In 2012, a solicitation was made for manufacturers to make the NFP in combat uniforms. It was reported in 2011 that NFM was offering combat clothing made with NFP camo pattern. The NFP was first sighted publicly in 2009 in Army Day events. According to Ben Vlasman, head of the Joint Soldier Systems Knowledge Centre ( Dutch: Joint Kenniscentrum Militair & Uitrusting), the NFP was made in order to be made recognizable to the public aside from the military. The criteria being used for the adoption of a new pattern must show its effectiveness, the psychological effect on the user and its uniqueness and distinctiveness from other camouflage patterns being used by other countries for consideration to adopt the pattern in Dutch military service. Later on, eight patterns were being studied for potential adoption, which includes universal, multicamo for use in more than one environment and the others are terrain-based patterns. In 2008, research and development into a new camouflage pattern began with five patterns being analyzed, consisting of fractal, desert, woodland, urban and universal. The Netherlands Fractal Pattern (NFP) was developed as a collaboration project between the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and the Dutch Ministry of Defence in order to replace all the camouflage patterns in use by the Dutch military. Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and the Dutch Ministry of Defence Resolute Support Mission in Operation Freedom's Sentinel
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