Air Traffic Management

Air Traffic Management

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.

Air Traffic Management

29 May 2026

Booklet: R&D solutions for Air Traffic Management

The challenge for civil aviation operators is to achieve competitive and sustainable aviation. The growing demand to increase efficiency, sustainability, safety and security, enhance resilience and reduce costs requires innovative solutions.

Air Traffic Management

29 May 2026

Safer drone operations in increasingly congested airspace

Drone pilots can receive assistance when operating drones through a so-called detect-and-avoid system. This automated system advises the pilot how to manoeuvre in order to maintain sufficient distance from other drones. However, such systems do not always support the effective passing of another aircraft. Researchers at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) developed a system that performs this task more effectively, as part of a European project.

Air Traffic Management

29 May 2026

Brochure: NARSIM - One simulator for ATC Radar and Tower simulations

The air traffic control environment requires frequent updates and modifications in order to comply with the newest regulations, address capacity and operational issues or improve the operational performance. Requirements for the new or modified procedures and systems can be tested and validated with a real time ATC simulator. This minimizes the risk during the implementation and increases the predictability of the actual operational performance.

11 March 2025

ATM real-time simulator (NARSIM)

NARSIM is a real-time, human in the loop (HITL) Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulator capable of simulating the full working environment and working conditions of air traffic controllers in detail. As such, it provides a platform for training, validation and conducting research in a controlled environment on all aspects of air traffic control and the air traffic controller. These facilities are used for research and development of new user-interfaces, user-interaction, ATC system support, new and revised concepts of operation and development & assessment of ATC training and its effectiveness.