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7 February 2016

SkyWay design studies and technology acknowledgment

The innovative string technology started its development 38 years ago, when Anatoly Yunitskiy decided to optimize the transport system by making it accessible, highly efficient and safe. The project has evolved from the stage of a string transport project to the stage of practical studies within this period.

In 2001, the technology of building a string-rail track structure, supports and basic components as well as elements of string freight transport of the first generation have been successfully tested on the test site built at the town of Ozyory, Moscow region.

The current level of development of string transportation technology allows to immediately begin designing a particular route and order the production of rolling stock of the fourth generation.

SkyWay design studies and technology acknowledgment

Elements of the SkyWay technology have undergone approbation:

in field tests at the experimental site in Ozyory, Moscow region;
in aerodynamic tests in St. Petersburg;
at the bench and laboratory testing in Minsk and Moscow;
on the acting models at scales of 1:15, 1:10 and 1:5.

The high level of scientific and design studies of string technologies is confirmed by:

two grants from the United Nations (1998 and 2002);
availability of more than 50 Russian and Eurasian patents received within the period from 1994 till 2015;
18 scientific monographs (1995-2015);
more than 100 scientific articles and reports at international conferences (1988-2015);
more than 30 diplomas from international exhibitions (1994-2015);
two gold medals from the All-Russian Exhibition Center (1998 and 2002);
three certificates of the award winner of the National contest "Russian Brand" of the National Program for the promotion of best Russian goods, services and technologies (2001);
two diplomas "Golden Chariot" of the National Public Prize from the Russian transport industry in the category "Project of the Year of Transport Industry" (2009 and 2011).