12-04-2011 Recently, the commercial aerospace project, Space Expedition Curacao (SXC), received the go-ahead at an event hosted by the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR). On 1 January 2014 the first space flight will be launched from Curacao, with high-profile Dutch personages […]
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At the recently held ATC Global Exhibition and Conference, NLR signed a contract with DSNA, the French directorate in charge of air traffic control services. NLR also signed a contract with DFS, Germany’s air traffic control directorate and ENAV, the Italian […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and five partners have signed a declaration of intent to set up a composites cluster in Flevoland. At ‘Compoworld’, as the cluster is named, research and educational institutes, government agencies and companies will collaborate to […]
On February 4th 2011,  NLR’s general director, Michel Peters, presented the 2010 Spee Award to Frans van Schaik, who was awarded this prize for his contributions to the field of Air Traffic Management (ATM) and for his outstanding teaching abilities. At […]
Recently, NLR has created two new videos and placed on her channel www.youtube.com/NLRmedia. The first video clip is about the design and development of a tilt-rotor aircraft in the NICETRIP project. The other video is about the wind tunnel model […]
The Royal Netherlands Air Force recently tested the latest version of the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system. This system allows F-16 pilots to identify the origin of another aircraft and thus avoid attacking allied aircraft. The National Aerospace Laboratory […]
The NH90 helicopter recently made its first deck landing on an M-frigate, while the ship was under sail. This first-ever landing occurred as part of a qualification measurement procedure for a new helicopter transport system. The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) […]
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has graphically mapped the flight profiles and noise data of numerous aircraft types. This data is now available on the recently launched website: luchtvaartmilieu.nl. The site is intended for visitors who are searching for data […]
NLRÂ was one of the winners at the European Satellite Navigation Competition, which challenged organisations within Europe and beyond to devise new, innovative satellite navigation applications. NLR was part of a team comprised of colleagues from DLR (Germany), Astrium (Germany) and […]