Neuron and Hedera Step Up Plans To Digitize Airspace Management with Blockchain Data Distribution

The partners are working on ways to safely digitize air traffic management by gathering data from sensors in all aircraft types, and securely storing and distributing it via blockchain-based shared ledgers.

FAA UAM Conops — Aviation regulators like the FAA are seeking to devise safe ways to integrate unmanned aircraft traffic management (UAM) with the wider public airspace, as companies like Neuron and Hedera offer a new digital approach to the challenge. (Image: FAA)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

January 21, 2022

Autonomous flight infrastructure specialist Neuron is stepping up its alliance with blockchain data group Hedera Hashgraph. The goal: to digitize airspace to support beyond-visual- line-of-sight operations for drones. Following on from extensive trials during 2021, the partners say they will be able to facilitate eVTOL aircraft developers’ plans to operate their vehicles without pilots on board.

In two sets of trials conducted with UK government support, Neuron tapped Hedera’s enterprise-grade public ledger to show how blockchain technology can support its radar system in safely tracking the complex movements of drones flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). Now the partners are exploring how they could support passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft in piloted and, eventually, autonomous operations. They have held initial discussions with manufacturers including Vertical Aerospace and Hyundai’s new Supernal urban air mobility division.

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