Essays about: "military industry"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 essays containing the words military industry.

  1. 21. Emulation of Recoil in Pyrotechnic Countermeasure Dispenser System

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Ebba Lindgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Countermeasures; Flares; Recoil; Optimization; Pyroshock Testing; Motmedelssystem; Facklor; Rekylkraft; Optimering; Pyroshocktestning;

    Abstract : Developing countermeasures dispenser systems requires many and careful tests. When it comes to testing products with pyrotechnics, testing can often be very complicated and expensive. This might lead to no testing at all due to time or resource shortages. READ MORE

  3. 22. Reacting to the eruption of conflict: An event study on the January 2020 U.S. - Iran political escalations and the American defence industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Valter Ehrström; Marc Mosley; [2020]
    Keywords : Abnormal return; Aerospace and Defence; Conflict; Event study; United States Iran tensions;

    Abstract : Through conventional event study methods, we investigate how the shares of American defence companies reacted to arguably one of the most central developments in U.S. foreign policy in recent history - the intensified actions between the U.S. READ MORE

  4. 23. A REVIEW OF CORRUPTION AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Lars Flysjö; [2020]
    Keywords : cartelization; collusion; construction industry; corruption; organized crime;

    Abstract : Background: The infiltration of the construction industry has been central for the emergence and expansion of organized crime internationally. Sweden is a country in transition, with the sharpest turn towards economic inequality in Western Europe in recent decades. A concern for a society in transition is the emergence of organized crime. READ MORE

  5. 24. Pulse Repetition Interval Generation using Deep Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Michaela Jangefalk; [2020]
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    Abstract : Radar is a central system in the field of electronic warfare used to estimate an object’s location, speed, and direction. A pulse radar emits pulses at predetermined time intervals. READ MORE

  6. 25. In (H)Arm's Way : A Look Into the Culture of the Defense and Security Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Stephenie Tesoro; [2019]
    Keywords : anthropology; defense; defence; security; arms trade; military; war;

    Abstract : Through an examination of the businesses and people that support war-making, collectively known as the defense and security industry, this thesis reveals the controlling processes at work that make the business of war palatable to those who work within the industry. Three controlling processes are examined: (1) The industry’s culturally specific language; a barrier built with syntax, preventing both entry from outsiders and exit by insiders, allowing for institutionalized insanity to set in while also legitimizing the business pursuits of these companies as normal and acceptable; (2) The scientific pursuit and technology itself, supported and maintained by the exalted position the pursuit of science holds in Western society, and the assumption that technological innovation is always an intellectual and noble pursuit, which is critical to the industry’s survival; (3) The ideologies of Western liberal democracy that buttresses the industry; defined primarily by insecurity, assumed moral authority, and neoliberal capitalism/short-term self-interest. READ MORE