The demand for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is rising, both nationally and internationally. Unmanned aircraft can, for instance, be used to monitor dikes, inspect borders and conduct surveillance operations for the police and military. For civilian use, UASs especially offer […]
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The European rotorcraft industry and its partners are currently working on various research aspects of ERICA (Enhanced Rotorcraft Innovative Concept Achievement), a hybrid tiltwing / tiltrotor concept. This research is funded in the sixth framework programme, the NICETRIP project. The […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory’s (NLR) research aircraft has investigated the volcanic ash cloud hovering over the Netherlands. The purpose of this flight was to verify the accuracy of atmospheric models currently being used to predict the movements of the ash […]
Construction of the Fokker 100 Next Generation prototype has moved another step closer, following the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs’ recent decision to invest 20 million euro in the project. And just as with the previous generation of Fokker aircraft, […]
Spraying water into the engine exhaust plume of an F-16 significantly reduces ground level noise. National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) researchers made this discovery during two unique experiments carried out last month at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands. During the […]
Dutch Olympians Edwin van Calker and Sybren Jansma are currently racing for gold in Vancouver in a new two-man bobsled that was comprehensively tested at German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW). This bobsled, which was entirely developed and constructed in the Netherlands, […]
Before plans to build two new wind parks off the coast of Curacao could be formalized, the Air Transport Safety Institute (NLR-ATSI) was commissioned to study the potential safety risks these wind parks posed to flight routes at HATO Airport […]
Overflying helicopters do not cause goats to experience high levels of stress. Rather, low-flying helicopters only produced brief, surprised reactions in the goats. Moreover, the goats’ heart rates and production of stress hormones remain unchanged. These findings stem from a […]
In 2009, a total of 719 people worldwide lost their lives in accidents involving aircraft, which is a slightly lower number than the annual average of 830 deaths, according to preliminary figures compiled by the NLR-Air Transport Safety Institute (NLR-ATSI). […]