National Aerospace Laboratory NLR NLR's mission and activities René Eveleens Department Manager Avionics Systems November 2006
Introduction Where is NLR? The Netherlands N L R - A m s t e r d a m N L R - F l e v o l a n d NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 2
Introduction NLR: The national knowledge centre for aviation and space technology NLR's mission to develop high-tech products and make them usable to focus on the market and social relevance without regard for profit to help government and business stay innovative and effective NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 3
Introduction History and current status The past: 1919: NLR's predecessor, the Directorate-General for Aviation, is established 1937: NLR established as a non-profit organisation NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 4
Introduction History and current status The present: NLR workforce 700 is among the Netherlands' largest technological institutes NLR contributes important scientific and technological knowledge to aerospace in the Netherlands and abroad NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 5
NLR's target group: clients in the Netherlands and abroad Civil aviation: airlines airports the Dutch air traffic control authority (LVNL) Manufacturing: ATM and avionics industries aircraft manufacturing industry small and medium-sized enterprises Military aviation: Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Army Space technology: Dutch space industry European Space Agency (ESA) NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 6
What about the government? The Dutch government: supports NLR's pure and applied scientific research work provides NLR with a regulatory framework and supervises NLR's activities is a customer (Ministry of Defence) NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 7
NLR looks beyond the Netherlands' borders: international cooperation Sharing testing facilities: DLR/DNW & ETW Working with other institutions: EREA Sharing Research & Development: WEAO, GARTEUR, NATO, NASA, EU Exchanging information: RTO, ICAS, AIAA, CEAS, IAF Other cooperative ventures: SA, EUROCONTROL, ESA NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 8
Activities and products product development testing technical and operational support validation analysis assessment advice NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 9
Examples of major projects and developments on which NLR is working: GLARE Embedded Combat Aircraft Training System Glass Reinforced Aluminium E-CATS NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 10
Financial information Income in euros, 2003: Government grant: Contracts: 73,3 million 19,5 million (27%) 53,8 million (73%) Sectors: Civil aviation: Military aviation: Space technology: Civil and military aircraft development: 19 million (26%) 14 million (19%) 5 million (7%) 35 million (48%) NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 11
Workforce and organisational structure Workforce: over 700 employees, 47% university-trained and 23% with a higher professional qualification Board of Directors Marketing & Strategy Personnel & Organisation Other Staff & Supporting Services Aerospace Systems & Applications Avionics Development & Qualification Flight Test Systems & Applications Avionics Systems Military Operations Research Space Air Transport Safety & Flight Operations Air Traffic Management & Airports Air Transport Systems Technology Training, Human Factors & Cockpit Operations Environment & Policy Support Aerospace Vehicles Gas Turbines & Structural Integrity Flight Physics & Loads Helicopters & Aeroacoustics Collaborative Engineering Systems Structures Technology Engineering & Technical Services Structures Testing & Evaluation NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 12
Research facilities wind tunnels: high- and low-speed (shared with DNW) research simulators a supercomputer air traffic control and civil aircraft simulator military aircraft simulator testing facilities for dynamic load and construction materials research aircraft training NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 13
Contact info Want to know more about NLR? P.O.Box 90502 1006 BM Amsterdam the Netherlands telephone: +31 20 511 31 13 fax: +31 20 511 32 10 e-mail: info@nlr.nl www.nlr.nl NLR's mission and activities Nov2006 14