JSC NIIAS

JSC NIIAS is an affiliated member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The Institute’s experts are permanent members of working groups of leading international organizations of the transport industry, including OSJD (Organization for Cooperation of Railways).

The Institute’s activity is currently focused not only on the development and implementation of high-technology products in Russia’s railway system, but also on extensive participation in international projects. Among the company’s latest international achievements is the equipment of a number of lines in Kazakhstan with the ABTC–M computer-based automatic block system, delivery of more than 350 sets of KLUB-U onboard safety systems to Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine as part of comprehensive international projects. The Institute has as well installed and adapted the latest version of KLUB-U on Sapsan trains delivered to JSC RZD by Siemens. JSC NIIAS experts are to participate in the designing and realization of Uzbekistan’s high-speed rail project.

 

 

As the basic platform for railway equipment certification, a test laboratory was established within JSC NIIAS and accredited as a test center of TU.. V Rheinland, a leading European railway certification institution, to conduct tests according to EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, and IEC 61508 standards. Jointly with Italian companies Intecs and Italcertifer, works are under way on the certification of onboard safety devices and train separation systems developed by JSC NIIAS for compliance with ERTMS/ETCS standards.

 

 

Over the last few years the Institute has developed strong cooperation with companies of the Finmeccanica Group. As part of the strategic partnership agreement between JSC RZD and Finmeccanica, JSC NIIAS has signed a number of contracts with companies of the Italian group and is conducting joint work in a number of areas. The Institute and Selex Communications have equipped the Cheliabinsk-Glavny station with the TETRA digital radio communication system and developed the technology for organization of an integrated broadband data communication system at stations. A joint project with Telespazio is under way to develop and test at the Tuapse – Adler trial site a monitoring system for potentially dangerous railway line sections. AnsaldoSTS and JSC NIIAS are currently developing the Russian-Italian ITARUS-ATC integrated train control and safety ensuring system for further deployment at JSC RZD’s trial site. The main goal of such international partnership is a mutually beneficial scientific and technical cooperation aimed at developing joint products based on advanced Russian systems with their further deployment in Russia and other countries.