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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.

Construction and Manufacturing

29 April 2025

R&D case: FLAPsense


FLAPsense project: optical sensor system for real- time proprotor FLAPping angle monitoring

08 April 2019

Royal predicate marks 100th anniversary of NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre

Press release, 8 April 2019 – His Majesty King Willem Alexander has awarded the Royal predicate to the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) in honour of its 100th anniversary. This prestigious designation is the crowning glory on NLR’s work as a leading technological knowledge institute in the field of aerospace in the Netherlands. The Royal predicate was awarded by the King’s Commissioner for North Holland, Arthur van Dijk. Now NLR may call itself ‘Royal’ NLR.