The U.S. Department of the Navy (DoN) has revealed that it is embracing a disruptive novel technology, the blockchain, to acquit a serial of experiments to explore the potential of 3D printing.
In an announcement, the Navy said that it would utilize the blockchain engineering scientific discipline to securely portion information betwixt Additive Manufacturing, usually known equally 3D printing, inwards add-on to helping secure the digital thread of blueprint in addition to production.
Conducted past times the Naval Innovation Advisory Council (NIAC) lieutenant commander Jon McCarter, wrote inwards a blog post, that the Naval Additive Manufacturing was a ‘perfect match’ when combined amongst the blockchain.
He said:
The mightiness to secure in addition to securely portion information throughout the manufacturing procedure (from design, prototyping, testing, production, in addition to ultimately disposal) is critical to Additive Manufacturing in addition to volition shape the foundation for time to come advanced manufacturing initiatives.
This summertime the NIAC is expected to acquit its tests amongst the blockchain, which volition likewise include a proof-of-concept. H5N1 study next the tests is to follow in September, which is expected to present a practical application of the blockchain inwards a controlled environment.
This is idea to locomote the get-go application of interest by the U.S. Navy equally it explores the distributed ledger.
However, spell it’s beingness used past times the Navy for the get-go time, inwards the past times the blockchain has likewise been applied for other armed services use.
Last October, it was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had started working on funding efforts that would meet whether the engineering scientific discipline could be used to secure highly sensitive data from nuclear weapons to armed services satellites.
More recently, though, a one-time DoD official has spoken out in addition to urged the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee that it must guard itself against cyberattacks past times focusing to a greater extent than on blockchain investments. According to Eric Rosenbach, the U.S. is susceptible to a cyberattack from the likes of Democratic People's South Korea in addition to that such an assault is probable to get got house ‘within the adjacent year.’
While the Department of Homeland Security has awarded millions of dollars in grants to blockchain researchers to advance cybersecurity projects.
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