Project: PANTHER (Painted Metallic Aircraft Scrap: Neutralizing Toxic Hazards and Exposure Risk) Aluminium is considered a Critical Raw Material (CRM) in aerospace because of its unique properties. Project PANTHER is a collaboration between Royal NLR, SEEF BV, Aethos, and industrial partner AELS aimed at enabling safer handling of painted metal scrap from End-of-Life (EoL) aircraft […]

Het bericht R&D case: Neutralising hazards en risks for chromated aircraft scrap handling verscheen eerst op Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum.

NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft more efficient by improving how air flows across a wing’s surface, saving fuel and money. On Jan. 12, the Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) test article reached speeds of approximately 144 mph, marking its […]

As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft continues a series of flight tests over the California high desert in 2026, its pilot will be flying with a buddy closely looking out for his safety.  That colleague will be another test pilot in a separate chase aircraft. His job as chase pilot: keep a careful watch on things as he tracks the […]

Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have signed a license agreement to advance the production of clean syngas from non-recyclable biowaste for sustainable fuels. The agreement gives SFW exclusive rights to use VTT’s syngas reformer technology. The technology will be used in SFW’s gasification plants for sustainable fuels and chemicals across the globe. It enables the production of clean syngas from non-recyclable biowastes, such as woody and agricultural residues and municipal biowaste. Syngas is a key raw material for sustainable fuels and chemicals, needed

Through a drone flight test at NASA’s Ames Research Center, researchers tested a blockchain-based system for protecting flight data. The system aims to keep air traffic management safe from disruption and protect data transferred between aircraft and ground stations from being intercepted or manipulated. 

Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, transitioning from military service to a new role enabling breakthrough advancements in aerospace. The F-15s will support supersonic flight research for NASA’s Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities project, including testing for the Quesst mission’s […]

2025 was a year of acceleration and connection for NLR. From strengthening partnerships to turning bold ideas into real-world solutions for safety, sustainability and innovation, the year moved us forward on every front. Watch with us as we look back on how 2025 showed what’s possible when we focus on solving complex challenges together.

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Intelligent opponents in mission simulation In military simulations, Computer Generated Forces (CGFs) are autonomous entities that represent friendly, neutral or hostile air, ground surface, or subsurface-based units, platforms or individuals. The behaviour exhibited by CGFs is modelled to mimic realistic human behaviour, as well as that of existing andemerging autonomous systems. CGFs are typically used […]

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Press release 8 January 2026 HUS Helsinki University Hospital and VTT are starting a field test of wearable sensors to develop home dialysis. A total of 36 volunteer patients will use the sensors that enable monitoring of treatment effectivity. Making home dialysis safer and better would improve life quality and save society millions of euros annually. Currently, dialysis treatment of the kidneys typically requires three weekly hospital visits. It is expensive to society and burdensome for patients, lowering the quality of life and treatment outcomes. Home dialysis is preferable and much

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research. From early concept evaluations to full flight test campaigns, teams enhanced measurement tools, refined safety systems, and generated data […]

May this special time bring you much joy and peace, and may every day of the New Year be full of goodness, inspiration, and beautiful moments.

Artykuł Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026 pochodzi z serwisu Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Lotnictwa.

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving fuel. Those wings would be a revolutionary design for commercial aircraft, but like any breakthrough technology, they come with their own development challenges – which experts from NASA and Boeing […]

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, to clarify the research done by ATM-X and ACERO. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights […]

With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II test flight early next year, which is the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years, as well as built upon its momentum toward a human return to the lunar surface in preparation to […]

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has captured its first images from space, revealing rare views of Earth and the Moon in ultraviolet light. Taken on Nov. 17 — still months before the mission’s science phase begins — these “first light” images confirm the spacecraft is healthy while hinting at the incredible views to come. The initial […]

Recently, a remarkable incident made the news: thousands of Airbus aircraft worldwide were grounded after cosmic radiation disrupted digital electronic systems. A problem long familiar in space applications is becoming increasingly relevant for aviation. Ongoing digitalisation is making modern systems more vulnerable to invisible radiation from space. An unusual aviation incident captured global attention in […]

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On 28 November 2025, NLR officially opened the Energy to Propulsion Test Facility (EPTF) at NLR in Marknesse. The EPTF facilitates research to accelerate sustainable propulsion systems of aircraft. The new test facility is an important step in the innovation process. It bridges the gap between scientific research and practical implementation by companies. This unique […]

Het bericht Opening of the Energy to Propulsion Test Facility aftermovie verscheen eerst op Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum.

Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching your destination airport. And then … you notice your plane is moving away. Pretty far away. You approach again and again, only to realize you’re on a long, circling loop that can last an hour […]

Press release 11 December 2025 Drawing inspiration from human eyesight, a European research project led by VTT has developed machine vision mimicking the cooperation of the eye and nervous system, implemented as edge-computing circuits. Edge computing means processing data where it is generated and where the results of computing are needed. This enables, for instance, intelligent robots and drones that can operate independently in a rescue mission after an earthquake without constant network connections or bulky batteries. Launched in 2021, the MISEL project (https://www.misel-project.eu/) (

NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas.   The demonstration, held at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley earlier this year, focused on a system called the Strategic Deconfliction Simulation, which helps […]

Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered by NASA JPL to survey Earth, the Moon, and other worlds. Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth’s surface […]

After Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation obtained authorization from the Civil Aviation Authority (ULC), the Institute was entered into the NANDO (New Approach Notified and Designated Organizations) database. Currently, there are only 8 notified bodies in the database, of which only Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation also conducts certification of Module H concerning full quality […]

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Press release 2 December, 2025 A research team at VTT MIKES has set a new record in optical-clock absolute frequency measurements using a strontium single-ion clock with exceptionally low uncertainty and high uptime. The official definition of the second is set to be updated for the first time in decades. The change will be based on new optical clocks, which are far more precise than today’s standards. Now, researchers at VTT MIKES have demonstrated a strontium single-ion optical clock with an exceptionally low systematic uncertainty of 7.9×10⁻¹⁹, among the lowest ever reported. Over

At NLR, we explore how virtual and mixed reality can transform flight simulation and the human factors involved. Simulators can be hindered by cyber sickness, a form of motion sickness that can occur when there is a mismatch between the motion you see in the virtual world and the motion you feelin the real world. […]

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