FFI (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, plays a crucial role in the space industry by developing advanced space-based maritime surveillance capabilities. They partner with companies like Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to create instruments such as navigation radar detectors for satellites. FFI also contributes to international space research projects, such as the Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) on the Mars rover Perseverance, and collaborates with the Norwegian Space Agency.
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The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) has contracted Safran Reosc of France to develop the miniature low-light imaging camera for NorSat-4.
NorSat-3’s Navigation Radar Detector was developed in collaboration between FFI, KONGSBERG, the French space agency CNES, and the German electronics company ILFA.