Author name: Wendy Duivestein

04 March 2025

Vibration and Shock Test facility

Materials and equipment used in aerospace applications have to meet a wide range of special requirements, mainly due to the specific environment in which aircraft and spacecraft have to perform reliably and safely. NLR’s extensive capabilities and expertise in the field of airworthiness certification is complemented with state-of-art research infrastructure for aerospace systems performance and […]

04 March 2025

Electro Magnetic Compatibility facility

Materials and equipment used in aerospace applications have to meet a wide range of special requirements, mainly due to the specific environment in which aircraft and spacecraft have to perform reliably and safely. NLR’s extensive capabilities and expertise in the field of airworthiness certification is complemented with state-of-art research infrastructure for aerospace systems performance and […]

04 March 2025

Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel

The NLR Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel (NLR-AWT) is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to researching the sources of aero-acoustic noise and developing techniques to reduce aircraft noise. Our research focuses on the early development phase (low Technology Readiness Level) or aims to improve existing systems. Additionally, we develop advanced measurement methods to identify and quantify noise sources. […]
NLR Fibre Placement Machine

04 March 2025

Automated Composites Manufacturing (ACM3)

The ACM3 Field lab (Automated Composites Manufacturing, Metal Manufacturing and Maintenance) is a world-class facility that offers high-tech equipment and expertise for the development of lightweight products. Its primary focus is on paving the way for automated manufacturing of advanced composite structures, with a strong emphasis on supporting the composites industry and companies that are […]
Sustainability and Environment

28 January 2025

R&D case COCOLIH2T - Composite Conformal Liquid H2 Tank

The global aviation industry is committed to reducing global net aviation carbon emissions by 50% by the year 2050, with the European Commission pursuing a more ambitious goal of a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions per passenger kilometre. Alternative fuels such as liquid hydrogen (LH2) are seen as playing a central role in a zero-emission […]
Construction and Manufacturing

11 March 2024

R&D case: Advanced Laminar Flow tAilplane (ALFA)

Leading edge manufacturing by fibre placement with dry fibres and with prepregs The challenge The reduction of the CO2 emission is an important challenge for all industry and transportation sectors. To create a sustainable aerospace, several European research programmes are initiated within the Clean SKY 2 call. One of these programmes is titled Advanced Laminar […]
Aviation resilience to GNSS frequency jamming and cyber threats.
Defence and Security

25 January 2024

R&D case: Resilience to GNSS frequency jamming and cyber threats (AIRING)

The challenge The AIRING project has investigated the increased risk of interference and spoofing for aviation, and the technical ways it can be detected or mitigated. A concept was proposed to combine technology and operational procedures, in such a way that GNSS interference can be detected and dealt with in an effective and safe way. […]
SymAware: Symbolic logic framework for situational awareness in mixed autonomy
Platform System Design

14 November 2023

R&D case: Symbolic logic framework for situational awareness (SymAware)

There will be a large increase in the number of aerial and ground vehicles that can operate fully autonomously or with a high level of automation requiring human intervention only in special conditions. In increasingly autonomous operations, the situation awareness, risk awareness and experience of human operators that have played such vital roles until now […]
Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)
Platform System Design

20 September 2023

R&D case: Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)

To reduce the impact of aviation on the climate, the aviation industry needs to develop solutions that drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Hybrid electric flight is one of the cornerstones of our progress towards sustainable aviation. However, the significantly increased electric power levels associated with having electric propulsion on board yield both thermal and […]