“Spotlight on Partners” series

Partner Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre

We introduce to you today the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre or short NLR. Well, it was easy to guess why the acronym starts with 𝐍. Now we will shed light on where the letters 𝐋 (Lucht – Air) and 𝐑 (Ruimtevaart – Spaceflight) stem from.

NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre in brief:
– Independent non-profit organisation with locations in Amsterdam, Marknesse, Rotterdam and Noordwijk
– +800 employees; annual turnover approx. 127M€
–  Mission: Making aerospace more sustainable, safer, more efficient and more effective
– Services: Technological support to the international aerospace industry, operators of civil and military aircraft, airports and ATC systems, Civil Aviation authorities and international organisations
– R&D: New and cost-effective technologies for aviation and space, from design support to production technology and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
– State-of-the-art facilities: Flight simulation, avionics, environmental testing; aerodynamic, structural testing, and manufacturing of high-performance composite structures

NLR has been part of several collaborative projects and programmes the results of which benefit D-STANDART: AGILE4.0, PROF, HEGEL, STUNNING, CONCERTO Project.

D-STANDART is coordinated by Marco Nawijn. Researchers from Aerospace Vehicles Integrity and Life Cycle Support (AVIL) and Aerospace Vehicles Collaborative Engineering Systems (AVCE) departments contribute to the project, bringing a diverse range of skills and knowledge: Digital Twin Technology, Digital Product Passport development, collaborative engineering, NDT inspection, fatigue testing, multi-scale modelling, vibration/fatigue modelling and AI and ML applications.

NLR participated in the revision of CWA-17815:2021: “Materials Characterisation – Terminology, Metadata and Classification” coordinated by CEN and CENELEC.
NLR also contributes to D-STANDART socio-economic study aiming to estimate the potential Social Return on Investment (SROI) resulting from durability improvement.