19-01 Holding and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of POLITO (DIMEAS) are pleased to announce that they are entering into a strategic partnership
Joint press release
March 7th, 2025 – 09:00 CET
19-01 Holding and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of POLITO (DIMEAS) are pleased to announce that they are entering into a strategic partnership, combining the unique know-how in the world of aerial firefighting and the experience in aircraft design and certification of the 19-01 Holding team with the best DIMEAS-POLITO's expertise in aerospace engineering, to contribute to the research and development of the modern WF-X multi-role amphibious aircraft, which will form the backbone of the future fight against forest fires. Specifically, DIMEAS-POLITO will be responsible for supporting the deployment in the project of the innovative enabling technologies.
About DIMEAS-POLITO
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) is the POLITO reference structure in the cultural areas of mechanics, aeronautics and astronautics and industrial bioengineering, for a wide spectrum of sectors linked to the typical manufacturing of an advanced industrial society, with activities ranging from the most classic to frontier domains. DIMEAS promotes, coordinates and manages fundamental and applied research, training, technology transfer, community service and knowledge sharing activities in the fields of: land transport (vehicle and rail), aerospace (fixed and rotary wing aircraft , fluid dynamics, advanced and multifunctional composite structures and materials, aircraft and space vehicle design, propulsion, definition of missions, enabling systems and technologies), biomedical (medical devices in the orthopaedic, cardiovascular and dental fields, diagnostic tools, in silico medicine, biorobotics, regenerative and tissue engineering, smart environments for cell cultures, organ-on-chip, polymeric biomaterials, nutritional bioengineering, devices for the disabled, rehabilitation systems) and production in general (textiles, agri-food, components, mechatronics, automation , industrial and service robotics, production and transformation processes in general).
https://www.dimeas.polito.it/en/
About 19-01 Holding
1919-01 Holding is an innovative Aerospace/Tech company positioned to be global leader in aerial firefighting and Emergency response industry. Since 2011 the company has been working on the development of a modern integrated system to reduce the dramatic impact of forest fires. Thanks to an excellent team with 200+ combined projects developed in the aerospace sector, the company will range from designing and manufacturing a modern multi-role amphibious aircraft to offering pilot training services and forest firefighting services. https://19-01.com
