In collaboration with seven SME partners, the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) has recently completed a strategic plan for the multi-disciplinary application of sensor data from remote sensing satellites to a range of economic activities. The project has […]
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Integrating Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) in busy airspaces is a key challenge for the future. This international ambition was brought closer to realization by linking an experimental ground station for unmanned aircraft to NLR’s Air Traffic Control Research Simulator (NARSIM). […]
A key challenge for the future of aviation is the safe integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in civil airspace. In preparation for this development, various global organizations are working to draw up procedures for the integration of manned […]
The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) took place in May 2011. Astronauts then installed this anti-matter detection system on board the International Space Station (ISS). The error-free operation of the spectrometer during those two […]
The development of a European tiltrotor, an aircraft that combines the characteristics of a helicopter and a regular airplane, is brought one step closer with the successful completion of a series of tests at DNW German-Dutch Wind Tunnels. This major […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) and Delft University of Technology have presented the 2013 Jaap Schijve Award to Australian researcher Dr Chris Wallbrink. The award ceremony took place during the 2013 symposium of the International Committee on […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BPPT on Friday 28 June 2013 in the presence of Indonesia’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Mrs L.P. Retno Marsudi. BPPT (Agency for the Assessment and […]
The European Unmanned Systems Training Academy (EUTA) is spreading its wings. EUTA is the only institute in Europe to offer a training programme for operators of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The Academy is a joint venture of AEC Air Support […]
On Wednesday 19 June, the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) Avionics signed a contract at the International Paris Air Show, held every two years at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. Under the terms […]