Recently NLR has tested a new method to measure the noise of aircraft engines during a flight.
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On June 20th, 2017 the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE), NLR and German-Dutch Wind Tunnels -DNW have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) Extension and a project MoU at the Paris Airshow. CAE President Dr. Zhang Xinguo, NLR General Director Mr. Michel […]
Paris, Le Bourget— 19 June 2017 LIG Nex1 of South Korea and Netherlands Aerospace Centre-NLR wish to explore possibilities to work together in future business opportunities. For this a memorandum of understanding has been signed at the Paris Air Show […]
In the EU’s 7th Framework Programme ACROSS Project (‘Advanced Cockpit for Reduction Of StreSs and workload’), research was conducted during almost four years into ways of reducing the peak workload for pilots in the cockpit and the possible contribution of […]
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and NLR are to support the Dutch Ministry of Defence in investigating the possibilities for setting up a simulation network. Such a network would allow the Ministry to save on training and education […]
NLR is planning to hold flight training sessions for large Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (commonly known as drones) at Twente Airport, which was reopened last week. Operating large drones requires an airport with appropriate facilities. NLR has chosen Twente Airport as […]
NLR recently started working on the European TRAWA project, intended to develop standards for so-called ‘detect and avoid’ (DAA) systems on board drones. These systems ensure that a drone pilot can detect other aircraft in a timely manner, so that […]
NLR- last week supervised a number of brake tests on an Airbus A400 aircraft at Twente Airport. The tests, carried out at the request of Airbus, were performed in a water trough created by NLR on the runway. The quantity […]
The aviation sector currently doubles in size every 15 years. How can we facilitate that growth while at the same time improving safety and security and reducing environmental impact? And how can we expand airport capacity without detrimental effects on […]