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Construction and Manufacturing

28 November 2025

Unique in the EU: Modular EPTF Test Facility for Hydrogen-Powered Flight

With the opening of the Energy to Propulsion Test Facility (EPTF), NLR now operates a unique, modular test facility designed to support research. At present, the focus lies on hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion. The new facility provides startups, SMEs and industrial partners with optimal conditions to safely and thoroughly test complex innovations in this field. In doing so, NLR contributes to accelerating aviation sustainability.

Training and Simulation

21 November 2025

Royal NLR and Lockheed Martin collaborate on e-Pilot capability development

Together with its partners, Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) will work closely with Lockheed Martin to advance the development of an e-Pilot capability that enhances human-machine teaming in military aviation over the next six years. Lockheed Martin will share technical knowledge and experiences on e-Pilot technology to assist NLR and its partners in developing their own intellectual property within the sense, assess and augment architecture.

Construction and Manufacturing

21 November 2025

Royal NLR partners with Lockheed Martin on airframe repair and life extension capabilities

Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre will work together with Lockheed Martin on the development of small crack methodologies for airframe lifing over the next three years. In this project LM and NLR will share and exchange technical knowledge and experiences on small crack methodologies applied to laser peening and cold spray technologies

Defence and Security

20 November 2025

Strategic cooperation between NLR and TNO accelerates dutch military space capabilities

Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and TNO have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate innovation in the field of Military Use of Space (MUoS). This agreement is a further intensification of the existing cooperation between the two knowledge institutions, which have been working together for over ten years in the field of military space applications.

Uitzonderlijke proef met drone nabij Schiphol

20 November 2025

Neways and NLR to develop a Dutch-only Flight Control System for drones

Neways, a global innovator in mission-critical technology, today announced a strategic collaboration with Royal NLR (Netherlands Aerospace Centre), the national authority in aerospace research. The partnership focuses on developing a sovereign Dutch Flight Control System specifically designed for professional and industrial drone applications.

18 November 2025

NLR People: Kylie Knepper, Right at the forefront of innovations in aviation

In the series ‘NLR People’, we show you who the experts at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre are, what drives them, and what they are working on behind the scenes. In this episode: Kylie Knepper, R&D Engineer Aeroacoustics at the Vertical Flight and Aeroacoustics department.