A PhD degree and two ‘Best Paper Awards’: three NLR researchers were recently honoured for their outstanding scientific achievements. Mariken Everdij received her PhD degree from the University of Twente (UT) and Jelmer Scholte and Sybert Stroeve both won Best […]
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Entries by Rachelle Meijer
As of 21 June 2010, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) will conduct research on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment’s Inspectorate (VI) and the State Supervision of Mines (SodM), following complaints from residents of […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is working to develop computer generated opponents as part of a four-year project called ‘Smart Bandits’. NLR’s efforts are focused on providing these virtual opponents with more ‘intelligence’, thereby rendering fighter pilot training exercises against virtual […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have jointly developed a new composite material that is more resistant to impacts. This is important for aircraft structures. Composite materials make aircraft lighter, which can reduce fuel […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory NLR of the Netherlands together with the German-Netherlands Windtunnel Foundation DNW have received a special recognition from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for outstanding design and development contributions to the F-35 Program. Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and […]
On Monday and Tuesday, May 17-18, NLR operated three further test flights to assess the volcanic ash cloud disrupting air traffic in Europe. The purpose of the flights was to verify the forecasts of the Dutch weather service KNMI regarding […]
The municipal officials responsible for spatial planning lack insights into how air traffic controllers operate and reason during the course of carrying out their duties. The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) recently hosted a workshop on Air Traffic Management aimed at […]
In reaction to the initial closure of Dutch airspace for all air traffic due to volcanic ash, NLR test flights were executed to observe the areas with assumed volcanic ash. Description of work On 18, 19, 20 and 23 April […]
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 02 (AMS-02), a particle physics module mounted on the International Space Station (ISS), will be deployed to search for antimatter in space. This second version of the AMS, is expected to be ready for launch late […]