CompoWorld officially started for business in the Dutch town of Emmeloord in the province of Flevoland. CompoWorld was established as a joint venture between the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR), institutes of education, and private sector companies. Its object […]
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Pilots must also be able to train for exceptional situations in a simulator. In the SUPRA project, researchers worked to develop technological breakthroughs aimed at making flight simulators suitable for such situations. Upset In this European project, which NLR and […]
Embedded Combat Aircraft Training Systems (E-CATS), the innovative and cost effective system for tactical training of fighter pilots and the on-board provision for future LVC solutions Today Lockheed Martin officially took delivery of the Embedded Training System for the F-35 […]
SPADES is an autonomous, reusable parachute system for loads up to 1000 kg which can land on a pre-designated location with an accuracy of 50 meters. The system includes a GPS receiver and unique auto-pilot software. SPADES is developed through […]
Preparations are underway for the first training centre in Europe for operators of ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This centre will be located at Gate2 Aerospace & Maintenance in Rijen, an aviation campus situated in Brabant. ‘Unmanned aviation is growing and […]
Dutch aerospace cluster increases prospects of Middle East contracts The National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) and five SMEs signed on June 26th at Agency NL a covenant called ‘Desert Tulip’, aimed at winning contracts in the United Arab […]
NLR and its Indian partner SHAKAT Aviation have signed a contract to carry out a Noise Study for Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. The contract has been awarded on June 19th 2012 by DGCA, the Directorate General of Civil […]
Today the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) officially began using its new Fibre Placement Machine. This machine allows large composite parts to be manufactured more quickly and at lower costs. Composites play an increasing important role in aviation. Hence, there is […]
NLR recently organized a technology day with the theme ‘Improved Design of Advanced Lightweight Composite Structures with the Aid of Computational Modelling Tools’. The emphasis during this technology day was on the use of simulation as part of integrated design, […]