15 January 2025
Operational availability
Programme leader John Dominicus on the Operational availability knowledge programme
Search Results for: helicopters
15 January 2025
Development of air and space vehicles
Programme leader Johan Kos on the Development of air and space vehicles knowledge programme
Construction and Manufacturing
11 April 2023
Innovative solutions from a new technology for sustainable aviation
Royal NLR is aiming to improve two things at the same time: saving weight for aviation structures and speeding up their production processes. NLR is therefore exploring a relatively new technology called large-scale additive manufacturing of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic materials.
Sustainability and Environment
01 October 2021
Innovations in aviation to preserve the environment and the climate
The Dutch aviation sector is investing in clean and smart mobility. To do that, various consortiums under the auspices of the sector organisations LRN and NAG have submitted ten project proposals to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO. Royal NLR has played an essential role in that. Given the aim of improved sustainability in aviation, the sector wants to use these proposals to obtain access to the Mobility Fund. In concrete terms, the proposals range from applications of new lightweight materials and the use of digital techniques through to developing electrically powered flight and using greener aviation fuels.
Flight Operations and Certification
26 August 2021
Big data, AI and flight testing
Flight testing is essential to ensure the safe operation of aircraft, while at the same time it is a demanding and time-consuming part of the certification process. Combining this requirement with the diverse range of aircraft concepts being created currently, requires new approaches. Data science can help.
Flight Operations and Certification
29 August 2022
First demonstration flights for AMU-LED successful
Drones delivering packages, flying out emergency medical supplies or carrying out inspections of buildings in the city: it sometimes sounds like science fiction, but before drones can genuinely fly through airspace in large numbers, an air traffic control system for unmanned aircraft must be set up. Together with its European project partners, Royal NLR is testing the precursor of one such system. The first results are promising: recent test flights as part of the European AMU-LED project went without a hitch.
NLR corporate
08 April 2019
Crown on 100 years of NLR
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).
Construction and Manufacturing
31 October 2017
Contactless and high rotational speed sensor data transmission
A maintenance-free, fast-rotating measuring system for a wind tunnel model capable of handling 8400 rpm. No such system existed yet, although it was required back in 2013 to conduct measurements with the wind tunnel model for the Z-08 Counter-Rotating Open Rotor (CROR), a next-generation concept for sustainable engines that can significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. To address this, NLR developed a highly advanced measuring system with a Contactless Rotating Power and Data Transfer (CRPDT) module, for which it has now been granted a patent. With the CRPDT module, NLR has cleared the way for ever higher rotational speeds, not only for wind tunnel models but also for airborne on-board applications.
19 May 2025
NLR People: Michel Peters
In the series 'NLR People', we showcase the experts of NLR. In this episode, we have a special guest: outgoing CEO Michel Peters.