Partners: CEA

This demonstrator will create a UTM Blockchain Simulation Environment enabling the modelling and simulation of UTM Blockchain scenarios parametrized with different types and number of drones. To enable trustworthy cooperation (to ensure mainly authenticity, data integrity, and trust) in networks of drones, an integrated identification and communication architecture where blockchains are to store the communication in an immutable manner will be provided. This way, it will be impossible to modify the stored information intentionally or unintentionally, and authorizations will be managed in a reliable and secure way through algorithms using the stored data. The authentication system will enable the drones to verify the identity of each other and will prevent outsiders to enter the network while the trust management system will evaluate the trustworthiness of insiders. However, evaluation of such blockchain based architecture for drones is not trivial and needs to be assisted by simulations. The goal is there to experimentally evaluate UTM blockchain scenarios (trustworthy cooperation: identification, authentication and so on) parametrized with blockchain characteristics, drone characteristics and drone on-board intelligence functionality. The goal is also to verify whether it is impossible to modify the stored information intentionally or unintentionally, authorizations are managed in a reliable and secure way through algorithms using the stored data, and entrance of outsiders the network is prevented.