UAVchain: Blockchain Technology Applications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Year: 2026
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The use of autonomous aircraft, including drones and vehicles equipped with infrared systems, laser systems, and sensors, began as early as the 1920s. As defined by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (US FAA) in 2005, autonomous aircraft systems have since been widely adopted throughout Europe (British Civil Aviation Authority), Asia, Australia, and Africa. From civil infrastructure inspection and precision agriculture to security surveillance and real-time monitoring, the public utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has grown exponentially. A strong foundation for cyber defense, data security, information security, and network security can be established through blockchain technology, leveraging its intrinsic features such as privacy, consensus mechanisms, immutability, and decentralization. Today, the classification and application of UAVs are based on several factors – range, altitude, size, weight, and power source – alongside considerations for cybersecurity and national defense. This paper presents a comprehensive study of the future directions and key research challenges of UAVs with respect to blockchain technology, including implications for national defense and cyber warfare. Various cybersecurity tools, stochastic models, cyber frameworks, and war theories are analyzed, and key guidelines are provided integrating blockchain features for UAV applications.
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204262774