Author name: Kirsten Propitius

08 April 2019

Royal predicate marks 100th anniversary of NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre

Press release, 8 April 2019 – His Majesty King Willem Alexander has awarded the Royal predicate to the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) in honour of its 100th anniversary. This prestigious designation is the crowning glory on NLR’s work as a leading technological knowledge institute in the field of aerospace in the Netherlands. The Royal predicate […]

05 April 2019

100 years NLR! Knowledge powers the future

Today is the 100th anniversary of NLR. A unique milestone. On 5 April 1919 the ‘Rijks-Studiedienst voor de Luchtvaart (RSL) – the Aviation Engineering Research Department – was established. Innovations in aviation and then space travel have advanced by leaps and bounds since then. The Netherlands and NLR have had a pioneering role. NLR has […]
NLR 100 jaar luchtvaart in Nederland

11 February 2019

King present at the celebration of 100 years of aviation in the Netherlands

In 2019, KLM, NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre – and GKN Fokker all celebrate their 100th anniversary. In honour of their anniversaries, they will organise the event ‘100 years of aviation in the Netherlands’ at the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam on 14 March 2019. The event focuses on the development of international civil aviation […]