The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) recently opened a lab for conducting unmanned aerial system (UAS) activities. SMEs and industry can also use this new UASlab, which features an obstacle course for practicing navigating mini-UASs through tight spaces. Further, UASlab researchers […]
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Okko Boelens from the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) was recently awarded the prestigious NATO RTO-AVT- Panel Excellence Award for his work on vortex dominated flows. The annual award was presented in San Diego during a meeting of the Applied Vehicle […]
NLR has recently released its 2011 annual report. It contains an overview of what we have done in 2011 for innovative aerospace – divided into the themes of sustainability, safety, capacity and industry. Also this year there are interviews with […]
Representatives from the Netherlands Government, industry and knowledge institutes have celebrated the rollout of AN-1, the first Dutch F-35, from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics production facility in Forth Worth, Texas. This is the latest step in the production process leading […]
NLR and TNO will intensify their collaboration in the field of simulation technology. They have jointly set up a new national expertise centre for quality determination, improvement and assurance of simulation technology and its applications. The centre will be officially […]
Retrofit applications are brand new technologies intended for new aircraft, and which are currently being applied to existing aircraft. The application of new technology in retrofits ensures that the ACARE objectives set for aviation , such as greening and noise […]
A consortium including the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) KLM airlines and Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) has successfully completed a test campaign for the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU). This so-called AIRE project involved testing a system that allows more Continuous […]
Government, companies and knowledge institutes recently signed an innovation contract for the nine top sectors. TO2 – the federation in which six applied knowledge institutes are bundled, signed the innovation contract together with ECN, TNO, Deltares, Marin, NLR and DLO. […]
Last Thursday, the first meeting of ‘SpacePoort’ (Space Gate’) was held in Nieuwspoort (The Hague). SpacePoort is an initiative of four space spokesmen from the Dutch Lower House and some of the space-related organisations in the Netherlands, including NLR. More […]