Blockchain: Research and Applications (Sep 2021)
Connecting supplier and DoD blockchains for transparent part tracking
- Francis Asuncion,
- Adam Brinckman,
- Dwayne Cole,
- Jeffrey Curtis,
- Matt Davis,
- Timothy Dunlevy,
- Calvin Farmer,
- Andrew Harrison,
- Daniel P. Johnson,
- Joshua Joyce,
- Chris Klubertanz,
- Jonathan Lane,
- John Martin,
- Jarek Nabrzyski,
- Joel Neidig,
- Deysi Olivares,
- Gregory Robinson,
- Gabriel Rodriguez,
- Chris Root,
- Karen Rowand,
- Al Salour,
- Jeff Score,
- David Scott,
- Ian Taylor,
- Chandler Thompson,
- Huy Truong,
- Xiqun Wang,
- Dale Warren
Affiliations
- Francis Asuncion
- NAVAIR, USA
- Adam Brinckman
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA; Center for Research Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
- Dwayne Cole
- NAVAIR, USA
- Jeffrey Curtis
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Matt Davis
- Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO), Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Timothy Dunlevy
- Boeing Company, USA
- Calvin Farmer
- NAVAIR, USA
- Andrew Harrison
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Daniel P. Johnson
- Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO), Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Joshua Joyce
- NAVAIR, USA
- Chris Klubertanz
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- Jonathan Lane
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- John Martin
- NAVAIR, USA
- Jarek Nabrzyski
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA; Center for Research Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
- Joel Neidig
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Deysi Olivares
- NAVAIR, USA
- Gregory Robinson
- Boeing Company, USA
- Gabriel Rodriguez
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Chris Root
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Karen Rowand
- NAVAIR, USA
- Al Salour
- Boeing Company, USA
- Jeff Score
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- David Scott
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- Ian Taylor
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA; Center for Research Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA; Corresponding author. SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA.
- Chandler Thompson
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- Huy Truong
- NAVAIR, USA
- Xiqun Wang
- SIMBA Chain, Plymouth, IN, 46563, USA
- Dale Warren
- Naval Systems, Inc., USA
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 3
p. 100017
Abstract
Blockchains have been around for more than ten years, and since 2015, a plethora of systems have been launched to target more flexible use cases. More recently, several enterprise blockchain systems, such as Consensys Quorum and Hyperledger Fabric, have been launched to make blockchain simpler to apply in complex organizational configurations. In this paper, we identify a specific Department of Defense use case, extrapolate requirements, and perform a thorough assessment of the different layers of the blockchain stack to identify the existing state of the art and undertake a gap analysis of the technology for this context. We describe a platform that meets many of these challenges and show how we architected, designed, and implemented a solution for this use case for deployment at NAVAIR. This solution connects transactions from two separate blockchain systems, Consensys Quorum and Hyperledger Fabric, by using a graph-based approach that preserves privacy while enabling full transparency across the military and supplier networks.
