Platform System Design

Platform System Design

19 December 2023

Advanced testbed for tiltrotor aeroelastics (ATTILA)

The next generation of rotary-wing platforms is being developed to meet the challenges of civil mobility demands, providing increased speed, range and productivity to bridge the gap between conventional helicopters and fixed-wing platforms. The novelty and increased complexity of these platforms demand a great deal of testing. This is where the ATILLA project comes into […]
Platform System Design

07 December 2023

Experimenting in a simulated urban area with Drone DigiCity

Drones are becoming increasingly useful in our society – just think of all the drone flights for research, inspections and transport. The practical applications seem inexhaustible. There are still challenges for using this technology in urban areas and the added value that drones provide is by no means a given in terms of public acceptance. […]
SymAware: Symbolic logic framework for situational awareness in mixed autonomy
Platform System Design

14 November 2023

R&D case: Symbolic logic framework for situational awareness (SymAware)

There will be a large increase in the number of aerial and ground vehicles that can operate fully autonomously or with a high level of automation requiring human intervention only in special conditions. In increasingly autonomous operations, the situation awareness, risk awareness and experience of human operators that have played such vital roles until now […]
NLR Marknesse - June 2018
Sustainability and Environment

03 November 2023

NLR and ROGER are developing a production and testing facility for green hydrogen

NLR and ROGER have signed an agreement to establish a small-scale hydrogen production and testing facility at NLR’s Marknesse location. Both partners share the vision that green hydrogen will emerge as a versatile and clean alternative to fossil fuels for mobility and heavy machinery. The combined production and testing facility enables ROGER, NLR, and external parties […]
Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)
Platform System Design

20 September 2023

R&D case: Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)

To reduce the impact of aviation on the climate, the aviation industry needs to develop solutions that drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Hybrid electric flight is one of the cornerstones of our progress towards sustainable aviation. However, the significantly increased electric power levels associated with having electric propulsion on board yield both thermal and […]
Sustainability and Environment

03 July 2023

Scalable electric solution for all aircraft sizes

EASIER, a project funded by the European Commission, has come to an end. The consortium of parties from five different European countries has been able to develop enabling technologies for scalable solutions that deal with increased electric power levels of (hybrid) electric aircraft. Hybrid electric propulsion is one of the pillars underpinning sustainable aviation. This […]
Platform System Design

03 July 2023

Facing thermal and electromagnetic challenges due to electric propulsion (EASIER)

Hybrid electric flight is one of the pillars towards sustainable aviation. However, bringing on-board electric propulsion significantly increases the electric power levels. This yields thermal and electromagnetic challenges. The Horizon2020 EASIER project, has developed electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) solutions for power EWIS (electrical wiring interconnection system), power electronics and filtering to mitigate the challenges in electromagnetic […]
Screenshot AURA (ATM U-space InteRfAce)
Air Traffic Management

05 June 2023

R&D case: ATM U-space interface (AURA)

The AURA (ATM U-space InteRfAce) project (SESAR 2020 project PJ34 ) investigated the development of concepts and technologies that are necessary to allow existing ATM systems and future U-space operations to interact in a safe, predictable and seamless way. One of the basic assumptions of the project is that manned and unmanned movements take place […]
ATTILA: Advanced Testbed for Tiltrotor Aeroelastics
Platform System Design

15 May 2023

R&D case: Advanced Testbed for Tiltrotor Aeroelastics (ATTILA)

The challenge Rotor blade designs have to be sufficiently strong for wind tunnel testing and must have dynamic characteristics that resemble the full-scale behaviour. This implies that the blade design should have a closely matching stiffness and mass distribution along its entire span in comparison with the target properties of the aeroelastically scaled blades. In […]