diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/utils/AbsoluteDateArrayHandling.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/utils/AbsoluteDateArrayHandling.java
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+/* Copyright 2013-2022 CS GROUP
+ * Licensed to CS GROUP (CS) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * CS licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.orekit.rugged.utils;
+
+import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
+
+/** AbsoluteDateForVectorisation consist of additions to AbsoluteDate to handle arrays for vectorization
+ * @author Melina Vanel
+ */
+public class AbsoluteDateArrayHandling {
+    
+    /** Dates array on which we want to apply time shift or compute duration */
+    public AbsoluteDate[] dates;
+
+    /** Simple constructor.
+     * @param dates is an array of absolute dates on which we want to apply time shift or
+     * compute duration
+     */
+    public AbsoluteDateArrayHandling(final AbsoluteDate[] dates) {
+        this.dates = dates;
+    }
+    
+    /** Get time-shifted dates for several dates or several time shifts.
+     * @param dts time shifts array in seconds we want to apply to dates
+     * @return a matrix of new dates, shifted with respect to wanted time
+     * shifts. If instance dates = [date1, date2, ..., daten] each line
+     * correspond to one date (for example date1 shiftedBy all timeshifts
+     * (building the different columns))
+     */
+    public AbsoluteDate[][] shiftedBySeveralTimeShift(final double[] dts) {
+
+        AbsoluteDate[][] datesShifted = new AbsoluteDate[dates.length][dts.length];
+        int index_dates = 0;
+
+        for (AbsoluteDate date: this.dates) {
+            AbsoluteDate[] dateShifted = new AbsoluteDate[dts.length];
+            int index_dts = 0;
+            for (double dt: dts) {
+                dateShifted[index_dts] = date.shiftedBy(dt);
+                index_dts += 1;
+            }
+            datesShifted[index_dates] = dateShifted;
+            index_dates += 1;
+
+        }
+        return (AbsoluteDate[][]) datesShifted;
+    }
+
+    /** Get array with durations between instances dates and given dates
+     * @param datesForDuration dates for which we want to compute the duration form instances dates
+     * @return a matrix of double representing durations from instance dates 
+     * If instance dates = [date1, date2, ..., daten] each line
+     * correspond to one date (for example date1 duration from all given dates in arguments
+     * (building the different columns))
+     */
+    public double[][] durationsFromSeveralTimeShifts(final AbsoluteDate[] datesForDuration) {
+
+        double[][] durationsFromDates = new double[dates.length][datesForDuration.length];
+        int index_dates = 0;
+
+        for (AbsoluteDate date: this.dates) {
+            double[] durationFromDate = new double[datesForDuration.length];
+            int index_datesForDuration = 0;
+            for (AbsoluteDate dateForDuration: datesForDuration) {
+            	durationFromDate[index_datesForDuration] = date.durationFrom(dateForDuration);
+                index_datesForDuration += 1;
+            }
+            durationsFromDates[index_dates] = durationFromDate;
+            index_dates += 1;
+
+        }
+        return (double[][]) durationsFromDates;
+    }
+
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/orekit/rugged/utils/AbsoluteDateForVectorisationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/orekit/rugged/utils/AbsoluteDateForVectorisationTest.java
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+/* Copyright 2013-2022 CS GROUP
+ * Licensed to CS GROUP (CS) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * CS licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.orekit.rugged.utils;
+
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
+
+public class AbsoluteDateForVectorisationTest {
+	@Test
+    public void testShiftedBySeveralTimeShiftOneDate() {
+
+		AbsoluteDate date1 = new AbsoluteDate();
+        AbsoluteDate[] dates = new AbsoluteDate[] {date1};
+        double[] dts = new double[] {10.0, 20.0, 30.0};
+	    AbsoluteDateArrayHandling datesForVect = new AbsoluteDateArrayHandling(dates);
+	    AbsoluteDate[][] datesShifted = datesForVect.shiftedBySeveralTimeShift(dts);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[0][0].durationFrom(date1.shiftedBy(10)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[0][1].durationFrom(date1.shiftedBy(20)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+
+    }
+
+	@Test
+    public void testShiftedBySeveralTimeShiftSeveralDates() {
+
+		AbsoluteDate date1 = new AbsoluteDate();
+		AbsoluteDate date2 = date1.shiftedBy(10000);
+        AbsoluteDate[] dates = new AbsoluteDate[] {date1, date2};
+        double[] dts = new double[] {10.0, 20.0, 30.0};
+	    AbsoluteDateArrayHandling datesForVect = new AbsoluteDateArrayHandling(dates);
+	    AbsoluteDate[][] datesShifted = datesForVect.shiftedBySeveralTimeShift(dts);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[0][0].durationFrom(date1.shiftedBy(10)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[0][1].durationFrom(date1.shiftedBy(20)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[1][1].durationFrom(date2.shiftedBy(20)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesShifted[1][2].durationFrom(date2.shiftedBy(30)), 0.0, 1e-5);
+
+    }
+
+	@Test
+    public void testDurationFromSeveralDates() {
+
+		AbsoluteDate date1 = new AbsoluteDate();
+		AbsoluteDate date2 = date1.shiftedBy(10000);
+		AbsoluteDate date3 = date1.shiftedBy(20000);
+		AbsoluteDate date4 = date1.shiftedBy(100000);
+        AbsoluteDate[] dates = new AbsoluteDate[] {date1, date2, date3};
+        AbsoluteDate[] datesComputeDuration = new AbsoluteDate[] {date4, date1};
+	    AbsoluteDateArrayHandling datesForVect = new AbsoluteDateArrayHandling(dates);
+	    double[][] datesDurations = datesForVect.durationsFromSeveralTimeShifts(datesComputeDuration);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[0][0], date1.durationFrom(date4), 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[0][1], date1.durationFrom(date1), 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[1][0], date2.durationFrom(date4), 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[1][1], date2.durationFrom(date1), 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[2][0], date3.durationFrom(date4), 1e-5);
+	    Assert.assertEquals(datesDurations[2][1], date3.durationFrom(date1), 1e-5);
+
+    }
+
+
+}