Blockchain-Empowered Secure Data Communication for UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), originally used for agriculture, military and typical videography applications, now expanded into many exciting areas but also carries potential security risks. Blockchain, widely renowned for its decentralized and secure properties will materialize the cure for these security threats faced by UAV networks. In this research, we introduced a blockchain based UAV communication algorithm in which both are jointly used to ensure a secure data exchange between drones. This algorithm makes sure that only validated data blocks are added to the Blockchain and ensures integrity & security during communication. By conducting an in-depth literature review, we have addressed some of the issues and challenges propagated by UAV systems. To summarize, the findings lay out that a combination of blockchain and UAV communication can enhance data integrity mechanisms as well as security layers; hence proving to be an optimal design for shaping even trustable solutions in wider domains dealing with professional aerial systems operation.