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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 ...
A Monte Carlo approach to evaluate stray laser energy from the F-35 Lightning II
(2020-04-23)
The F-35 Lightning II has a powerful combat laser designator operating at a wavelength and energy levels that are damaging to the human eye at a pulse level. Due to the faceted design of the Electro Optical Targeting System ...
An application of a combined framework to set the future direction of the Norwegian Home Guard
(2020-02-17)
In 2017, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and the Norwegian Home Guard commissioned a research project to help set a future identity and direction for the reserve-based Home Guard. Using a combination of frameworks, we ...
Experimental Evaluation of Named Data Networking (NDN) in Tactical Environments
(2020-03-05)
Tactical edge networks represent a uniquely challenging environment from the communications perspective, due to their limited bandwidth and high node mobility. Several middleware communication solutions have been proposed ...
Robustness of adversarial camouflage (AC) for naval vessels
(2020-04-24)
Different types of imaging sensors are frequently employed for detection, tracking and classification of naval vessels. A number of countermeasure techniques are currently employed against such sensors, and with the advent ...
Scaling Behavior of Quasi-One-Dimensional Vortex Avalanches in Superconducting Films
(2020-03-27)
Scaling behaviour of dynamically driven vortex avalanches in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−δ films deposited on tilted crystalline substrates has been observed using quantitative magneto-optical imaging. Two films with different ...
Big Five Personality Profiles in the Norwegian Special Operations Forces
(2020-05-05)
This study is the first to report on Big Five personality traits of employees in the Norwegian military Special Operations Forces (NORSOF). Three research questions were formulated for this study, aiming to investigate (1) ...
Sex differences in the physiological response to a demanding military field exercise
(2020)
Purpose
To investigate sex differences in the effect of a military field exercise on physical performance, body composition, and blood biomarkers.
Methods
Measurements were done in 23 male and 12 female conscripts ...
Classification based on fast and robust approximations to order statistics
(2020-04-22)
A test system with four cameras in the infrared and visual spectra is under development at FFI (The Norwegian Defence
Research Establishment). The system may be mounted on a jet aircraft or may be used in a land-based ...