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12 Dec 2024

World's First Test Facility for WLTP Testing of Larger Vehicles Now Open

Marknesse, Netherlands, 10 December 2024 – The German-Dutch Wind Tunnels - DNW is pleased to announce the opening of its state-of-the-art Automotive Test Section. This cutting-edge facility is the first of its kind in the world, enabling the accurate measurement of rolling and air resistance of larger vehicles in compliance with the European mandatory Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP).

18 Nov 2024

Opening of DNW’s Automotive Test Section (ATS)

We are pleased to announce the official opening of the Automotive Test Section (ATS) at the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) in Marknesse. This exclusive event, taking place on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, will celebrate the latest expansion in DNW’s cutting-edge facilities. Participation in this event is by invitation only.

16 Jul 2024

Experimental testing of Electrically Powered engine Simulator (EPS)

The power of a racecar in the volume of a cookie jar – German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) is proud to announce that experimental testing of our Electrically Powered engine Simulator (EPS) is scheduled for the end of this year.

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11 Jul 2024

DNW powered by the sun

At Marknesse, NLR and HVC have developed a new, large solar park. The produced power is fed into the national grid using the DNW-LLF electrical infrastructure. On 08 July 2024, this largest solar park in the Netherlands was officially opened. This solar park is situated on the NLR/DNW terrain in Marknesse and has 74.000 solar panels with a capacity of 46MWp and is able to supply 43-milion kilowatt solar power.

10 Jul 2024

Launch Ariane 6

DNW is proud to have been able to contribute to a successful and safe launch of the ESA’s Ariane 6 rocket. In 2017, a wind tunnel model designed and manufactured by NLR was tested in the DNW-HST and DNW-SST. The goal of these tests was to characterize the steady and unsteady loads on the total launcher and on the various launcher elements (e.g. boosters) during the transonic and supersonic flight phases.

24 May 2024

Lilium continues testing at DNW

In April, Lilium continued testing their world’s first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet at DNW-LLF.

5 Apr 2024

Visit US Ambassador

The US Ambassador, Shefali Razdan Duggal, recently visited DNW and NLR in Marknesse as part as her introductory visit to Flevoland.

4 Apr 2024

NIFTI Consortium achieves final milestone at DNW LLF

A wind tunnel test for an Ultra-High Bypass Ratio turbofan inlet at off-design flow conditions was performed at the DNW-LLF in September last year.

29 Jan 2024

HST upgrade successfully completed

New 4-stage fan, new data-acquisition system, improved Mach control and many new faces.

1 Dec 2023

ADD and DNW sign MoU

On 22 November 2023 the Vice President of the South Korean Agency for Defence Development, ADD visited the DNW HST and SST facilities in Amsterdam.

4 May 2023

Lilium Jet enters powered test campaign at DNW

Developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, today announced the start of wind tunnel testing on a complete 1 to 2.5 scale (40% size) Lilium Jet model, including working engines and flap actuators, at the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) facility in Marknesse, Netherlands.

25 Apr 2023

DNW is proud to take part in the Horizon 2020/#CleanSky DISPROP project

At our low speed facility DNW-NWB in Braunschweig the aerodynamic investigation of the large scale DISPROP wind tunnel model, built by our project partners, has just been completed. The aeroacoustic measurement campaign in the open test section of DNW-NWB will continue in August and September 2023.

28 Mar 2023

Article Aerospace Testing International

The latest issue of Aerospace Testing International contains an interview with DNW directors Andreas Bergmann and Joost Hakkaart about the current and future developments at DNW.
To read the article, click here.

7 Feb 2023

Visit Airbus Defence and Space

The DNW directors Joost Hakkaart and Andreas Bergmann would like to thank Airbus Defence and Space for hosting a wonderful visit of an NLR/DNW delegation to their facility in Manching on 02 February 2023.

30 Jan 2023

DNW guest lecture at TU Delft

On 12 January, our Head Projects and Customer Relation Management, Koen Artois, gave a guest lecture at the TU Delft reinforcing the already good relationship between the university and DNW.

25 Nov 2022

Successful airflow measurements on a ship model in the DNW-NWB in Braunschweig

This month NLR AVVA executed airflow measurements on a ship model in the DNW-NWB in Braunschweig. Landing a helicopter on a moving ship at sea is a very demanding task. To guarantee safety and maximum operational capabilities, Ship-Helicopter Operational Limitations (SHOL) are essential.

15 Nov 2022

Visit of DNW Advisory Committee

On 09 November 2022, most DNW Advisory Committee members could finally meet again in person after Covid.

28 Sept 2022

Visit of Royal NLR supervisory Board to DNW

On 28 September 2022, the supervisory Board of Royal NLR visited DNW for a meeting with NLR. The supervisory board members advise and supervise the work of the executive board.

16 Jun 2022

Low-noise propellers tested at DNW

After pre-tests in the low speed wind tunnel LST, aerodynamic and aero-acoustic validation of low-noise propellers developed within the IRON project have been performed successfully at DNW-HST and LLF at…

17 May 2022

UHURA wind tunnel test successfully completed in DNW-LLF

Last month, within the UHURA project, the DLR-F15LS-LLE wind tunnel model was successfully tested in the DNW-LLF. This complex wind tunnel model is equipped with a dynamically deploying and retracting Krueger leading edge high-lift device.

19 Apr 2022

Maiden flight of Clean Sky 2’s scaled flight demonstrator

On 30 March 2022, the maiden flight of a scaled version of a single-aisle aircraft, known as the Scaled Flight Demonstrator (SFD), took place. The flight took place in Deelen (NL) and lasted 9 minutes, achieving a height of 400 meters (1,400 feet).

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14 Apr 2022

Visit Member of Parliament Daniel Koerhuis

On 08 April 2022 Mr. Daniel Koerhuis, member of Parliament responsible for aviation, visited NLR and DNW. At DNW, Mr.

13 Apr 2022

Mia Jovetic wins the “HBO Techniek prijs 2020-2021” with “Implementing novel model aircraft configurations into the Heyson’s method for lift interference”.

Mia wrote the winning thesis during her third-year internship at DNW. The assignment focused on improving the Heyson’s wall interference methodology and enhancing it with present day aircraft configurations.

9 Mar 2022

ALVAR Laminar Flow Control Wind Tunnel Test Completed

A major milestone within the Clean Sky 2 project ALVAR has been achieved by successfully completing wind tunnel testing in the DNW-LLF. The ALVAR project aims at demonstrating technology readiness for a novel suction skin structure, the tailored skin single duct (TSSD).

15 Nov 2021

Visit mayor and councilors of the municipality of Noord Oost Polder

On 26 October 2021 the Mayor and councilors of the municipality of Noord Oost Polder visited NLR and DNW. During a presentation they were informed by NLR’s CFO Mr.

4 Nov 2021

Phase 1 upgrade of the DNW-HST completed!

To improve both flow quality and test productivity, three major components of our large transonic wind tunnel were upgraded. The next phase is the upgrade to further enlarge the Ma-AoA envelope.

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24 Aug 2021

Police and Police Academy partners in smart mobility centre in Marknesse

The Police have indicated to investigate whether the Centre for Enforcement and Mobility can be moved from Lelystad to the MITC Marknesse and, together with NLR, DNW and RDW, build the innovative knowledge and test centre in the field of smart mobility and infrastructure.

21 Jun 2021

Visit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs

On 11 June 2021, a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy visited the Large Low-Speed Facility LLF of DNW during an introductory site visit hosted by…

30 Apr 2021

Joost Hakkaart Director of DNW

It is our pleasure to announce that as per 01 May 2021 Joost Hakkaart has been appointed director of DNW. Together with Andreas Bergmann, DLR director of DNW, they form the management of DNW.

28 Apr 2021

DNW coordinating Horizon 2020 NIFTI R&I programme

NIFTI (Non-Intrusive Flow distortion measurements within a Turbofan Intake) is an action launched under Grant Agreement 864911 of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. NIFTI aims to advance the state of the art in non-intrusive inlet flow distortion measurements for modern, civil aero-engines.

28 Jan 2021

In Memoriam Christophe Hermans

It is with great sadness and deep regret that we received the news of the passing of our director Christophe Hermans on Sunday 24 January 2021.

4 Jan 2021

DNW's flow visualization expertise on TV to show the effectiveness of different mouth masks

Following our previous work on the visualization of aerosols in July, DNW has participated in an episode of the Topdoks TV programme that aimed to show the effectiveness of different mouth masks.

16 Dec 2020

Christophe Hermans on radio show of Omroep Flevoland

On 02 December 2020, Director Christophe Hermans was a ‘guest’ on a radio show of Omroep Flevoland. The subject of this broadcast was “high speed”.

9 Oct 2020

40 Years anniversary of formal cooperation between DLR and CAE

In September 2020, the German Aerospace Center DLR celebrated the forty years anniversary its formal cooperation with the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment CAE.

23 Sept 2020

Interview with Christophe Hermans

On 12 September 2020, Director Christophe Hermans was interviewed by Ronald ter Voert in his broadcast EASY FM Tech & Innovatie” about his view of technical developments and innovative sustainability projects.

26 Aug 2020

Aerodynamic Eco Competition 2020

Three hydrogen endurance racing teams, Eco-Runner Team Delft, HAN Hydromotive, and Green Team Twente competed in our LST (Low-Speed Tunnel) to find out who has the most aerodynamically efficient design and looked for new insights to unlock further aerodynamic performance.

26 Mar 2020

DNW Measures Corona Virus

DNW has taken measures to ensure the health and safety of its employees, whilst maintaining business continuity as far as possible and justified. DNW follows the guidelines of its parent institutes DLR & NLR and protocols of the German & Netherlands governmental agencies.

12 Feb 2020

Course on Propulsion Integration

Propulsion integration is becoming increasingly important as new aircraft concepts attempting to reduce emissions and noise receive more and more attention.

21 Oct 2019

Dutch track cyclists in our Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

Although our customers come mainly from the aerospace industry, we also provide test capabilities for sport aerodynamics.

18 Oct 2018

Aircraft of the future – researchers conduct first real-time flutter analysis

The aircraft manufacturer Embraer, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and German–Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) have succeeded in testing an innovative method for examining the safety of future aircraft. In another first, they have been able to analyze the flutter behavior of a wing in real time.

9 Apr 2018

Andreas Bergmann Director of DNW

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Andreas Bergmann took up his position as Director of DNW. Andreas is the successor of Georg Eitelberg, who retired on 01 April 2018. The Management of DNW now consists of two Directors of equal standing, appointed by each one of the parent companies German Aerospace Center DLR and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR.

20 Feb 2018

Supersonic blow-down wind tunnel SST operated successfully after a long break

Due to renewed need for testing in the supersonic regime, DNW decided to bring the maintenance level of the SST back up to the testing requirements.

20 Feb 2018

CAE and DNW sign follow-up agreement on cooperative research

The Chinese Aeronautical Establishment CAE and DNW have been engaged in informal and formal cooperative research for some time now.

16 Nov 2017

AVT Panel Young Contributor Award for Kerstin Huber

On 12 October 2017, at the 40th Panel Business Meeting of the Applied Vehicle Technology Panel of the NATO in Utrecht, the AVT Panel Young Contributor Award was bestowed on…

13 Nov 2017

Christophe Hermans President of CEAS

During the last General Assembly meeting of the Council of European Aerospace Societies CEAS, Christophe Hermans, Board of Trustee member on behalf of the Netherlands Aeronautical Society NVvL, was elected…

13 Nov 2017

14 March 2018: Symposium at DNW on "Future needs for experimental verification in aerodynamic disciplines – The next 20 years"

At this symposium - at the same time being a farewell to director Georg Eitelberg - a number of specialists in aeronautics will elaborate their views on aerodynamic disciplines.

23 Jun 2017

CAE and DNW sign project MoU at Paris Air Show

The Chinese Aeronautical Establishment CAE, the Netherlands Aerospace Center NLR and the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels DNW have reinforced and extended bilateral agreements on aeronautical R&D at the Paris Air Show…

2 Jun 2017

Real-time tracking of payload drops in low-speed wind tunnel testing at DNW

DNW has successfully developed a non-contact, accurate, reliable, non-intrusive measurement technique to precisely capture in real-time the dynamics and trajectory of objects during testing of wind tunnel models.

19 Sept 2016

2nd Polish-Brazilian Conference on Science and Technology

On 07 and 08 September 2016 the 2nd Polish-Brazilian Conference on Science and Technology was organized by the Polish Institute of Aviation ILOT in Warsaw.

16 Aug 2016

Georg Eitelberg interviewed by Luchtvaartnieuws

Vliegtuigfabrikant Airbus was lang de grootste klant van German-Dutch Wind Tunnels.

30 Jun 2016

DNW celebrates 40th anniversary

Today, the Netherlands and Germany celebrate 40 years of collaboration in aeronautical research at the DNW in the Netherlands (Marknesse).

24 Mar 2016

Speed skating suits tested in LST

Early March 2016 SportConfex and Team Lotto.

23 Mar 2016

HST control room refurbished

Since the beginning of this year, the HST control room underwent a total refurbishment place that was finalized in week 11/2016.

4 Mar 2016

Clean Sky highlights at a glance: facts & figures

DNW is playing an essential role in supporting the European aeronautics industry to develop innovative, cutting-edge technology aimed at reducing CO₂, gas emissions and noise levels produced by aircraft.

5 Feb 2016

King Willem Alexander visiting the LLF

On 07 December 2015, King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands paid a working visit to the large low-speed wind tunnel of DNW, the LLF.

17 Nov 2014

ARI and DNW signed a Memorandum of Agreement on cooperation.

On Wednesday 29 October 2014 the AVIC Aerodynamic Research Institute (ARI) and the German-Dutch Wind tunnels (DNW) signed a Memorandum of Agreement on cooperation on several subjects

12 Nov 2014

CAE and DNW announce a workshop on CFD-wind tunnel correlation study during Zhuhai Air Show

DNW, founded and jointly owned by DLR and NLR, is the operator of a globally renowned group of wind tunnels in Germany...

3 Nov 2014

Press Release ESWIRP TNA

The ESWIRP project has been funded by the European Framework Programme 7 to support the integration of and access to research infrastructure of pan-European interest. It has significantly enhanced the interoperability of 3 key world-class aeronautical wind tunnels, and harmonised, improved and optimised the scientific access conditions thereto ...

27 Oct 2014

Meeting 14 October 2014

On 14 October 2014 a meeting between the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment CAE, the Northwest Polytechnic University NPU, the DNW and the TU Delft took place.

6 May 2014

Validation of interference correction procedures

The DNW High Speed wind Tunnel HST is a closed-circuit, pressurized transonic facility used by industry to support the development of new aircraft and launch vehicles at close to actual…

22 May 2013

Trade Mission to China Minister Ploumen

In the framework of a Dutch trade mission under the ministerial responsibility of the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade Mw.

25 Apr 2013

Ground Simulation Symposium at DNW

On the occasion of the successful commissioning of the new moving belt in the DNW-LLF, an international symposium on ground proximity simulation was held on 25 and 26 April 2013.

13 Dec 2012

MoU signing during Dutch Trade Mission to Brazil

During the Dutch Trade Mission to Brazil (19 to 23 November 2012), the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels DNW and EMBRAER signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

1 Apr 2012

Christophe Hermans is the new Deputy Director of DNW

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Christophe Hermans took up his position as Deputy Director of DNW effective 01 April 2012 after the retirement of Cor Joosen.

15 Jun 2011

Visit of President Jin of COMAC

On the 15th of June 2011 Mr. Jin Zhuanlong, President of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) paid a visit to DNW in Amsterdam.