Facilities
NLR has two laboratory airplanes, a Fairchild Metro II (PH-NLZ) and a Cessna Citation II (PH-LAB), the latter shared with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
NLR has developed different flight simulators for research on aircraft and helicopters. One of these simulators, the “National Simulation Facility”, is provided for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with a movement mechanism of six degrees of freedom of the F-16 Cockpit in Mid Life Update configuration for research.
NLR conducts research on future concepts in Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) using its advanced proprietary simulation platform, the NLR ATC Research Simulator (NARSIM). NARSIM consists of two physical instantiations, one for en-route ATC (NARSIM-Radar) and one for airport tower controllers (NARSIM-Tower) with a 360-degrees field-of-view visual system. NARSIM is also used for performance of technology verification and validation activities as well as air traffic controller training.
NLR has installations in which airplane constructions on full scale, components and test samples can be tested. Equipment and software for development of construction of parts for airplanes and space vehicles are also available. For development and construction of composites a special laboratory has been arranged. Moreover the NLR has instrumentation for flight tests, and several specialized apparatus for development of avionics. Facilities for testing antenna and conduction of so-called environmental tests are used to test several equipments. In the micromechanics workplace the NLR develops models and instruments for wind tunnel tests. The computer network of the NLR contains a supercomputer for the implementation of extensive aerodynamic and structural calculations.
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