Capability

Platform Technology

24 February 2025

Aircraft component design

NLR can help you achieve better aircraft component design in less time and at lower costs. Our expertise enables product improvement, weight reduction, and minimisation of production and maintenance costs, while ensuring compliance with environmental constraints. We focus on optimising critical components such as wings, control surfaces like flaps and tail planes, structural parts, fuselage panels, floor beams, and propellers. By leveraging our knowledge and capabilities, you can enhance the performance, efficiency, and sustainability of your aircraft components, ultimately increasing competitiveness and reducing environmental impact while improving overall safety and reliability.

Safety and Human performance

24 February 2025

Air operations safety

Ensuring the safety of aviation operations is a complex task that requires careful consideration of various factors. NLR can help you assess the impact of changes in operations or future Air Traffic Management (ATM) concepts on safety, as well as provide evidence that safety will not be compromised even when regulatory compliance is not feasible.

Training and Simulation

24 February 2025

Smart Bandits AIR

Military flight simulation plays a critical role in training fighter pilots for tactical air-air combat missions. To effectively prepare pilots for real-world scenarios, simulations must include challenging and realistic training environments. This is where NLR's expertise comes in - we can help create intelligent enemy fighter aircrafts (CGFs) that mimic realistic behaviour, allowing pilots to practice adaptive tactics and decision-making in dynamic situations.

Flight Operations and Certification

24 February 2025

Flight procedure validation

Ensuring the safety and efficiency of flight procedures is crucial for modern air traffic management. When it comes to implementing Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) procedures, such as RNAV/RNP, RNP APCH or RNP AR, a thorough validation process is essential. NLR's Flight Procedure Validation can support you in substantiating your decision to perform a Ground or Flight validation, conducting a 'desktop', simulator or in-flight validation of PBN procedures.

Safety and Human performance

24 February 2025

Flight data monitoring

Analysing flight data is a crucial aspect of safety assurance, and many operators closely monitor their daily flight operations to identify any exceedances and mitigate potential risks. While commercial off-the-shelf software is available to support flight data monitoring (FDM), it often falls short when it comes to addressing complex flight operational issues. That's where NLR comes in - our team provides additional analysis capabilities and operational expertise to help you gain deeper insights into your safety performance and better understand the risks associated with your flight operations.

Safety and Human performance

24 February 2025

Performance based oversight

Taking your oversight system to the next level requires a shift from compliance-based to performance-based safety oversight. This transition enables you to focus on safety performance and risks, rather than just compliance with regulations. A key element in performance based oversight is having up-to-date knowledge of the safety performance of individual aviation organisations as well as at state level.

Safety and Human performance

24 February 2025

ATCo HMI design and evaluation

The introduction of new technologies such as 4D trajectories, pilot controller datalink, and enhanced mode-s is transforming the air traffic management landscape. As these changes unfold, it's essential to ensure that air traffic controllers (ATCos) are optimally supported in their critical work. NLR's expertise in Human Machine Interface (HMI) design can help organisations navigate these changes. Our experienced designers have  deep understanding of operational air traffic management and can help address key questions such as how to integrate new information without overloading ATCos, how to design intuitive HMIs and how to generate user buy-in for new systems. With our structured and proven approach, we can help you create HMIs that enhance controller performance, reduce workload, and increase overall efficiency.

Maintenance and Repair

24 February 2025

Structural integrity

NLRs structural integrity capability helps organisations optimise the operation of their (military) aircraft. We support the optimisation of usage and maintenance, aiming to maximise operational readiness while minimising costs and maintaining safety standards. Our expertise can also help extend component life and reduce maintenance costs.

Platform Technology

24 February 2025

Engine liner testing

The design and optimisation of engine nacelle and exhaust acoustic lining materials is crucial for reducing noise pollution and improving overall engine performance. However, verifying the effectiveness of these materials can be a complex task. NLR can assist in the design and experimental verification of engine nacelle and exhaust acoustic lining materials, as well as provide a quick comparison of the damping characteristics of various acoustic liner panels. Additionally, we can help validate the effects of grazing flow on the acoustic impedance, ensuring that your engine liner design meets the required standards and performs optimally.