Entries by Rachelle Meijer

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The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) of South Korea and NLR have signed a Collaboration Agreement (CA) under which they will exchange facilities, expertise and personnel. The two organizations particularly want to step up their cooperation in avionics test […]

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The Defence Helicopter Command has completed its first flight with a 3D-printed aircraft part on 24 January 2017. The part is a ‘ladder bracket’ fitted to an NH-90 helicopter tail plane to which a ladder can be affixed for inspection […]

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NLR has developed a large composite ‘pylon upper spar’, a structure to which the engine of an aircraft is affixed. It is the first time that an institute has succeeded in automatically developing such a long and thick composite aircraft […]

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HungaroControl, Hungary’s national air traffic control organisation, recently set up at Budapest Airport a Remote Tower to replace the airfield’s ageing control tower. The new centre houses numerous monitors and one huge video wall that receive images from highly sensitive […]

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H.E. Mr Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority, headed a delegation of the UAE-United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands Aerospace Centre headquarters in Amsterdam on Tuesday February 27th . The visit took […]

1 March 2017 in , /by

Recently the results of the first trials for Remote Tower operations in the Netherlands were documented and published as part of a SESAR Joint Undertaking report. These unique trials took place in September last year. On September 8, 2016, for […]

23 February 2017 in /by

NLR has for the first time in the Netherlands equipped a small drone with the same kind of transponder as used in manned commercial aircraft. A transponder allows air traffic controllers to track the drone’s position in the air. Air Traffic […]

23 February 2017 in , /by

Making air traffic more sustainable is one of the major challenges in the aviation sector. Among other things it necessitates designing new aircraft concepts that consume less fuel and reduce emissions. How can you design innovative aircraft as quickly as […]

22 February 2017 in , /by

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR successfully supported Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)…