In the top-3 Italian technical universities, the competences of Politecnico di Torino are testified by the international reputation in education, basic/applied research and the excellence of laboratories/facilities. The unit provides the design, modeling/simulation and testing, and furthermore to the coordination and management. The laboratories of Politecnico di Torino (Department of Mechanics and Aerospace) are equipped with testing machines for basic and specialist characterization of materials, components, systems (static tests, dynamic tests, structural analysis, nondestructive optical tests, etc.).