and skills. In post-war years,there is ample confidence in science ‘for the good of rosperity and the strengthening of independence’. This leads to TNO being given the statutory task in 1947 of conducting applied scientific research for the Ministry of Defence, in those days still called the Ministry of War. The post-war government predicted ‘that a small country can be scientifically significant as a military actor and an ally of value’. TNO has been living up to that for the past 75 years. For 75 years, it has been our duty to provide security professionals with state-of-the-art equipment and the best possible information, instruction and preparation. The partnership with the Ministry of Defence has resulted in a wide variety of innovations. This timeline shows a selection.
TNO Identifier
972388
Publisher
TNO
Collation
2 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag