TomTom is joining a Dutch research effort to help planners test how military movements can share transport capacity with civilian freight as defense requirements place added demands on infrastructure.
TomTom said in a Nov. 10 announcement that it had joined CIMILOGIC, a Dutch public-private research initiative led by TNO. The Dutch Ministry of Defense, TU Delft and Rijkswaterstaat are among the collaborators, alongside partners in technology, logistics and transport. The project brings government, academic and industry participants into a study of shared transport needs.
CIMILOGIC aims to develop and validate an approach to meeting military strategic relocation requirements while keeping civilian logistics resilient. Military readiness places additional demands on transport infrastructure and capacity, and civilian resources may also be used to support military operations. That overlap makes planning relevant to defense mobility and the continued movement of civilian goods.
Researchers will examine operational scenarios to pinpoint possible transport constraints and assess their consequences for military movements, civilian supply chains and infrastructure. Planned outputs include resilience indicators and a prototype for simulation and assessment. Stakeholders are expected to use the prototype to compare logistics, routing, data-sharing and capacity choices before implementation.
TomTom plans to contribute mapping data and traffic, route and location technology to the scenario work. The company says its tools will be considered with operational scenarios and expertise across defense, government, research and industry.
Users include groups coordinating troop movement, transport networks, civilian freight and supply chains. Benoit Joly, TomTom's SVP for Sales, described location intelligence as a complement to the physical assets that carry military and civilian traffic. Joly said the company is combining its mapping and traffic expertise with defense, academic and logistics knowledge to examine how shared infrastructure can support military readiness while civilian supply chains remain resilient.
