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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.
Sustainability and Environment
20 March 2025
Booklet: Applied research for aerospace industry, space and defence
Royal NLR operates as a non-profit, objective and independent research centre, working with its partners towards a better world tomorrow. As part of that, NLR offers innovative solutions and technical expertise, with the aim of making aerospace more sustainable, safer, more efficient and effective. We are the connection between scientific research, policy-based support and industrial […]
Platform System Design
27 February 2025
Advantages of Distributed Electric Propulsion technology (DEP-SFD)
Distributed Electric Propulsion technology was demonstrated and tested in a measurement campaign with numerous flights of a scaled aircraft in 2024 (SFD DEP). The flight dynamics and control of the aircraft allow steering and controlling the aircraft with differential thrust. It enables the aircraft to steer during flight with different thrust of the left and […]
Defence and Security
06 February 2025
German Armed Forces drone flies through European upper airspace for the time
On Monday, 3 February, a German drone with a wingspan of 26 metres belonging to the German Armed Forces flew from Germany to the Netherlands and back. The flight was the first in Europe to take place in upper airspace where commercial aircraft fly. The European MALE RPAS project is exploring the integration of uncrewed flights […]
Platform System Design
22 January 2025
Avy and NLR partner to drive drone innovation
NLR has partnered with Avy, a Dutch company that develops autonomous fixed-wing drones tailored for humanitarian, health, and environmental missions, with a focus on creating a sustainable impact. NLR has acquired an Avy drone for testing and evaluation, aiming to drive innovation in aerospace applications. This collaboration supports the development of sustainable and cutting-edge drone […]
Platform System Design
06 January 2025
Booklet: Enabling safe and seamless drone operations
Drones are a key enabler for innovative solutions to tackle rapidly changing societal, economic and securitychallenges. NLR is the knowledge partner in this field for industry and government. We offer support in thedevelopment, implementation and societal acceptance of unmanned and autonomous aviation, taking intoaccount safety and minimal nuisance. We help with the realisation of safe, […]
Platform System Design
13 September 2024
Flight testing Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP-SFD)
After a first flight in May 2024 another 26 flights were flown at Aeroporti di Puglia in Grottaglie (Italy), with our scaled version of a large passenger aircraft with distributed electric propulsion. The dynamics of the aircraft was measured and two control algorithms using asymmetric thrust were tested. Part of the manoeuvres were flown with […]
Sustainability and Environment
03 May 2024
First flight with electric scale model
On the 2nd of May 2024, a scaled version of a large passenger aircraft with distributed electric propulsion undertook its maiden flight. Further testing will follow to qualify and measure its dynamic flying behaviour, aimed at understanding the advantages of this Distributed Electric Propulsion technology for large passenger aircraft. A reduction of 20% energy consumption […]
Platform System Design
26 January 2024
Demonstration of key capabilities BVLOS for drones (ADACORSA)
Discover our last milestone of the ADACORSA project with the demonstration of key capabilities for BVLOS logistics in this video. It showcases the integrated flight demonstrations carried out by the partners (Embraer, NLR, AnyWi, ESC Aerospace, ISEP) at the NLR Drone Centre in Marknesse for: These capabilities will add to the future deployment of logistics […]
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