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29 April 2025
R&D case: FLAPsense
FLAPsense project: optical sensor system for real- time proprotor FLAPping angle monitoring
22 January 2025
Avy and NLR partner to drive drone innovation
NLR has partnered with Avy, a Dutch company that develops autonomous fixed-wing drones tailored for humanitarian, health, and environmental missions, with a focus on creating a sustainable impact. NLR has acquired an Avy drone for testing and evaluation, aiming to drive innovation in aerospace applications. This collaboration supports the development of sustainable and cutting-edge drone technology.
13 June 2024
The NORAH2 project helps predict noise nuisance of rotorcraft
Just like other large moving transport vehicles, helicopters and drones produce noise. To reduce nuisance for people in surrounding areas NLR actively researches reducing noise at the source, for example by designing silent propellers. Equally important, is the capability to predict noise of rotorcraft to regulate and ensure people do not experience excessive hindrance due to operations. When it comes to fixed wing planes, trains or cars, established tools are readily available to predict noise levels. For rotorcraft, however, tools are lagging behind. The NORAH project fills this gap for (local) authorities to perform noise impact assessments.
08 January 2024
Testing the complexity of a tiltrotor
The next generation of rotary-wing platforms is being developed to meet the challenges of civil mobility demands, providing increased speed, range and productivity to bridge the gap between conventional helicopters and fixed-wing platforms. The novelty and increased complexity of these platforms demand a great deal of testing. This is where the ATILLA project comes into play with its unique and complex tiltrotor wind tunnel testbed.
15 December 2023
Landing a helicopter safely at sea
The Dutch Ship Helicopter Operational Limitations (SHOL) test methodology assists successful NH90 sea trials on board a German naval support vessel. It offers an effective approach to exploring operational capability for maritime operations involving naval helicopters.
15 May 2023
R&D case: Advanced Testbed for Tiltrotor Aeroelastics (ATTILA)
Rotor blade designs have to be sufficiently strong for wind tunnel testing and must have dynamic characteristics that resemble the full-scale behaviour. This implies that the blade design should have a closely matching stiffness and mass distribution along its entire span in comparison with the target properties of the aeroelastically scaled blades.
11 April 2022
R&D case: Multi-Ship Multi-Type helicopter simulation training
Acquisition and Deployment Support.
12 January 2022
R&D case: Redesign of helicopter training
A common, modernised approach for platform qualification training
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