NASA embraces bitcoin BLOCKCHAIN tech to battle aerospace cyber attacks

Reisman’s proposal uses “certificate authority, smart contract support, and higher-bandwidth communication channels” to ensure comms between aircraft and agents such as air traffic control remains secure.

NASA engineer Ronald Reisman said: “The system proposes to leverage an industrial-strength open-source enterprise-blockchain framework called Hyperledger Fabric to demonstrate potential solutions to vexing technical issues that threaten the adoption of ADS-B by Military, Corporate, and other aircraft operators who do not want their operations and movements discernible by the general public.”

Hyperledger Fabric is a blockchain developed away from the fintech sector and designed for enterprise use.

And although his approach “is not perfected” it is “based on available technology,” says the paper.

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