TRIPS

Transport Infrastructures Protection System

Preparatory work for the strengthening of the European R&D potential in the field of research on safety (Preparatory Action for Security Research, PASR 2006), contract number:  SEC5-PR-111-800

Implementation timeframe: 04/2006 – 09/2009

Coordinator: Ansaldo Trasporti Sistem, Italy

Project purposes: The project focuses on improvement of railroad transport safety in response to increasing terrorist threat. The project covers safety of both population and infrastructure.

Partners:

• Bae Systems (Operations) Ltd., UK 
• Diehl Bgt Demence, Germany
• Ericsson Microwave Systems Ab, Sweden
• Ids Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.P.A., Italy
• Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), Poland
• Rheinmetall Landsysteme Gmbh, Germany
• Sagem Défence Sécurité, France
• Scisys Limited, UK
• Sener Ingeniería Y Sistemas, S.A., Spain
• Smiths Detection Watford Limited, UK
• SNCF, France
• Thales Security Systems Sas, France
• TNO, Norway
• Union Internationale Des Chemins De Fer, France
• VZLU, Czech Republic  
• ZootFly LCC, Slovakia