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Welcome to our Newsroom. Here you can find the latest news, articles, and blogs from NLR. We also showcase a range of videos and publications here. For more video content, please visit our YouTube channel, NLRmedia. The NLR Repository provides access to our public library of NLR reports.
15 October 2026
Skunk Works and the Royal NLR expand strategic collaboration
Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2026 – Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) and The Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) today announced a broadening of their strategic partnership with a focus on four key pillars. These include connectivity to the Dutch industrial base, coordination on military operational analysis, alignment on technology roadmaps, and collaboration on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). What began two years ago as an exploratory Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has matured into a high-impact collaboration, rapidly transitioning advanced technologies from the research lab into operational solutions that directly support the mission readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
15 October 2026
Executive Director Strategy & Policy in making NLR future-proof
Egbert Smit has been appointed as Executive Director Strategy & Policy and member of the Management team of Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), effective 15 October 2026.
14 October 2026
European support for NLR research into cleaner aviation
At the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), we are working hard toward a cleaner future for aviation. Recently, new research projects were funded by the European Union; we will be participating in ten of them. Here are six questions on this topic for NLR’s chief technology officer, Martin Nagelsmit.
16 September 2026
NLR hosts meeting of worldwide rotorcraft experts
The international community of rotorcraft researchers gathered in Amsterdam recently, for the European Rotorcraft Forum 2026, co-organised by the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). Participants appreciated the high level of lectures and a well-organised event.
08 September 2026
NLR system enables safe flight of medical ANWB drones
Over the past year, Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB), the Netherlands’ leading touring and mobility organisation, flew a drone carrying medical supplies between hospitals in Zwolle and Meppel. To ensure safe flight, they used FlightCatcher, a system that tracks all air traffic around the drone corridor and alerts the operator if any other aircraft enter the area.
22 July 2026
GRACE x CrossWindBlower: simulating the sea on land
How do you guarantee drone mission success in the most unpredictable environments? You simulate them on land!
08 July 2026
ESA’s first Chemical Propulsion Lab now operational at NLR Marknesse
ESA has officially kicked off testing at its new Chemical Propulsion Laboratory (CPL) at NLR Marknesse. The CPL is ESA’s first dedicated facility for testing small propulsion systems for space missions.
02 July 2026
Appointment of Olivier den Ouden as Division Manager Aerospace Systems
Olivier den Ouden has been appointed as Division Manager Aerospace Systems and member of the Management Team of Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), effective 1 July 2026. Den Ouden succeeds Mark van Venrooij.
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