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The National Aerospace Laboratory NLR is the central institute for aerospace research in the Netherlands. NLR is an independent non-profit organisation that provides technological support to aerospace industries, to operators of civil and military aircraft, of airports and of ATC systems, to authorities and to international organisations, all over the world.

About 75 per cent of NLR's activities consist of research and development under contract. For its basic research program and for the development of specialised research equipment, NLR receives government subsidies.

NLR owns several wind tunnels, including a low-speed, a transonic and a supersonic wind tunnel, and two research aircraft, a Fairchild Metro II and a Cessna Citation II. NLR has developed two moving-base research flight simulators, of which the National Simulation Facility (NSF) is equipped with an F-16 cockpit in Mid-Life Update configuration for the testing of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

NLR's ATC research simulator (NARSIM) and Tower Research Simulator (TRS) enable research to be carried out on Air Traffic Management and Surface Movement Guidance and Control, including human factor issues.

NLR has available equipment for testing full-sized structures, specimens and materials including composites, and equipment for the development of spacecraft components. NLR also has available a large set of flight-test equipment, a computer system for the development of electronics and avionics, and equipment for calibration and for environmental testing. NLR develops wind tunnel models and a variety of test equipment.

NLR's extensive computer network includes a supercomputer (a 64 GFlops NEC SX-5/8), tools for software development and advanced software for computational electromagnetics with applications to installed performance of antennas on aircraft and spacecraft structures.

NLR closely related background is:
Expertise in specification of requirements for capabilities of avionics systems.
Knowledge about installation and integration of antennas on aircraft structures.
Experience in realisation of customised cost-effective flight test systems, flight test operations and data analysis.