The first SESAR JU programme, known as SESAR 1, ran from 2008 to 2016. In that time, SESAR members ran over 400 projects, conducted some 350 validations, 30,000 flight trials and invested 20 million hours to ensure that the results of the programme would meet the operational needs of those who must implement them afterwards. Thanks to this intensive work, the SESAR JU partnership delivered more than 90 industrial prototypes as well as over 60 new or improved operational or technical solutions.