The P. I. Baranov CIAM is a leading scientific center of the Russian aviation engine building industry. It possesses a unique test base for ground and altitude testing of aviation engines. CIAM is a head institute in the development of critical technologies and creation of a scientific and technical base for developing advanced engines for the new generation aircraft. The main lines if CIAM activities are:
- gas dynamics, combustion, heat exchange, strength;
- highly effective turbomachinery;
- critical technologies for the new generation engines;
- powerplants of unmanned flying vehicles;
- automatic control, monitoring and diagnostic systems;
- reliability and life of aviation engines;
- effectiveness and safe operation of aviation engines;
- ecological characteristics of aviation engines;
- high-energy fuels, high-temperature lubricants;
- methods and means for investigations of high-temperature, high-speed gas flows, dynamic phenomena in structures;
- highly effective GTU and their systems for power industry and gas pumping;
- nprediction of aviation engine development;
- scientific support of research and development work as well as serial production of aviation engines;
- acquisition, analysis, systematization of information on aviation engine building and dissemination of this information in the industry.