Norway has begun testing of the braking parachute it will employ on its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Initial efforts at Edwards AFB in California will focus on how the Joint Strike Fighter handles with the parachute fitted, as well as braking on both dry and wet runways. A later phase, running until early 2018 at Eielson AFB in Alaska, will evaluate its performance on icy runways.
All trials will be performed with test aircraft AF-2, the Norwegian defence ministry says.
It is sharing the development and integration costs for the system with the Netherlands, which is also acquiring the conventional take-off and landing F-35A.
Modifications include strengthening the fuselage and adapting the aircraft to house the parachute between the two tailfins.
Olso cites the extreme weather conditions its aircraft typically operate in – which include low temperatures, strong winds, poor visibility and slippery runways – as key reasons for needing the parachute.
“Being able to operate fighter aircraft under varying weather conditions is critical for our operational capability,” says defence minister Øystein Bø.
The first F-35 will arrive in Norway in November 2017, the ministry says.
(N.C2, flightglobal)
A man linked with Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) arrested for selling child pornography Sex to Norway and Sweden. The case was revealed with the help of Norwegian embassy in the country.
Sweden could follow Norway’s lead and make it a criminal offence to participate in a terrorist organisation. It is currently not illegal to simply be part of such an organisation.
The Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Ian Borg has announced that the government has issued a call for a Norwegian Fund Operator.
WASHINGTON — Next week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will lead a bipartisan delegation traveling to key European ally nations, with the goal of strengthening economic and security ties with our NATO partners. In the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland, and Estonia, the delegation will meet with government officials and military leaders to review and discuss evolving security threats facing Europe as well as opportunities for greater economic cooperation.
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven to supply its innovative automatic crossing system, for two new double-ended plug-in battery-hybrid ferries being built for Norwegian ferry company FosenNamsos Sjø.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 
A new study shows that there were more surgical errors in Norwegian hospitals than in Swedish ones in 2013. Ninety of the Swedish and Norwegian patients whose journals were used in the study died from what are categorised as “adverse events”.
NCRI – A conference was held in Norway titled, “Islamic Fundamentalism: What is the solution?” in which Norwegian MPs from various parties, representatives of different embassies, including the Dutch Ambassador in Norway, and a number of Iranian Resistance supporters took part.
Boeing expects to shave $2 to $3 million off each 
Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind. It’s not coal, oil or precious minerals, but seeds.
Recycling technology provider TOMRA celebrates its 45th anniversary. Since its launch on April 1, 1972, TOMRA has developed from a pioneer in automated recycling technology to a multi million Euro turnover company today offering a wide range of sensor based solutions.
One of the sucky legacies of 2016 is the surge of fake news. Donald Trump rode a wave of misinformation to the White House and British voters shot themselves in the foot after listening to the 
Norway has arrested a ship which had to be rescued as it fled to a notorious South Asian recycling yard following a tip off that it had been sold illegally.
A new food trade agreement has been struck between the EU and Norway.
NORWAY WAS JUST named the happiest country on earth by the United Nations World Happiness Report 2016 Update, which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels.
A 17-year-old asylum-seeker from Russia was arrested on Sunday in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Norway’s capital and defused before it detonated, authorities said.
Heavily armoured officers evacuated diners from nearby restaurants to examine the suspicious device, and a man has been arrested.
The JSM, developed with Raytheon, is being modified for Australia’s Department of Defense.
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — Every day she goes to class, Hasti, a refugee from Kabul, Afghanistan, tells her teacher, “Thank you.”
When she was a young girl, Hasti only went to school for two years before it became too dangerous for her to go outside. “It was more safe for me to be in the house,” she says. Even for small errands, it was her brother who was sent to the market. Under Taliban rule, which lasted until 2001, the mobility of women was so restricted it was likened to “house arrest.” When she was 18, Hasti and her new husband left Afghanistan in search of a better life. First they lived in Iran, before they made the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. “We heard many people died out at sea,” said Hasti, who was traveling with her small infant daughter, “but what can you do?”
Hibo Mohammed Mursal grew up in Somalia, where rivaling clan warlords, pirates and the Al-Shabaab militant group have caused violence for decades. Hibo’s mother wanted a better life for her three daughters, but her husband had left the family when the children were very young, so she had to make the journey to Europe alone. “She’s a wise woman,” Hibo says about her mother, who has no formal education. “She’s been through a lot.”
From the age of 1 until she was 15, Wahsah Paw lived in a refugee camp in northern Thailand called Mae Ra Moe. Since 1995, the camp has housed refugees from the Karen State in Myanmar. Wahsah didn’t know her father growing up. When she was 8, her mother left the camp for unknown reasons, orphaning both Wahsah and her older sister, who is deaf.
Lwam grew up in Eritrea — a small country in the Horn of Africa, which has one of the most brutal dictators in the world, Isaias Afwerki. When she was a child, Lwam’s father was forced to join the military, and they didn’t see him again for years. “It was hard for my mother to provide after he left,” says Lwam. “She was just a housewife.”
Amino has been in Lillehammer for three years, and she says she wants to be a lawyer someday because it’s important for her to help other people. Her father first made the trek to Norway and then sent for his family. Most family members send the strongest member ahead first. When they have children under the age of 18, they can then apply to bring them over. Before they leave their home country, these children do a DNA test to prove they are related.
Hajia has been in Norway for six years and has six children, who ski and play soccer. While she was born in Eritrea, she spent most of her life living in Sudan before coming to Norway. Eritrea has been referred to as the “North Korea of Africa,” and many of its citizens flee because of its brutal military conscription. There is virtually no freedom of speech or press. Hajia, who speaks Arabic, English and Norwegian, now works with other refugees as a translator.
Fartun made the journey to Norway alone. It was her mother who arranged for her to leave the country and wired money to smugglers along the way. Fartun passed from Turkey to Greece by boat before heading north to Norway. Fartun has been in Lillehammer for four years and doesn’t know when she will see her mother again.
The operators of Norway £915billion sovereign fund wants global companies to be transparent about tax payments.
A truck has been driven into a central Stockholm department store, police and eyewitnesses said.
