The research aircraft, Cessna Citation II PH-LAB, which is jointly operated by TU Delft and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), recently completed a successful flight test after the aircraft had been re-equipped with a completely new cockpit. This maiden flight […]
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Friday October 28th marked the official start by Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) of the use of RIASS, the Runway Incursion Alerting System for Schiphol. This innovative system has been developed by the Air Traffic Control Authorities together with […]
As a follow up to the first successful helicopter safety day, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) hosted its second helicopter safety day on 30 September 2011. This year the theme was: ‘Accident investigations, consequences and knowledge exchange’. The European Helicopter […]
In the framework of the NTP project, Fighter Aircraft Robust Power Management (FARPM), the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), in collaboration with and commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, conducted a flight test with the Orange Jumper (F-16), during which […]
As part of a sponsorship activity NLR made a video clip of IMAV 2011. Watch the IMAV video  at our YouTube channel. IMAV stands for ‘International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition’ which was held 12 – 15 September in […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has developed a new, innovative technology for the background lighting of LCD screens, which will be adapted in cockpit display systems. These new LCD backlight units use Color Conversion via Light Emitting Diodes (LED), while […]
Last week the aerospace organisation, ESTEC, hosted the André Kuipers Pre Launch media event. ERASMUS USOC (which is manned by NLR specialists) supported an experiment conducted in the USOC clean room, which attracted great media attention. Erasmus USOC, situated at […]
The solar cars of the University of Twente and TU Delft were tested in the large low-speed windtunnel of the DNW German-Dutch Wind Tunnels in Markenesse, from July 19-21. On 16 October, both solar cars will compete in the World […]
After ten racing cars with combustion engines, the switch to electric drive systems has turned out to be the golden ticket for the students of Delft University of Technology: in their first Formula Student competition at Silverstone, England, this past […]