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Italian Aerospace Research Centre

Logo: cira.it3

Italian aerospace research institute based in Capua1

The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italian: Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, CIRA) is a consortium established in July 1984 by Luigi G. Napolitano to promote the growth and success of the aerospace industry in Italy (its head-office is in Capua). The majority of CIRA share capital is held by government organizations: the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the National Research Council of Italy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1984Founded1
  • Industryaerospace industry, research1
  • HeadquartersCapua1
  • Websitewww.cira.it/en
  • Legal formsocietà consortile per azioni1

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The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italian: Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, CIRA) is a consortium established in July 1984 by Luigi G. Napolitano to promote the growth and success of the aerospace industry in Italy (its head-office is in Capua). The majority of CIRA share capital is held by government organizations: the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the National Research Council of Italy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR).2

Corporate structure

Italian Aerospace Research Centre sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Italian Aerospace Research Centre Capua
    • Biblioteca del Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali. CIRA SCpA Subsidiary · Capua, Italy

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led Italian Aerospace Research Centre, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

President

  1. Tommaso Edoardo Frosini2025–now
1990200020102020

Products and brands

CIRA is developing spaceplane technology using its facilities for numerical simulation and ground tests, and has flown its first transonic flight test of a "flying test-bed" (FTB) vehicle dropped from a high-altitude balloon. CIRA intends to develop FTB vehicles by 2012 that can perform atmospheric reentry from low Earth orbit, launched using the Vega space launch system. This is consistent with the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) plan of the European Space Agency.

Since 2005, CIRA is a partner of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC).

From Wikipedia’s article on Italian Aerospace Research Centre, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Biblioteca del Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali. CIRA SCpA

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1984Founded Founded1

Sources

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