Manufactured
The airbag exists as an individual safety-critical component.
GLOBAL AIRBAG DATA SYSTEM
ONE AIRBAG.
ONE IDENTITY.
ONE VERIFIABLE LIFECYCLE.
The missing safety-history layer between the airbag and the VIN.
SCROLL TO TRACE
THE GAP
A vehicle can have a documented history.
Its airbag usually does not.
After an accident and repair, the vehicle continues its life. But the identity, replacement history and deployment status of the individual airbag can become disconnected from the VIN-level record.
Installed
The component enters a vehicle and should become permanently linked to its VIN.
Accident
The airbag may deploy, be replaced, removed or substituted.
Repair gap
This is where component-level history can disappear from the vehicle record.
Resale
The next owner may see a vehicle history — but not a verifiable airbag history.
THE MISSING LAYER
Vehicle history is not the same as airbag history.
VEHICLE LEVELVINVehicle identity & records
GLADSSAFETY HISTORY LAYERIdentity · History · Status
COMPONENT LEVELINDIVIDUAL AIRBAGPersistent unique identity
VIN≠
AIRBAG IDENTITY
DIAGNOSTICS≠
LIFECYCLE HISTORY
VISUAL INSPECTION≠
VERIFICATION
REPAIR RECORD≠
COMPONENT HISTORY
HOW GLADS WORKS
Trace the airbag — through its entire life.
GLADS is designed as a persistent data layer connecting the airbag’s individual identity to the vehicle and to verified lifecycle events.
01
Manufacturing
A unique airbag identity is created at component level.
UNIQUE ID02
Vehicle assembly
The airbag identity is associated with the vehicle VIN.
VIN LINK03
Service & repair
Replacement or intervention becomes part of the safety history.
HISTORY EVENT04
Inspection
Authorized checks can verify that the expected component is present.
VERIFICATION05
Deployment
The tag concept can create a permanent physical change when the airbag deploys.
STATUS CHANGE06
Secondary market
The safety component can retain a traceable history beyond the repair event.
CONTINUITYONE SYSTEM · FOUR COMPETENCE PILLARS · FULL ECOSYSTEM
Every organisation can see where it fits.
GLADS sits at the centre. Four core competence pillars build the system; the wider automotive, inspection, research and data ecosystem makes it usable across the vehicle lifecycle.
OEM
AIRBAG
MANUFACTURER
MANUFACTURER
TECHNICAL
INSPECTION
INSPECTION
REPAIR
NETWORKS
NETWORKS
INSURERS
RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS
INSTITUTIONS
REGULATORS
VEHICLE DATA
& SECONDARY MARKET
& SECONDARY MARKET
DATA &
VEHICLE HISTORY
VEHICLE HISTORY
INDEPENDENT
VALIDATION
VALIDATION
REGULATORY &
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION
RFID
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
CORE
GLADS
Architecture · IP
Lifecycle logic
Ecosystem coordination
Lifecycle logic
Ecosystem coordination
4 core competence pillarsRoles where strategic project partners can lead.
Wider ecosystem participantsStakeholders who produce, verify, regulate or use lifecycle data.
FOUR COMPETENCE PILLARS
Where can your organisation contribute to GLADS?
GLADS is being developed as a collaborative safety ecosystem. Different organisations can contribute in different areas of competence. We are currently building the project around four core partnership pillars.
CORE
GLADS International
System architecture · IP · lifecycle logic · ecosystem coordination
01
DATA LAYER
Data & Vehicle History Partner
Help define how verified airbag lifecycle information should be structured, exchanged and used by professional data and vehicle-history operators.
02
EVIDENCE LAYER
Independent Validation Partner
Help design and perform independent testing to verify technical feasibility, deployment behaviour and lifecycle-status detection.
03
IMPLEMENTATION LAYER
Regulatory & Implementation Partner
Help define how airbag lifecycle verifiability could be integrated into technical inspection, roadworthiness and future regulatory frameworks.
04
TECHNOLOGY LAYER
RFID Technology Partner
Help develop the full identification layer — from durable RFID tags and readers to RF engineering, middleware, software and integration with GLADS infrastructure.
ADDITIONAL ECOSYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
OEMs · airbag manufacturers · technical inspection organisations · repair networks · insurers · research institutions · regulators · vehicle-data platforms
BUILD THE ECOSYSTEM
Which part of the GLADS ecosystem could your organisation contribute to?
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Patented in Europe and the United States.
GLADS is protected by granted patents covering its core concept for identifying and tracing vehicle safety components.
INDUSTRY & SAFETY DIALOGUE
GLADS is being brought into the conversation where vehicle safety decisions are made.
The concept has been presented or discussed with representatives of international road-safety, automotive, inspection and vehicle-data organizations.
FIAUNRSFGLOBAL NCAPCITA
NHTSAJEAN TODT
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road SafetyEUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG MOVEEUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG GROW ZF LIFETECIAVCARFAXDEKRA AUTOLIVOICAACEABLOOMBERG
PHILANTHROPIES AUTO DNAVISION ZERO
ACADEMYETSCMEMBERS OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road SafetyEUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG MOVEEUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG GROW ZF LIFETECIAVCARFAXDEKRA AUTOLIVOICAACEABLOOMBERG
PHILANTHROPIES AUTO DNAVISION ZERO
ACADEMYETSCMEMBERS OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Names above indicate dialogue, presentation or outreach and do not imply endorsement, partnership or affiliation unless explicitly stated.
Airbag Symposium 2026 · MANNHEIM
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ACCEPTED POSTER
Preventing Falsification of Airbag Deployment History
GLADS presents a component-level approach for preserving verifiable airbag history throughout the vehicle lifecycle.
GLOBAL AIRBAG DATA SYSTEM“The human right to a safe airbag must not depend on vehicle price or status.”
Vilmantas Buika
Founder · GLADS
LET'S CLOSE THE GAP
Airbag safety should remain verifiable after repair.
CONTACT
Vilmantas Buika
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