[2010-10-06]
What makes Stuxnet the malware of the century?
[2010-06-08]
The 10th international CBW symposium deals with issues ranging from non-proliferation to crisis management and personal protection
[2008-09-30]
Media reports have made incorrect claims that a study conducted by FOI (the Swedish Defence Research Agency) of the recent Russia-Georgia war includes comments on a number of issues relating to the war that are actually not to be found in the study.
[2008-09-16]
Fourteen FOI analysts describe in the report The Caucasian Test Case (Det kaukasiska lackmustestet) the consequences of the war between Russian and Georgia that took place on August 7-12.
[2008-08-06]
The wreck of the ferry which sank in the Philippines in June has been found to contain toxic pesticides. A UN/EU team was sent to the site in early July. The team included Dr Rune Berglind, a scientist from the Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI.
[2008-07-07]
John Rydqvist and Kristina Zetterlund, together with several researchers at FOI, have analysed the probable consequences of an attack by the USA on Iran in a recently published report, “Consequences of Military Actions Against Iran”.
[2008-07-04]
The fast development of wireless systems increases the vulnerability of society. According to Peter Stenumgaard, this requires greater awareness and remedying actions in order to avoid getting stuck with technical solutions which can be easily knocked out
[2008-07-04]
In a new report by the Swedish Defence Research Agency, Elin Kågebro and Maria Vredin Johansson describe various economic tools that can be used as a basis for decisions regarding climate adaptation.
[2008-06-05]
Men’s total energy consumption is 20 percent higher than women’s. They also consume a substantially greater proportion of this energy on transport. This is shown in a new FOI report by Annika Carlsson-Kanyama and Riitta Räty.
[2008-05-28]
Sjöland & Thyselius are to take over FOI’s wind tunnel operations and look forward to international expansion and the development of energy-efficient aircraft engines.
[2008-05-28]
In a new report, Peter Nordlund, a scientist at FOI, and his colleagues examine various factors affecting defence costs and the economic imbalances that make it difficult to achieve an effective defence organisation.
[2008-05-23]
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has decided to grant SEK 4 million to FOI as a contribution towards support for the UN. The money is to support a UN project for health and environmental assessments in the context of international peace support operations
[2008-05-20]
The sounds, lasting 3 min and 47 s, on the tape recording from Hårsfjärden on 12 October 1982 probably originated from the taxi boat Amalia. This has been shown by the technical analysis carried out by FOI at the request of the Swedish Armed Forces
[2008-04-01]
FOI is developing wireless communication suitable for use in industrial environments and other special situations subject to electromagnetic interference.
[2008-03-25]
Developments in the Arctic are analysed in a new report from FOI.
[2008-03-13]
That was roughly how FOI’s Jan Leijonhielm described what was awaiting Dimitry Medvedev, the new Russian president, at a seminar arranged jointly by the Institute for Security and Development Policy, FOI and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
[2008-03-12]
FOI is currently engaged in the analysis of tape recordings made during the submarine hunt in and outside Hårsfjärden bay in 1982.
[2008-03-12]
The Government has today approved the appointment of FOI’s Deputy Director-General, Jan-Olof Lind, as Chairman of the Research and Technology Directors Steering Board of the European Defence Agency (EDA).
[2008-03-03]
An FOI report to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament discusses how the Nord Stream gas pipeline affects the security situation in the Baltic region and within the EU in general.
[2008-02-26]
On Thursday 21 February 2008 Swedish time, the United States shot down a top secret satellite. How was it done? FOI’s expert explains.
[2008-01-10]
[Press release] Climate change does not cause conflicts directly but can create international tensions. Measures to reduce climate change, and to adapt society to the changes involved, can also affect international security.
[2007-12-21]
The new research school for security and crisis management – “Forum Securitatis” – is a co-operation between FOI and the University of Linköping.
[2007-12-13]
[Press release] In a new assignment for FOI, the Swedish Armed Forces have placed an order for a further three years’ pilot training in FOI’s unique flight simulator.
[2007-09-25]
In the future, vehicles which routinely drive round residential areas may be used to detect the manufacture of homemade bombs. Sensors fitted to police and postal delivery vehicles may become part of everyday life.
[2007-09-19]
FOI is again in a dominant position as the central Swedish organisation for civil security research. This is evident on this occasion in that the EU is granting FOI almost SEK 48 million from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research.
[2007-08-17]
[Press release] New digital technology for wireless underwater communications
[2007-06-29]
A new report from FOI aims to identify Russia’s foreign policy levers, analyse how they have been used and assess how strong they are in the context of the former Soviet Union.
[2007-05-22]
International researchers and companies gather in Gothenburg for the world’s largest symposium regarding protection against chemical and biological threats.
[2007-05-16]
The Joint Investment Programme Arrangement specifying, inter alia, the provisions for selecting and contracting research activities, managing IPR, and controlling the finances for the programme has been signed by the 20 contributing Members on 14th May.
[2007-05-10]
International researchers and companies gather in Gothenburg May 21-25 for the world’s largest symposium regarding protection against chemical and biological threats.
[2007-02-07]
FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, is launching the concept of a Safety Laboratory.
[2006-12-19]
[Pressrelease] FOI found radioactive xenon following explosion in North Korea
[2006-07-05]
The high-tech company CAC, Chelton Applied Composites, and FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, have launched a long-term partnership. The agreement includes a broad range of technologies, such as radome and FSS (frequency selective surface) technolo
[2006-06-19]
Sharp reduction in Swedish Armed Forces research contracts to be placed with FOI in 2008
[2006-05-22]
When NATO carried out its first laboratory exercise involving radioactive material, Sweden, the only non-NATO nation participating, came out on top. Sweden was represented by FOI’s Radiochemical Laboratory in Umeå.
[2006-04-12]
FOI has been tasked by the European Defence Agency, EDA, to carry out a study of the detection of “terrorist bombs”, or so-called Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) containing toxic, infectious or radioactive substances.
[2005-12-09]
Tough environments could be narrow alleys where only a few weak or no GPS-satellite signals are available.
[2005-09-14]
The Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI) and Uppsala University have shown that a method previously used to warn about mining quakes can be used to predict where and when earthquakes are going to take place.
[2005-09-14]
The Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI) and Uppsala University have shown that a method previously used to warn about mining quakes can be used to predict where and when earthquakes are going to take place.
[2005-09-13]
The second round of applications in the EU’s major commitment to security research closed last week.
[2005-09-13]
New research at FOI has led to the updating of leading disk erasure products and the issuing of new security recommendations.
[2005-09-13]
Today, Russia does not pose a military threat to Sweden but a danger lies in the lack of democratic development in combination with an obsession with security.
[2005-09-13]
Sweden and the United States are to cooperate on aspects of research and development in the field of security. FOI has been asked by the Government to initiate cooperation and to negotiate an agreement with the US Department of Homeland Security.
[2005-09-05]
In the face of strong competition, FOI is to take part in one of thirteen research projects to be awarded funding for research relating to the fight against terrorism under the EU’s security research programme.
[2005-08-24]
In the face of strong competition, FOI is to take part in one of thirteen research projects to be awarded funding for research relating to the fight against terrorism under the EU’s security research programme.
[2005-08-23]
Sweden and the United States are to cooperate on aspects of research and development in the field of security. FOI has been asked by the Government to initiate cooperation and to negotiate an agreement with the US Department of Homeland Security.
[2005-07-07]
Today, Russia does not pose a military threat to Sweden but a danger lies in the lack of democratic development in combination with an obsession with security.
[2005-05-26]
New research at FOI has led to the updating of leading disk erasure products and the issuing of new security recommendations.
[2005-05-16]
The second round of applications in the EU’s major commitment to security research closed last week.
[2005-05-09]
The European Commission recently established the European Security Research Advisory Board (ESRAB).
[2005-04-08]
This is the second part in a series of two reports on Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons (TNW).
[2005-03-29]
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