AMASS · Project

Cut Safety Certification Costs for Connected Products Across Industries

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Imagine every time you upgrade a car's software or tweak a medical device, you have to re-prove to regulators that the whole thing is still safe — an expensive, months-long paper chase. AMASS built a shared toolbox that lets companies reuse their past safety proofs instead of starting from scratch every time. Think of it like a passport that works across borders: one set of safety evidence recognized across automotive, aerospace, rail, and medical industries. The result is faster time-to-market and dramatically lower certification bills.

By the numbers

consortium partners across industries

countries represented

industry partners validating the platform

SMEs in the consortium

72%

industry participation ratio

total project deliverables produced

demo deliverables with working prototypes

prototype iterations for each component

The business problem

What needed solving

Certifying safety-critical connected products — cars, aircraft, medical devices, trains — is painfully expensive and slow. Every software update, every new variant, every new market means re-doing large parts of the safety paperwork from scratch. When you also have to prove cybersecurity compliance on top of safety, the cost and timeline multiply further.

The solution

What was built

An open source assurance and certification platform with four integrated tool sets: architecture-driven assurance (compatible with AUTOSAR/IMA), multi-concern assurance (safety + security together), seamless interoperability between certification and engineering workflows, and cross-domain reuse enablers. All went through three prototype iterations and were validated in industry demonstrators across multiple sectors.

Audience

Who needs this

Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers re-certifying ADAS and autonomous driving softwareAvionics system integrators managing multi-standard airworthiness complianceMedical device manufacturers certifying connected products for safety and cybersecurityRail signaling companies dealing with EN 50128/50129 certification costsSafety certification consultancies looking for scalable tooling

Business applications

Who can put this to work

Automotive

enterprise

Target: Tier 1 automotive suppliers developing ADAS or autonomous driving components

If you are an automotive supplier dealing with the cost and delay of re-certifying safety-critical software every time you update an ADAS feature — this project developed an open platform with architecture-driven assurance tools fully compatible with AUTOSAR that let you reuse existing certification assets across product lines. With 32 partners and 8 countries validating the approach, the tools were battle-tested in real industry demonstrators.

Aerospace & Defense

enterprise

Target: Avionics system integrators managing IMA certification

If you are an avionics integrator struggling with multi-standard compliance across DO-178C and other airworthiness requirements — this project built seamless interoperability prototypes that bridge assurance activities with engineering workflows. The platform supports compositional certification, meaning you can certify subsystems independently and compose the evidence, cutting repeated assessment cycles.

Medical Devices

mid-size

Target: Connected medical device manufacturers facing IEC 62304 and cybersecurity compliance

If you are a medical device maker dealing with combined safety and cybersecurity certification for connected products — this project created multi-concern assurance tools that handle safety and security compliance together instead of in separate silos. The cross-domain reuse prototype lets you carry over certification evidence when adapting products for different markets or regulatory regimes.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

How much could this reduce our certification costs?

The project's core objective is to lower certification costs in the face of rapidly changing product features and market needs. While no specific percentage is stated in the data, the cost reduction comes from three mechanisms: reusing certification assets across product variants, automating labor-intensive assurance activities, and enabling cross-domain reuse of safety evidence.

Can this handle industrial-scale certification across multiple product lines?

Yes. The platform was designed for the largest CPS vertical markets and validated through demonstrators across multiple application domains. With 32 consortium partners — 23 from industry — the tools were tested at real-world scale across automotive, aerospace, rail, and other sectors.

What is the licensing model? Is it open source?

AMASS explicitly created an open source platform, as documented in their deliverable 'AMASS open source platform provisioning and website.' This means the core tools are freely available. Based on available project data, commercial support or extensions may be offered by consortium partners like Tecnalia.

Does it work with existing engineering tools and standards like AUTOSAR?

Yes. The project built seamless interoperability prototypes specifically to bridge assurance and certification activities with existing engineering workflows and third-party assessments. The objective explicitly states full compatibility with standards such as AUTOSAR and IMA.

How mature are the tools? Are they ready for production use?

The project delivered three iterations of each prototype, culminating in an integrated AMASS platform and full demonstrators across application domains. The 54 total deliverables and 8 demo deliverables indicate thorough development. The project closed in 2019, so tools have had time to mature post-project.

Does it address cybersecurity alongside safety?

Yes. Multi-concern assurance is a core pillar — the platform handles compliance demonstration, impact analyses, and compositional assurance of both security and safety aspects together, rather than treating them as separate certification streams.

Consortium

Who built it

This is a heavyweight industrial consortium: 32 partners from 8 countries with a striking 72% industry ratio (23 industry partners), meaning this was driven by companies with real certification pain, not just academics. The 10 SMEs bring specialized tooling expertise, while 3 universities and 6 research organizations provided the scientific backbone. Led by Tecnalia (Spain's largest applied research center), the consortium spans Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, and the UK — covering the major European markets for automotive, aerospace, and rail certification. The geographic and industry diversity means the tools were stress-tested against multiple regulatory regimes and domain-specific standards simultaneously.

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATIONCoordinator · ES
TECHNOLABS srlparticipant · IT
ECLIPSE FOUNDATION EUROPE GMBHparticipant · DE
AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBHparticipant · AT
Masarykova univerzitaparticipant · CZ
ALTEN SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAGparticipant · SE
ANSYS MEDINI TECHNOLOGIES AGparticipant · DE
ALLIANCE POUR LES TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATIQUEparticipant · FR
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL SROparticipant · CZ
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESparticipant · FR
THALES ITALIA SPAparticipant · IT
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGparticipant · DE
RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN ABparticipant · SE
KNOWLEDGE CENTRIC SOLUTIONS SLparticipant · ES
VIRTUAL VEHICLE RESEARCH GMBHparticipant · AT
EXPLEO GERMANY GMBHparticipant · DE
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC ESPANA SAparticipant · ES
OHB SWEDEN ABparticipant · SE
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLERparticipant · IT
LANGE RESEARCH AIRCRAFT GMBHparticipant · DE
AVL LIST GMBHparticipant · AT
RINA SERVICES SPAparticipant · IT
CLEARSY SASparticipant · FR
THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPANA SAparticipant · ES
MALARDALENS UNIVERSITETparticipant · SE
RAPITA SYSTEMS LIMITEDparticipant · UK
INTECS SPAparticipant · IT
ALSTOM TRANSPORT SAparticipant · FR
UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRIDparticipant · ES
GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SAparticipant · ES

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