We're proud to see this milestone shared by the team at the University of Southampton.
What their student engineers have achieved here is more than a demo - it’s the first real-world validation of a blockchain black box operating on a drone in flight.
By recording flight data directly to a secure, tamper-resistant digital ledger, this work shows how autonomous systems can prove what they have done independently, without relying on a central authority or editable database.
That’s a critical step for regulators, insurers and public trust.
This demonstration moves the Blockchain-on-Chip project to TRL 6, system model proven in a relevant environment.
From silicon, to subsystem, to live deployment.
Huge credit to the engineers, and to our partners at Siemens and Arm for backing the vision.
This is how verifiable autonomy becomes real.