Royal NLR has experience in developing several types of Digital Twins, with partners in the aerospace components manufacturing industry, the Dutch MoD, and aircraft OEMs. To support these activities NLR leverages the availability of research facilities such as the ACM3 Smart Industry Field Lab, several fixed and rotary wings, as well as the RC glider, and unmanned research platforms. We also have a Pipistrel Velis Electro as Digital Twin platform at our disposal, equipped with relevant structural sensors and (flight) data acquisition equipment.
NLR has expertise in:
- Detailed multi-domain modelling of complex components and systems
- Coupling information technology (IT) with operations technology (OT), real-time embedded systems, and assets with remote and embedded sensors (IoT)
- Efficient application of data science, artificial intelligence, robotics, and state-of-the-art IT technologies
- Realizing efficient and tailor-made user interfaces
- Collaborative engineering for joining forces with geographically distributed stakeholders, whilst respecting security and IPR constraints
- Implementing Industry 4.0 solutions
- Wrapping Digital Twin technologies into tailored, user-oriented solutions
- Structural and mechanical analysis, (aircraft) systems and IT system architectures
NLR can support you with:
- Providing research platforms (manufacturing machines, real aircraft and/or simulation environments) to investigate Digital Twin and Industry 4.0 ideas
- Understanding and optimising machines, systems, maintenance and manufacturing processes
- Analysing performance bottlenecks in operations and identifying their causes
- Identifying useful sensor measurements and exploiting machine behaviour patterns in complex data
- Fusing heterogeneous data such as operations and ERP data
- Implementing Digital Twin concepts and addressing aerospace-related challenges such as certification and security concerns
