TY - JOUR
T1 - Blockchain for aerospace and defense
T2 - Opportunities and open research challenges
AU - Wasim Ahmad, Raja
AU - Hasan, Haya
AU - Yaqoob, Ibrar
AU - Salah, Khaled
AU - Jayaraman, Raja
AU - Omar, Mohammed
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication is based upon work supported by the Khalifa University of Science and Technology under Award No. RCII-2019-002- Center for Digital Supply Chain and Operations Management.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Blockchain is a promising and emerging technology that can have immense potential to provide decentralized trust, data security and integrity, traceability, transparency, visibility, and auditability across various areas in the aerospace and defense industries. In this survey, we study how blockchain features, platforms, and architectures can be leveraged to reshape and revolutionize modern aerospace and defense ecosystems and applications. We also provide discussion into key blockchain complementary architectural technologies such as Oracles, IPFS, and Filecoin. Furthermore, we discuss key opportunities and roles for blockchain in aerospace and military applications. We investigate such opportunities by illustrating multiple use case scenarios including battlefield operations management, border protection, swarm assistance for rescue operations, logistics and supply chain management. Moreover, we compare the existing blockchain platforms to analyze their suitability and applicability for aerospace and defense applications. Finally, we identify and discuss several open issues and challenges for the widespread adoption of blockchain in the aerospace and defense industry. These include latency, privacy, regulation and law, large data traffic, smart contract security, and interoperability.
AB - Blockchain is a promising and emerging technology that can have immense potential to provide decentralized trust, data security and integrity, traceability, transparency, visibility, and auditability across various areas in the aerospace and defense industries. In this survey, we study how blockchain features, platforms, and architectures can be leveraged to reshape and revolutionize modern aerospace and defense ecosystems and applications. We also provide discussion into key blockchain complementary architectural technologies such as Oracles, IPFS, and Filecoin. Furthermore, we discuss key opportunities and roles for blockchain in aerospace and military applications. We investigate such opportunities by illustrating multiple use case scenarios including battlefield operations management, border protection, swarm assistance for rescue operations, logistics and supply chain management. Moreover, we compare the existing blockchain platforms to analyze their suitability and applicability for aerospace and defense applications. Finally, we identify and discuss several open issues and challenges for the widespread adoption of blockchain in the aerospace and defense industry. These include latency, privacy, regulation and law, large data traffic, smart contract security, and interoperability.
KW - Aerospace industry
KW - Blockchain
KW - Defense industry
KW - Internet of things
KW - Smart contracts
KW - Supply chain management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cie.2020.106982
DO - 10.1016/j.cie.2020.106982
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097790101
SN - 0360-8352
VL - 151
JO - Computers and Industrial Engineering
JF - Computers and Industrial Engineering
M1 - 106982
ER -