Safety and Human performance

Flight Operations and Certification

12 February 2024

Runway micro texture: advancing aviation safety through experimental testing

Step into the world of aviation safety with an in-depth overview of experimental testing. While there are established standards for macro-texture, there are none for micro-texture, prompting EASA to commission the development of minimum values and assessment methods. Collaborating with the German Aerospace Center DLR, and the engineering advisory organization ESDU, we conducted this project […]
SESAR experiment for Attention Guidance with HoloLens in NARSIM Tower
Training and Simulation

14 December 2021

Augmented Reality in the Aerodrome Tower

In recent years, Augmented Reality has become one of the major focus points of user interface development. With a rapid increase in computing power and developments in software and hardware applications, it has moved from theoretical approaches towards industry-wide application and mass production. Augmented Reality combines virtual elements generated by a computer with the real […]
Measuring setup in aircraft cabin
Safety and Human performance

22 June 2021

Study of the risk of corona on board aircraft

Royal NLR has carried out a joint study with RIVM into the risk of a passenger falling ill by breathing in the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 while on board an aircraft. Measures have been implemented to reduce the risk of an infectious passenger boarding an aircraft. If despite measures an infectious passenger is on board the cabin, […]
Air Traffic Management

24 November 2020

Integration of MALE RPAS into European airspace

Royal NLR, General Atomics Aeronautical and Information Systems Delft are working together on the procedures needed to integrate MALE RPAS into European Airspace. The Step 2 project focused on the procedures needed to Remain Well Clear (RWC) in en-route and TMA settings, and for both controlled and uncontrolled airspace classes. The NLR NARSIM and MUST […]
Serious gaming at NLR
Safety and Human performance

29 October 2020

Blog: Three challenges for adaptive human-machine interaction

Do you have any idea how stressful it is driving an old timer VW campervan during rush hour in Brussels? Last year, it demanded my total concentration due to the old van’s slow dynamics, relatively poor field of view and the crowded rush hour traffic. Meanwhile, my girlfriend helped navigate us through the complexity of […]
Two airplanes against clear blue sky with contrails
Safety and Human performance

29 May 2020

Aerospace after COVID-19

The world is in the grip of the coronavirus. The human, social and economic consequences are huge. The crisis is also having an impact in the aviation sector and for Royal NLR. Michel Peters is speaking about the period after the coronavirus: survival first, followed by innovation with a new focus on ‘green recovery’. Michel […]
Training and Simulation

17 October 2018

Pilot visual scan behaviour for training (Augmented Eye)

NLR developed ‘Augmented Eye’, an innovative application which presents a pilot’s visual scan behaviour to the instructor in real-time and is non-intrusive for the pilot. This video demonstrates the first concept of the Augmented Eye. Pilots’ visual scan behaviour is an important aspect of flying and can be difficult to learn, especially for pilots in […]
Safety and Human performance

15 March 2015

FANTASSY - Next Generation Green Aircraft

FANTASSY – Future Aircraft design following the carrier-pod concept as an eNabler for co-modal seamless Transport, pAssenger Safety and environmental SustainabilitY. FANTASSY is a project executed within the European 7th RTD Framework Programme (2012-2014). Background: One of the most challenging areas of aeronautical research is the air-vehicle itself, mainly in what concerns its form and […]