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Welcome to our Newsroom. Here you can find the latest news, articles, and blogs from NLR. We also showcase a range of videos and publications here. For more video content, please visit our YouTube channel, NLRmedia. The NLR Repository provides access to our public library of NLR reports.
17 September 2026
NLR People: Sybren de Jong, How reliable electronics ensure success in space
In the series ‘NLR People’, we show you who the experts at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) are, what drives them, and what they are working on behind the scenes. In this episode: Sybren de Jong, principal R&D engineer space avionics.
16 September 2026
NLR hosts meeting of worldwide rotorcraft experts
The international community of rotorcraft researchers gathered in Amsterdam recently, for the European Rotorcraft Forum 2026, co-organised by the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). Participants appreciated the high level of lectures and a well-organised event.
08 September 2026
NLR system enables safe flight of medical ANWB drones
Over the past year, Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB), the Netherlands’ leading touring and mobility organisation, flew a drone carrying medical supplies between hospitals in Zwolle and Meppel. To ensure safe flight, they used FlightCatcher, a system that tracks all air traffic around the drone corridor and alerts the operator if any other aircraft enter the area.
31 August 2026
R&D case: Streamlining validation in ATM using remote simulations
Project: VISORS (Validation Infrastructure Supporting Remote Simulations)
26 August 2026
NLR hydrogen drone flies at airport: a first for Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport and research institute NLR, together with partners in the European TULIPS programme, carried out a drone flight powered by liquid hydrogen today. This marks the first demonstration in the Netherlands of a liquid hydrogen application at an operational airport.
22 July 2026
GRACE x CrossWindBlower: simulating the sea on land
How do you guarantee drone mission success in the most unpredictable environments? You simulate them on land!
08 July 2026
ESA’s first Chemical Propulsion Lab now operational at NLR Marknesse
3 July 2026 – ESA has officially kicked off testing at its new Chemical Propulsion Laboratory (CPL) at NLR Marknesse. The CPL is ESA’s first dedicated facility for testing small propulsion systems for space missions.
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