Platform Technology

Construction and Manufacturing

23 September 2024

Cold Testing has become hot

Pursuing the goals for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, liquid hydrogen as an energy source is a promising solution. One of the big challenges is the extremely low temperature, close to absolute zero, needed to cool the hydrogen. NLR has pioneered advanced cooling systems for material and structural testing, and elaborates in a white paper […]
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 […]
Clean Aviation - CONCERTO
Platform Technology

27 June 2024

R&D case: Novel certification methods for disruptive technologies (CONCERTO)

CONCERTO is aiming to develop a comprehensive set of regulations for aircraft certification, together with a preliminary description of the Methods of Compliance (MoCs) that will apply to the three main thrusts of clean aviation: Hybrid-electric regional aircraft, Ultra-efficient short and short-medium range aircraft disruptive technologies for enabling hydrogen-powered aircraft. Furthermore, it aims to assess […]
Platform Technology

22 May 2024

Optimised power and data networks for more electric aircraft (ADENEAS)

The More Electric and Connected Aircraft (MECA) concept is one of the most promising enablers for achieving the goals of the EU’s Flightpath 2050 for sustainable aviation. However, MECA implies more electrical systems, exchanging more data – that can be safety-critical – and higher electrical power consumption, leading to higher thermal dissipation. ADENEAS developed enablers […]
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 […]
Platform Technology

02 November 2023

Brochure: Environmental testing of aerospace equipment

With our wide range of test facilities we can simulate your environmental testing requirements for your spacecraft or aircraft equipment, meeting international, military, aircraft and commercial standards.Regardless of the environment that has to be simulated, NLR is the ‘one stop shop’ for all your testing needs. We will conduct your environmental tests for climatic, thermal […]
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 […]
Construction and Manufacturing

04 April 2023

R&D case: MovAbles for Next generaTion Aircraft (MANTA)

The challenge The objective was to manufacture three Ti-6Al-4V flaperon ribs by Direct Energy Deposition (DED). With conventional manufacturing processes, it can be very costly or even impossible to produce components with such complex shapes. However, DED is also challenging due to various features inherent in the design: bulky thin parts, asymmetric geometry, overhanging features […]
Platform System Design

07 April 2022

The maiden flight of the Scaled Flight Demonstrator (SFD)

The Scaled Flight Demonstrator (SFD) is a key demonstrator of the European Clean Sky 2 research programme. The SFD is based on a 1:8.5 scale model of an Airbus A320 and has very accurate flight test instrumentation for carrying out measurements during wind tunnel and flight tests. More than 150 parameters are recorded. The overall […]