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As of June 1, 2025, NLR will have a new collegiate board. The top structure will be expanded to a three-headed board, consisting of a CEO, a CFO, and a CTO. With the appointment of Tineke van der Veen, Jan Lintsen, and Martin Nagelsmit, the organisation will lay a robust foundation to strengthen and further develop its international knowledge position in the aerospace sector.

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On 19 August, the police and the police academy signed an intention statement to join the Smart Mobility and Infrastructure knowledge and test centre (MITC) in Marknesse as a partner. This indicates the police's intention to relocate the Centre for Enforcement and Mobility Lelystad to the MITC and, together with NLR, DNW, and RDW, build an innovative knowledge and test centre in the field of smart mobility and infrastructure.

Press release, 8 April 2019 - In celebration of its 100th anniversary, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander has granted the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) the Royal predicate. This prestigious distinction is a crowning achievement for NLR's work as a leading technological knowledge institute in the field of aerospace in the Netherlands. The predicate was presented by the King's Commissioner in North Holland, Arthur van Dijk. NLR is now allowed to call itself the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR).

On Monday, 16 October, State Secretary Dijksma announced that she would have it assessed whether a new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Lelystad Airport should be drawn up. This decision was prompted by doubts about the accuracy of the noise calculations, for which NLR provided input data and on which the EIA is based.