Chapter Name: The Hague (The Netherlands) By: Air Cdre RNLAF retd. Ir. Gerrit Schoonderbeek
Summary of Meeting:
On September 10th, a very informative meeting on the subject Software Defined
Radio was held at TNO-ICT in Delft.
Marc van den Homberg, Manager
Connectivity and Defense Market, gave an overview on the activities of TNO and
TNO-ICT in particular. The MODNL is the largest client with an average revenue
of M€ 92.
Bram van den Ende, Senior Project
Manager at TNO-ICT held an in depth presentation on the subject SDR. He
elaborated on the history of signal processing and presented the main
objectives of SDR:
· improving interoperability
· reducing radio hardware configuration complexity
· software re-usability
· acceleration in the development of advanced waveforms.
He also
explained the relation to the US JTRS project and European initiatives like
WINTSEC, SCORED and EULER.
LtCol Theo Sierksma of the Command
& Control Support Centre of the MOD explained the requirements of the MOD
with respect to land operations. SDR is regarded as a solution for
interoperability problems that land forces are coping with in a joint and
dynamic network structure.
Definition of used acronyms:
SDR = Software
Defined Radio
TNO = Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
ICT = Information and Communications Technology
MOD = Ministry of Defense
NL = the Netherlands
US = United States
JTRS = Joint Tactical Radio System
WINTSEC = Wireless INTeroperability for SECurity
SCORED = Software and Cognitive Radio for European Defense
EULER = European Software Defined Radio for wireless, joint security operations
LtCol = Lieutenant Colonel
C˛ = Command
& Control
RNLA = Royal Netherlands Army
Guest Speaker(s):
|
Speaker’s Full Name |
Position |
Rank |
Branch of Service |
Organization |
|
Marc van den Homberg |
Manager Defense Market |
Civilian |
|
TNO-ICT |
|
Bram van den Ende |
Senior Project Manager |
Civilian |
|
TNO-ICT |
|
Theo Sierksma |
C˛ Support Centre |
LtCol |
Army |
RNLA/MODNL |
Photograph #1:
|
|
Mr. Jaap van der Lelie, Secretary of Afcea Chapter |
|
Position |
Full Name |
Rank |
Branch of Service |
Organization |
|
Left |
Marc van den Homberg |
Civilian |
Manager Defense Market |
TNO-ICT |
|
Right |
Jaap van der Lelie |
Civilian |
Secretary |
Afcea Chapter The Hague |
Photograph #2:
|
Mr. Bram van den Ende, Senior Project Manager at
TNO-ICT, receives a token of Appreciation from |
|
|
Position |
Full Name |
Rank |
Branch of Service |
Organization |
|
Left |
Bram van den Ende |
Civilian |
Senior Project Manager |
TNO-ICT |
|
Right |
Jaap van der Lelie |
Civilian |
Secretary |
Afcea Chapter The Hague |
Photograph #3:
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|
LtCol RNLA Theo Sierksma, Command & Control Support Centre of MODNL, receives a |
|
Position |
Full Name |
Rank |
Branch of Service |
Organization |
|
Left |
Theo Sierksma |
LtCol |
Royal NL Army |
C˛ Support Centre |
|
Right |
Jaap van der Lelie |
Civilian |
Secretary |
Afcea Chapter The Hague |