16 October 2025
Minister Karremans of Economic Affairs has approved NLR's new strategy. This strategy continues the current long-term themes, focusing on a safe society, strengthening the economy, and sustainability. National and international developments have led to a greater emphasis on safety and competitiveness in the new plan.
16 October 2025
With the Strategic Plan 2026 – 2029, we lay an important foundation for a safer, more sustainable, and more competitive future for the Netherlands. We focus on addressing complex societal challenges and changing geopolitical circumstances, with an emphasis on safety and competitiveness. Our vision is to support the Dutch government and businesses in their search for innovative solutions, particularly by paying attention to high-tech startups and scale-ups.
17 April 2025
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.
09 April 2025
Our new website is live! We're proud of the result and invite you to take a look around.
13 October 2022
Building upon 50 years of excellent cooperation, the Joint Executive Boards of DLR and NLR are pleased to announce our renewed and strengthened cooperation. We are committed to making progress on multiple topics that are relevant to a more sustainable and resilient society. Three Memoranda of Understanding will be signed addressing unmanned aerial systems, lifecycle engineering and circularity, and electric flying. These three initiatives, together with strong cooperation in defence, flight testing and more, will take our efforts to the next level.
21 August 2021
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.
