Integrated project for the development of the

Technological and Operative Capability of Tuscany for the Space Exploitation
(CTOTUS)

The aim of the CTOTUS project is to strengthen the integration of the existing know-how in Tuscany, in the field of the development and exploitation of instruments and methods for space observation, in order to enhance the innovation capabilities of aerospace industry and research and to improve its competitiveness in the international scenario
The project started on March 1°, 2010, and it will last 24 months.

CTOTUS is co-funded by Regione Toscana in the frame of the "Programma Operativo Regionale - obiettivo "Competitività Regionale e Occupazione" POR-CReO FESR 2007 - 2013

The project partners are>

- Institute for Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" of the italian National Research Council, IFAC-CNR, coordinator
- Selex Galileo, Company of the Finmeccanica Group
- National Institute of Optics, of the Italian National Research Council, INO-CNR
- Flyby s.r.l.
- European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopies (LENS)

In the project several short term job positions are available (click the link “Job Opportunity”) for research and development activities.