Projects
We have participated in several research and development projects.
Many of the projects dealt with decision support, information visualization, and team training.
Our expertise is in systems development with special emphasis on the needs of the end users.
We use methods and tools from the field of modeling and simulation to evaluate
novel concepts.
Click on the links to learn more about our projects.
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Mobile Observer Support Tool for Crisis Exercises
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VSL develops Mobile Observer Support Tool for Crisis Exercise Evaluation with support from VINNOVA.
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Municipal risk- and vulnerability assessment
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VSL supports assessment of risk and vulnerability in municiplities.
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Risk and vulnerability assessment of power grids
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VSL supports assessment of risk and vulnerability in the operations of local power grids.
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CRISIS
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Research and development in the European Union's Seventh Framework Program.
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IMPACT
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Safety at sea – from risk reduction to proactive safety actions
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Increased learning in nuclear operations
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Using Structured Reflective Observation we set forth to increase peer-to-peer knowledge transfer and learning in the nuclear industry.
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Safety at sea
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VSL helps Chalmers University of Technology to develop efficient, safe and sustainable traffic at sea.
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Learning from operations and exercises
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Improved learning from rescue operations and rescue exercises is the goal of this project.
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Caglavica – The Good Example
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How can we systematically learn from incidents and critical events that occurs during international missions? In the project “Caglavica – the Good Example”, we have collected and compiled data from the riots in Caglavica in Kosovo 2004.
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CITE® Communicator
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CITE® Communicator is our new training technology that combines IP Telephony and cell phones with tools for monitoring and analyzing communication.
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Training of traffic management operators
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Development of a new training facility for traffic management operators in the Netherlands
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Simulation of disease outbreaks
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Modeling and simulation of outbreaks of infectious disease in local communities
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NBC detection vehicle
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System for compiling, transferring, and presenting sensor data in an NBC detection vehicle.
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CBRN command and control demonstrator
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In this project, we developed a test bed for experiments with data integration in a net-centric environment. The purpose was to support the development of new command and control system for the response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats.
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WVR air combat training illustrator
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We supported the evaluation of the Within Visual Range (WVR) air combat training illustrator. The evaluation included experts from the Swedish air force and fighter pilots from the F17 wing in Sweden.
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Interactive adaptive ground-sensor nets
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To complement technical needs and requirements, this study looked into tactical and practical user aspects of future interactive and adaptive ground-sensor nets.
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Mobile Early Warning
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With the increased use of cellular phones and the infrastructure of the emerging high-capacity wireless networks with large geographical coverage, new possibilities arise to reach a selection of individuals in a specific area in case of an emergency.
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Training Needs Analysis
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The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) supports the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) with the training needs analysis for the Visby class corvette. VSL AB participates in this project on a consultancy basis.
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Future Naval Command and Control
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The goal of this project was to shorten the time from execution to evaluation in naval operations. New technology on board and enhanced data integration reduced this time from days to hours.
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CBRN multimedia courseware
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This project produced a multimedia learning material that combines basic facts about chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents and CBRN protection with practical examples from a full-scale rescue operation.
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Documentation and analysis of naval operations
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For this project we have developed software for compiling data from the ships' command and control systems. We have also developed naval visualization components for our visualization framework.
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Visualization of rescue operations
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We participated in the field trials and took part in the evaluation of methods and tools. The results were very encouraging as they indicated that MIND could be used to support civilian activities, too.
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Monitoring and analysis of command and control
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New methods and tools facilitate analysis of communication in command and control.
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Simulation-based decision support
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In this project we developed methods and tools for a simulation-based decision support for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) incidents.
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MIND
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The MIND system has been a research tools since 1993. The system has been used to support the development of methods for training of taskforces and for assessment of complex systems.
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Instrumented Force-on-Force Battle Training
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For this project we provided the experimental instrumentation system that implemented simulation, data collection, and visualization of the exercise. We also participated in the development of new training methods.
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