Part Of A Drone Design And Development Program In The Netherlands
Last week, a number of remotely piloted aircraft designed by students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) completed their maiden flight at a facility of the Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR). The flight tests were part of a third-year minor called ‘Design, Build and Fly’ (DBF) at HvA, which is aimed at helping students gain expertise and experience in designing, constructing and programming Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), popularly known as ‘drones’. The flights took place under NLR’s responsibility at the Netherlands RPAS Test Centre (NRTC) in Marknesse. Two of the four aircraft successfully completed all elements of the flight test.