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Literature review on estimating ice thickness
(2017-12-19)
This report is a literature review on how to estimate ice thickness using satellite altimeter and
satellite SAR. A presentation is given on ice, the properties of ice and on how sea ice and the
ocean reflect back to the ...
Literature review on ship and ice discrimination
(2017-11-14)
Ice melting in the Arctic leads to more ship traffic, fishing, and new opportunities for oil
searching and production in the High North. Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is of interest
for Norway, and thus it is of ...
Modelling and implementation of a generic active protection system for entities in Virtual Battlespace (VBS)
(2017-04-06)
Active protection systems (APSs) for combat vehicles have been under development for several
decades. During the last few years this technology has matured, and several systems are
currently being fielded. Examples of ...
Sammendrag av rapporten "Vurdering av samfunnets behov for sivile beskyttelsestiltak"
(2017-12-06)
Notatet gir et kort sammendrag av FFI-rapport 16/01234, “Vurdering av samfunnets behov for sivile
beskyttelsestiltak”, som er unntatt offentlighet, jf. § 21 i Offentleglova.
Planning and conducting crisis management exercises for decision-making: the do’s and don’ts
(2017)
Organizations exercise to strengthen their crisis management capability, to identify possible improvements to plans, and to develop necessary skills. Taking part in exercises is one way leaders can test their decision-making ...
A Reactive Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Vehicles withUnderactuated Dynamics
(2017)
This paper presents a reactive collision avoidance algorithm, which avoids both static and moving obstacles by keeping a constant avoidance angle between the vehicle velocity vector and the obstacle. In particular, we ...
Stochastic space interval as a link between quantum randomness and macroscopic randomness?
(2017)
For many stochastic phenomena, we observe statistical distributions that have fat-tails and high-peaks compared to the Gaussian distribution. In this paper, we will explain how observable statistical distributions in the ...
Thirty years after its foundation – where is al-Qaida going?
(2017)
This article presents a framework for understanding al-Qaida, based on a new reading of its thirty-year history.
Al-Qaida today is commonly labelled a ‘global insurgency’ or ‘global franchise.’ However, these labels are ...
The defence industry as a locomotive for technological renewal in Russia: are the conditions in place?
(2017)
This article examines the extent to which the conditions for successful military to civilian technological spin-offs are in place in Russia. This is important because Russian authorities use the potential for such spin-offs ...
Islamic State and Technology – A Literature Review
(2017)
This article offers an overview of the literature on how the Islamic State has used different technologies, primarily within the fields of drone technology, CBRN and communication technology. The author argues that the ...