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Construction and Manufacturing
29 April 2025
R&D case FLAPsense
Optical sensor system for real- time proprotor FLAPping angle monitoring – FLAPsense The real-time monitoring of the flapping of the rotor hub of a Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor (NextGenCTR) aircraft enables the enhancement of the proprotor performance and operational safety. Accurate deformation and motion measurements in the rotating frame are a highly challenging task. […]
Platform System Design
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 […]
Sustainability and Environment
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 […]
Platform System Design
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 […]
Defence and Security
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. In March 2023, the German Bundeswehr evaluated their NH90 Sea Lion operational capabilities on the combat support ship (EGV […]
Platform System Design
15 May 2023
R&D case: Advanced Testbed for Tiltrotor Aeroelastics (ATTILA)
The challenge 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. In […]
Training and Simulation
11 April 2022
R&D case: Multi-Ship Multi-Type helicopter simulation training
Acquisition and Deployment Support. The challenge The RNLAF is currently acquiring and deploying a unique multi-ship multi-type (MSMT) helicopter simulation training capability to support the fight, tactical and whole-task mission training of CH-47F and AH-64E crews at all operational levels. The MSMT capability will incorporate a large number of high-end simulation training devices, a tactical […]
Training and Simulation
12 January 2022
R&D case: Redesign of helicopter training
A common, modernised approach for platform qualification training The challenge The Defence Helicopter Command of the Royal Netherlands Airforce expressed a need for a common, modernised approach for qualification training on all of their platforms. The solution The project produced actual MQT for AH-64 and CH-47 crews. Additionally, user requirements, a system concept and a […]
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