All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA)
The Moscow-based All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA) has conducted operational planning to identify technologies that can be converted to commercial use and is generally further along than its sister lab on the road to defining a viable post-Cold War mission.
A significant number of the lab-to-lab contracts signed with the Russian nuclear weapon institutes [Arzamas-16 (VNIIEF), Chelyabinsk-70 (VNIITF), and the Institute of Automatics (VNIIA) in Moscow] are safety and security projects. The United States and Russia share safety and security information that could reduce the risks and consequences of unintended actions with nuclear warheads and fissile material. A government-to-government agreement allowing the controlled exchange of unclassified information in the field of nuclear warhead and fissile material safety and security between authorized representatives of the United States and the Russian Federation was signed by Secretary O'Leary and Minister Mikhailov. This program complements Department of Defense Nunn-Lugar work. The overall objective of the program is to increase the safety and security of nuclear warheads and fissile materials both in Russia and the United States through the coordinated exchange of technical information.
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