The T-REX-project is the INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) national project aimed at maximizing the participation of astrophysicists and Italian industries to the realization of the largest telescope in the world: the E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). The E-ELT will be built and managed by ESO, the European intergovernmental organization for Astrophysics.
The T-REX project has been approved and funded by the Italian Ministry for Research and University (MIUR) in the framework of the “Progetti Premiali 2011” and then “Progetti Premiali 2012”