We will enable the rail industry to reduce the time and effort needed for testing assets while maintaining or improving safety levels and compatibility assurance.
We will provide a framework for testing and validating assets, including how to determine and agree criteria for acceptability, how to determine and agree methodologies, and how to interpret results.
We will produce detailed testing guidance for specific asset types and those with specific characteristics.
We will provide guidance on the characteristics that digital testing and simulation tools need at different stages of the product lifecycle, including how digital testing can replace physical testing.
We will be able to offer modelling capabilities for the early stages of developing new solutions, to help the supply chain and other interested parties to assess the high-level impacts and implications of new assets with greater confidence.
Faster and more efficient testing and validation: so that manufacturers and industry can know sooner and in a cost-efficient way whether a new asset meets target criteria.
More effective testing and validation: so that actual or potential issues with new assets are identified more robustly and accurately, reducing technical risk and increasing safety.