Smart Contracts For Air Traffic Control
Multinational air transport IT firm SITA has released a white paper detailing how airlines and airports could use smart contracts for shared control of data.
The paper outlines research carried out by SITA, along with British Airways and Heathrow, Geneva and Miami International airports, into smart contracts residing on a blockchain.
In its research on the applicability of the technology for the air transport industry, SITA built a private permissioned blockchain, called FlightChain, that stores flight information and uses smart contracts to judge potentially conflicting data.
The paper looks at "key lessons" learned regarding governance, system security and system performance, scalability and reliability, it says.
The research also examined the use of both public and private blockchain networks for the air transport industry. The work looked at the potential of using both ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric as its basis. https://www.coindesk.com/sita-investigates-use-of-smart-contracts-in-air-transport-industry/