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Welcome to our Newsroom. Here you can find the latest news, articles, and blogs from NLR. We also showcase a range of videos and publications here. For more video content, please visit our YouTube channel, NLRmedia. The NLR Repository provides access to our public library of NLR reports.
Space Technology
24 September 2024
Booklet: Overview space capabilities
Royal NLR works closely with both industry and government on developing satellites, payloads and launchers systems and subsystems, such as thermal control systems, electronics and antennas. We also offer unique capabilities in the area of aerospace qualified lightweightcomposite structures and multi-metal additive manufacturing, and on the effective use of earth observation and satellite navigation data […]
Platform System Design
11 February 2022
R&D case: ISABELLE integrated steerable antenna for drones
Integrated Steerable Antenna for Beyond Visual Line-of-sight L-band data Exchange (ISABELLE) The market for satellite communications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is expected to grow considerably in the next years. The growth of the UAV sector follows from the diversity of potential applications. Among the earliest applications of UAVs for civil use are the so-called […]
Platform Technology
31 August 2021
R&D case: Integrated antennas for aerostructures (ACASIAS)
Advanced Concepts for Aero-Structures with Integrated Antennas and Sensors (ACASIAS). The European ACASIAS project will be reducing the energy consumption of aeroplanes in the future by improving their aerodynamic performance. NLR, together with Fokker Aerostructures, is investigating smarter ways of using parts of the fuselage by adding functions to them, such as building in a […]
Platform Technology
15 June 2020
Antenna integration in a carbon fibre fuselage panel (ACASIAS)
For internet access and live television on board aircraft steerables are needed to enable communication with satellites. Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and partners in the EC Horizon2020 ACASIAS project have developed a novel composite fuselage panel that can be used for the conformal and full integration of electronically steerable phased array antennas. The fuselage […]
Space Technology
10 October 2019
Beamforming antennas
Beamforming antennas (also known as phased-array or beamsteering antennas) utilize a series of antenna elements that allow the antenna bundle to be controlled electronically instead of mechanically. This allows signals to be emitted in or received from the correct direction. This is an important advantage for non-fixed systems such as aircraft and satellites. In addition, […]
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