The Aerospace Sector, due to its very nature, is a field of high technology. The availability of advanced technologies and, still more, the ability to develop them with continuity, is considered in every country the basic requirement for the growth and durable success of its industries. CIRA-Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (Italian Aerospace Research Centre ) was established in July 1984 to respond to these needs. . CIRA is a shareholders' consortium with a public-owned majority: the State, through the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche -National Research Council (CNR), have held, since 1998, the majority of the share capital, to which the Campania Region and the main Italian aerospace industries also participate. The joint public-private participation has made CIRA's objectives consistent with national strategic guidelines and the needs of industry, thereby contributing to Italy's social and economic development. The headquarters and operational facilities of CIRA are located in Capua, approximately 50 km north of Naples. CIRA is located in Campania, a region with a high concentration of industries that operate in the aerospace sector: Alenia, Fiat Avio, Alfa Romeo Avio, Vulcan Air, Piaggio, Magnaghi, Tecnam, etc. There are also two universities, "Federico II" and the "Second University of Naples," both with aerospace engineering departments, the Accademia Aeronautica (Aeronautics Academy) and the Scuola Sottufficiali dell'Aeronautica. CIRA is located on an area of 1,600,00 square meters. A small artificial hill divides the entire area into two parts: the computer laboratories, administrative offices and the cafeteria are in the first area, while the second area contains the testing facilities: the wind tunnels, crash testing facility and technological laboratories.