Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
Motto | FFI turns knowledge and ideas into an effective defence |
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Type | Research Establishment |
Established | April 11, 1946 |
Parent institution | Norwegian Ministry of Defence |
Director General | Kenneth Ruud |
Location | Kjeller , |
Website | www.ffi.no |
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt – FFI) is a
History
The institute was established in 1946. Its roots lie in Norwegian participation in British scientific research during the Second World War (see Allied technological cooperation during World War II). Many Norwegian scientists and technologists took part during the period when Germany occupied Norway between 1940 and 1945.
FFI has 714 employees, of which approximately 360 are scientists and engineers. The main location of the institute is at Kjeller near Lillestrøm, 20 km east of the country's capital Oslo. The Kjeller area is a hub of research activity in south eastern Norway, with a total of some 2,400 people working at a variety of research establishments, colleges and university departments.
Part of the institute's Maritime Systems Division is situated in the coastal city of
In way of concrete technology products, FFI is known for, among other things:
- The development of a range of computers in the early 1960s which eventually led to the creation of Norsk Data as well as Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (KV)'s Computer Division: LYDIA (1962); SAM; SAM2.
- Beginning in 1973, NDRE was an early researcher of RSRE in Britain.[1]
- The development, with Penguinanti-ship missile
- The development of the Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX), an instrument aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover that is a ground-penetrating radar designed to provide centimeter-scale resolution of the geologic structure of the planet subsurface.[2][3]
Researchers
- Brynjar Lia
- Torleiv Maseng
- Thomas Hegghammer
- Svein-Erik Hamran
Former researchers
See also
References
- ^ "30 years of the international internet". 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ Brown, Dwayne (2014-07-31). "NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before" (Press release). Headquarters, Washington: NASA. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX), a ground-penetrating radar that will provide centimeter-scale resolution of the geologic structure of the subsurface. The principal investigator is Svein-Erik Hamran, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Norway.
- ^ "RIMFAX". NASA. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment, known as RIMFAX, uses radar waves to probe the ground under the rover.
External links
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Official website (in English)