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The threat of war and domestic restraints to defence reform- how fear of major military conflict changed and did not change the Ukrainian military 2014-2019
(2019-12-19)The annexation of Crimea and the Russia enabled rebellion in Donbas created a need for radical improvements of Ukrainian military capability. This study discusses how different, mostly domestic, reform drivers and reform ... -
The Emergence of Russian Private Military Companies: A New Tool of Clandestine Warfare
(2020-03-19)In recent years, the Russian private security and military company (PMSC) industry has evolved to serve the needs of both business clients as well as governments. Thus far, the ties between the Kremlin and the Russian PMSC ... -
Generalized Periodic Vehicle Routing and Maritime Surveillance
(2019-11-18)Planning maritime surveillance activities in military operations and long-term defense planning is a huge task that is done manually today. Because maritime surveillance resources are extremely expensive, the potential ... -
Destined for deadlock? Russia, Ukraine, and the unfulfilled Minsk agreements
(2020-01-27)Bringing peace, security, and stability to the war-torn region of Donbas has proven to be a challenging — some would say near-impossible — task. The "Minsk II" agreement, signed in February 2015, was supposed to put an end ... -
Russia and its Western Neighbours: A Comparative Study of the Security Situation in the Black, Baltic and Barents Sea Regions
(2019-12-17)Since Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the security situation of Europe’s eastern "frontline states" has undergone significant changes. In and around the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea, the ... -
Development and Calibration of a Low-Cost Radar Testbed Based on the Universal Software Radio Peripheral
(2019-12-01)For a cognitive radar algorithm to be useful, it must run on radar hardware that is flexible. Typically, this has been viewed as requiring a software-defined radio. With the emergence of cheap, digital transceiver systems, ... -
Collision Avoidance for Underactuated Marine Vehicles Using the Constant Avoidance Angle Algorithm
(2019-03-21)Avoiding collisions is a crucial ability for unmanned vehicles. In this paper, we present the constant avoidance angle algorithm, a reactive method for collision avoidance. It can be used to avoid both static and moving ... -
Strategy for Detection and High-Resolution Characterization of Authigenic Carbonate Cold Seep Habitats Using Ships and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles on Glacially Influenced Terrain
(2019-11-26)Cold seep habitats with authigenic carbonates and associated chemosynthetic communities in glacially influenced terrains constitute an important part of the benthic ecosystems, but they are difficult to detect in large-scale ... -
A 11‐day compressed overload and taper induces larger physiological improvements than a normal taper in elite cyclists
(2019-08-28)Endurance athletes usually achieve performance peaking with 2‐4 weeks of overload training followed by 1‐3 weeks of tapering. With a tight competition schedule, this may not be appropriate. Thus, the aim of this study was ... -
Hva nå, norsk forsvarsindustri? Instrumentelle og institusjonelle svar på EUs nye politikk på det sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitiske området- Instrumentelle og institusjonelle svar på EUs nye politikk på det sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitiske området
(2019-12-11)Artikkelen diskuterer EUs nye forsvarspakke med særlig vekt på CARD (Coordinated Annual Review on Defence), PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) og EDF (European Defence Fund). Formålet er å styrke EU som sikkerhetspolitisk ... -
Hva nå, norsk forsvarsindustri? Instrumentelle og institusjonelle svar på EUs nye politikk på det sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitiske området:Instrumentelle og institusjonelle svar på EUs nye politikk på det sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitiske området
(2019-12-11)Artikkelen diskuterer EUs nye forsvarspakke med særlig vekt på CARD (Coordinated Annual Review on Defence), PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) og EDF (European Defence Fund). Formålet er å styrke EU som sikkerhetspolitisk ... -
Automatic scene understanding and object identification in point clouds
(2019-10-10)A ladar can acquire a dense set of 3D coordinates of a scene, a so-called point cloud, in sub-second time from ranges of several kilometers. This paper presents algorithms for segmenting a point cloud into meaningful classes ... -
A socio-cognitive perspective on implementation and use of smart technology in the Norwegian home guard
(2019-11-25)The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) has developed a communications concept for the Norwegian home guard (HV). This concept, called ”SMART” due to the emphasis on smart technologies, has been realized as a ... -
In-orbit AIS performance of the Norwegian microsatellites NorSat-1 and NorSat-2
(2019-11-21)Two Norwegian AIS-satellites, NorSat-1 and NorSat-2, were launched in July 2017. Both are equipped with the ASR x50, the latest space-AIS receiver developed by Kongsberg Seatex AS, ofering advanced signal processing and ... -
Mobile Tactical Forces: Experiments on Multi-broker Messaging Middleware in a Coalition Setting
(2019-11-25)The environment in which tactical forces operate is characterized by disconnected intermittent connectivity and limited bandwidth (DIL). This environment significantly constrains the application of widely used technologies. ... -
Towards friendly force tracking with MQTT over LoRa
(2019-11-25)With the steady growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the civilian commercial sector, the question arises as to whether such IoT concepts can also be used for defense purposes. Military needs, especially those that ... -
Tunable holmium-doped fiber laser with multiwatt operation from 2025 nm to 2200 nm
(2019-11-18)The emission band of holmium-doped silica fibers extends beyond 2200 nm, which means these lasers have the potential of covering considerable parts of the atmospheric transmission window between ∼2100 nm and 2250 nm. ... -
Multi-phase performance evaluation for modern minehunting systems
(2019-05-10)Many NATO navies are in the process of replacing their dedicated minehunting vessels with systems of heterogeneous, unmanned modules. While traditional ship-based assets prosecute sonar contacts in sequence through to ...