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Construction and Manufacturing

28 February 2025

Booklet: Composites Research and Development

A key objective for more efficient and sustainable aircraft is to make lightweight, durable and affordable parts which are designed for ease of maintenance. To be allowed to use parts made of new materials like composite and metal additive printed components in an industry like aviation, all of the materials must be accompanied by the […]
PAL-V Liberty at Breda Airport 2021
Platform Technology

28 November 2024

PAL-V and NLR complete rotor development, entering industrialisation phase

PAL-V, known for its FlyDrive mobility solutions, announces a significant milestone in their collaboration with Royal NLR. The two parties have successfully completed the development of the rotor blades for the PAL-V Liberty, marking the beginning of the industrialization phase. This achievement brings PAL-V another step closer to serial production of its flying car. The […]
Data Science and Engineering

15 June 2022

Digital Twin-ecosystem for a composites manufacturing environment

Royal NLR developed a Digital Twin ecosystem and implemented this as test case on our Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) manufacturing environment for validating and testing of composites. The aerospace manufacturing and production industries are increasingly challenged to be more competitive, and do more with less. Higher quality, productivity, efficiency, and sustainability, must be achieved in […]