In 2018 Honeywell Aerospace launched a blockchain to support its GoDirect Trade online portal for aircraft parts. Airlines have to keep records of the maintenance of all aircraft parts, no matter where in the world the work is performed.
The first iteration of Honeywell’s blockchain stored PDF documents and references to the digital aircraft record. But at the outset, the company planned to extract the data from the PDF and store the individual elements enabling it to be fully searchable. That’s what is being announced today.
There are blockchain initiatives from SITA, the U.S. Navy and GE Aviation, amongst others.
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