MRPC prototyping for NeuLAND

I review the status of the prototyping effort for multigap resistive plate chamber (MRPC) based neutron detectors for the NeuLAND detector at FAIR. Several MRPC prototypes have been built at FZD Dresden and at GSI Darmstadt. They have been tested using the picosecond time structure of the ELBE electron beam facility at FZD Dresden, Germany. All detectors display the called for time resolution of sigma < 100 ps at > 90% efficiency for 30 MeV electrons. The cross-talk issue is still under investigation. Preliminary data obtained using the new single-electron mode of operation at ELBE are also shown here.