The objective of JIF2LAND proposal was to conduct the development, design, manufacture and installation of jig platforms, staging and operational tooling for removing the BLADE wing (Natural Laminar Flow) sections of an A340-300, after the flight test and to assemble the original wings tips of the aircraft. The SFWA flight test demonstrator aimed to validate that a specific wing profile can sustain laminar flow with an acceptable stability versus in flight deformation and contamination. After the flight test, the original wings needed to be restored and challenging tooling design and manufacturing were expected. Besides the challenges, an added one was to be very cost-effective for a tooling to be used once.

Temperature compensation, twist compensation, tolerance achievements were some of the key points to be addressed on this development.