NLR has won first place in the ‘Outstanding Paper Award’ for the research paper entitled: ‘Development of Automated Dry Fiber Placement Material, Process and Design TechnologyÂ. The prize was awarded during the SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Materials and […]
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Entries by Rachelle Meijer
Mental and/or physical fatigue of operators is a significant problem in environments such as the aviation domain due to sometimes unpredictable working hours, long duty periods, circadian (day-night) disruptions and insufficient sleep. All these factors are commonly encountered in modern […]
Of the more than 18 million flights in Western Europe and North America in 2011, only one was a fatal crash involving a commercial passenger aircraft. A B737 crashed during an approach to Resolute Airport in Canada. Elsewhere, six people […]
The Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory NLR has signed an agreement with NHIndustries (NHI) for the development and delivery of a demonstrator of potential Embedded Training Systems for the NH90 helicopter crew. The agreement was signed at the yearly NIDV exhibition, […]
In the ALOSS project, the National Aerospace Laboratory is researching possibilities for developing an affordable launching system for external parties. ALOSS is an abbreviation of ‘Affordable Launch Opportunities for Small SatellitesÂ. At present, the costs associated with launching small satellites […]
An idea for a portable warning system to helps prevent friendly-fire incidents was recently crowned the best technology project at the 2011 Innovation Game. The project, commissioned by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, is a joint partnership between the National […]
Last summer, the first live 3D High Definition video images in the history of space travel were received by the Erasmus User Support and Operations Centre (USOC) at the ESTEC in the Netherlands. Erasmus USOC is manned by specialists from […]
Within the European ‘Out of Box’ project, PPlane (Personal Plane), 13 institutions are researching the range of possibilities involving personal aircraft. The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is a partner in PPlane and has recently conducted a major experiment in a […]
What exactly do train drivers look at when approaching portal signals? ProRail and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) have conducted joint research in order to study the responses and behaviour of train drivers. Train drivers derive their information from the […]