Flight Operations and Certification

With over 100 years of experience in flight testing, NLR offers comprehensive consultancy, training, and support services, leveraging our extensive expertise and state-of-the-art facilities. Our team of highly qualified experts spans the entire range of flight test disciplines, providing unparalleled guidance and support. Our modified and instrumented research aircraft has been utilised for a wide […]

NLR offers flexible solutions for flight testing beyond our own facility’s resources. This varies fromtesting your application on a different aircraft type to  multiple aircraft for a complex campaign. NLR has two research aircraft: a Cessna Citation II and a Pipistrel Velis Electro. NLR can support you with:

At NLR, we offer a unique combination of flexibility and affordability in our flight test facility, backed by over 100 years of experience in the aviation industry. Our modified and instrumented Cessna Citation II research aircraft is equipped with an antenna box that allows for easy installation of antennas, making it an ideal platform for […]

NLR offers a unique combination of resources and expertise to support your antennae testing needs. Our Cessna Citation II research aircraft provides an ideal platform for evaluating antennae systems due to its low operating costs and comparable performance to larger transport aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with a certified antenna box on top of the […]

NLR can support you in developing your Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) including certification. We can assist in designing and prototyping your RPAS/UAS, offer our platform as a testbed for your sensor equipment, autopilot integration, and develop sensors and systems specifically for RPAS/UAS applications. Additionally, our facilities enable us to perform environmental tests such as […]

NLR has a proven track record in supporting our customers in developing theirsystem in a realistic environment, from experimental to production stages (TRL 5-7), as well as qualifying and certifying your product for aeronautical use (TRL 7-9). We understand the process to be followed to reach a certified product, in compliance with the appropriate flight […]

Flight testing is a means to collect (evidence/research) data. All processes related to flight testing are covered within Flight test support: from defining requirements to preparing flight test plans, realisation of instrumentation suites and provisions and finally support of test flight execution and data analysis. NLR can support you with flight testing for certification of […]

Dynamically scaled models are used for the validation of an aircraft design or aircraft technology, after it has been analysed and improved with numerical methods. Commonly known are the (static) wind tunnel tests on scale. The scaled testing reduce cost and risk of full-scale tests. Self-powered, free-flying dynamically scaled models can be used to discover […]