focus on the impact these developments have on marines.
With new facilities such as the Zero Emission Lab and the Seven Ocean Simulator centre, fresh opportunities are being created to support the Royal Netherlands Navy, defence partner organisations and the wider defence market with applied research aimed at this optimal operational deployment, he emphasises. ‘With the new Defence Department, we are an unambiguous point of contact that is well prepared for the specific challenges of the Royal Netherlands Navy and within the broader defence sector.’
And the initiative has come just at the right time, they point out, with the deteriorating security situation worldwide leading to many navies investing in their defence capacity. The European NATO members are working hard to bring their defence budgets to the norm set by the NATO and there are emerging threats posed by new weapon
and sensor systems which need to be countered.
Emerging technologies Additionally, emerging technologies such as maritime AI, data science and unmanned vessels and autonomy may be used to reduce exposure and vulnerability, while increasing operational efficiency. The latter is important in relation to the current scarcity of personnel, Pepijn adds. ‘On top of this, the defence sector faces other issues such as dealing with the energy transition and the dependence on fossil fuels. Not only does society require the defence sector to contribute to the reduction of emissions, also the availability of fuel may be affected by the transition in the broader maritime sector and by strategic actions of adversaries.’
MARIN wants to be prepared to answer these questions for and together with our partners, he says. This requires close cooperation between external partners, MARIN’s experts in the fields of naval
architecture and hydrodynamics, and its expertise regarding maritime operations, energy systems, autonomy and decision support, on board monitoring, human performance, simulation and training. The Defence Department will coordinate these activities within MARIN and serve as an interface to defence organisations and contractors, ranging from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, colleague knowledge institutes and international defence organisations and contractors.
Pepijn concludes: ‘Besides governments of various partner countries from the EU, NATO and beyond, we work for many shipyards and design offices that are developing and building naval platforms and operational concepts with desk studies, simulations and model tests. We highly value these clients and look forward to continuing to help them optimise their designs for safe and efficient operations, while also paying careful attention to information security requirements and export controls.’
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