The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has invented a convertible power control mechanism for use in the cockpits of tilt-rotor aircraft. The mechanism allows the rotor driving power (engine capacity) of this new type of aircraft to be regulated in different […]
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The future is not a gift. This is the central message during the presentation of the publication ‘Emergo’ to the minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. In ‘Emergo’ six knowledge organisations for applied sciences – joined in TO2 Federation […]
NLR recently concluded a fatigue test programme on the tail section of the NH90 helicopter. The test programme demonstrated that the construction, developed by Fokker Aerostructures, is capable of supporting an anticipated 24,000 flights and 10,000 flight hours. Moreover, the […]
Recently, NLR has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Lockheed Martin with the aim of providing six NLR employees to Lockheed Martin in the F-35 program. Four NLR employees will participate in Lockheed Martin’s Test and Verification team and […]
Training facilities for helicopter missions can help the armed forces to prepare their pilots for helicopter missions more effectively. The Dutch armed forces Defense Helicopter Command (DHC) commissioned NLR to advice in the specification of a training facility for helicopter […]
Large aircraft that fly fixed routes and smaller aircraft that take on additional passengers and fuel en route. A futuristic image, certainly, yet a consortium, led by the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), recently received a European research commission to seriously […]
On Friday, 17 February, Groningen Airport Eelde hosted its first gliding flight, also known as Continuous Descent Approach (CDA). The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) initially studied the benefits of CDAs in terms of noise, fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. A […]
Last Friday André Kuipers called the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) from the International Space Station (ISS), in order to personally congratulate the winner of an internal award. See our YouTube channel for this special conversation (Dutch only). Kuipers specifically called […]
Every autumn a team of some 120 air traffic controllers, ground staff and aircraft handlers practice at NLR in order to prepare for wintry conditions. Snow, ice and low-hanging clouds all can occur during the winter months. In order to […]