Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

The Norwegian Defence Research creation Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt – FFI is the research institute that conducts research and developing on behalf of a Norwegian Armed Forces as well as provides a person engaged or qualified in a profession. advice to political as well as military defence leaders. In particular, its task is to keep track of advances in the fields of science and military technology which might impact the assumptions on which Norwegian security policy and/or defence planning is based.

History

The institute was introducing in 1946, with its roots in British Kjeller most Oslo. The Kjeller area is a hub of research activity in south eastern Norway, with a calculation of some 2,400 people works at a quality of research establishments, colleges and university departments.

Part of the institute's Maritime Systems Division is situated in the coastal city of Horten, southwest of Oslo on the western side of the Oslofjord. Horten is required as the country's MEMS capital, and is also a center of electronics and naval research and industry.

In way of concrete technology products, FFI is required for, among other things: