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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 92 - Dayton - October 2003
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUMMARY REPORTS 4.1.6 The Netherlands 4.1.6.1 NLR research on Control & Guidance Systems
Title	NLR research on Control & Guidance Systems
Presenter	Louis Erkelens
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Abstract	The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is an independent non-profit aerospace research institute in The Netherlands, that carries out contract research for national and international customers. For its guidance and control research, NLR has at its disposal several dedicated research facilities, among which two two full mission flight simulators: for civill transport research the Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment (GRACE) is applied, whereas the National Simulation Facility (NSF) is used for military aircraft research. Moreover NLR operates two research aircraft: a Fairchild Metro II turboprop and a Cessna Citation II twin jet aircraft). Research in the area of Guidance and Control is carried out on the following topics: • Cockpit and avionics concepts • Systems and integration • Operational procedures and tactics • Aircraft handling qualities • Human factors • Simulation technology development Some specific guidance and control research projects are: • Several projects related to the “Free Flight” concept, such as INTENT and MFF (Mediterranean Free Flight). • The ADFCS project. (1998-2004) The acronym stands for Affordable Digital FBW Control Systems for small commercial aircraft. This project is carried out as a European Commision project. The objective is to develop cost-effective FBW technology for small and medium commercial aircraft. • Aircraft Pilot Coupling project (1999-2001). This project concerns an investigation on experimental techniques for aircraft-pilot coupling susceptibility assessment. This project is carried out in collaboration with other European research institutes within the GARTEUR framework. GARTEUR stands for Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in EURope. • FlyCAM (2002- …) is a project carried out among several Dutch partners. It concerns the development of flight control technology for an autonomous unmanned rotorcraft. • SPADES (2002-2003) concerns a military development of an autopilot for a Small Parafoil Autonomous Delivery System. Finally, NLR is already many years active in the development of advanced noise abatement flight procedures for civil transport aircraft. Within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission, NLR is involved in a project (called “OPTIMAL”, coordinated by Airbus) on advanced procedures for approach and landing In particular, attention is paid to the development of the Advanced Continuous Descent Approach (ACDA) concept.