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SFD mission flight Italy - Taranto-Grottaglie Airport

Flight Operations and Certification

23 November 2022

Clean Aviation’s scaled flight demonstrator completes its mission flight tests

Between 17 October and 31 October 2022, the Scaled Flight Demonstrator (SFD) developed in the frame of Clean Aviation made 19 flights for a total of 8 flight hours, taking off from and landing at Aeroporto di Taranto-Grottaglie in Italy. During the missions, about 70 automated manoeuvers have been executed in order to carry out […]

Construction and Manufacturing

16 November 2022

Lightweight morphing multifunctional flap by additive manufacturing

Morphing structures that let components change from one shape to another and additive manufacturing for producing lightweight and complex structures are regularly highlighted as innovative technologies for the aviation sector; both of them will help achieve aviation’s goal of being climate-neutral by 2050. In the Clean Sky 2 project MANTA, these various innovations are being […]

Sustainability and Environment

07 November 2022

Demonstrations of electric aircraft on Aruba: “This is the future”

People on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao may be taking electric planes to hop from island to island in the near future. Aruba is hosting demonstration flights this week by the Pipistrel Velis Electro, Royal NLR’s electrically powered research aircraft. “We’re going to show that electric flight is a clean, efficient and safe alternative to traditional aviation […]

NLR hydrogen drone HYDRA on the runway of the Dronecentre

Sustainability and Environment

26 October 2022

R&D case: Hydrogen Drone Research Aircraft, HYDRA II

Hydrogen as a fuel is considered to be an important alternative for future sustainable aviation. When produced from green energy sources, hydrogen delivers zero CO2 emissions – only water vapour. Hydrogen is a light weight fuel with a 3-4 times higher energy density than kerosene. It can be stored in tanks both in gaseous and […]

Flight Operations and Certification

26 October 2022

R&D case: Scaled Flight Demonstrator - SFD

SCALAiR is part of Clean Sky2 Large Passenger Aircraft, and aims to validate scaled flight testing as a viable means for de-risking disruptive aircraft technologies and aircraft configurations to a high technology readiness level. The NLR activities involve ‘Test Aircraft Preparation and Qualification’ acceptance. The challenge The goal is to develop a highly representative scaled […]

Air Traffic Management

26 October 2022

R&D case: Urban Air Mobility and U-Space (AMU-LED)

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) promises to be the next mobility revolution, enabling faster, more efficient and sustainable transport solutions (such as flying taxis and other large drones) throughout urban areas. But there are a number of challenges that need to be overcome for UAM to become a reality. These include the organisation of the lower-level […]

Sustainability and Environment

18 October 2022

Drone demonstrations for Urban Air Mobility (AMU-LED)

Drones that deliver packages, fly over urgent medical supplies or inspect buildings in the city. Before drones can really fly through the airspace in large numbers, there must be an air traffic control system for unmanned aircraft (U-Space). Royal NLR is testing the predecessor of such a system together with European project partners. The first […]

Sustainability and Environment

04 October 2022

Decarbonisation of European aviation under threat, new study finds

A shortage of European feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) will limit European aviation’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2035 onwards. This is one of the main conclusions of a new study by Royal NLR and Delft University of Technology. This shortage means that greenhouse gas emissions will only be 40% lower in 2050 compared […]

Sustainability and Environment

15 June 2022

Progress in ‘Smart and Sustainable’

Twenty transport organisations and centres of expertise published an action plan together in 2018 for reducing CO2 emissions in aviation entitled ‘Slim én duurzaam’ (Smart and Sustainable). This was followed by two addenda giving a picture of the activities and the results achieved. A third update has been made available today reflecting the current state […]