SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain
innovator SIMBA Chain has been awarded a two-year,
$1.5 million contract by the U.S. Air
Force to fund a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
project. The contract, a continuation of an earlier SBIR Phase I
project, includes the addition of one of the world's largest
aerospace corporations and a SIMBA Chain partner. The SIMBA Chain
project addresses a significant need of the U.S. Department of
Defense. This includes identifying opportunities to develop
cyber-related capabilities to enhance logistics and supply chain
management solutions, developing specific use cases based on
aerospace parts, and introducing blockchain into the Air Force's
cybersecurity, logistics, and programming training curriculum and
research.
Commenting on the award, Jeffrey
Slayton, director, Special Programs, Strategy and Policy,
U.S. Air Force, says, "The Air Force supply chain is incredibly
complex, with thousands of participants across the globe and many
parts designed, manufactured, inspected, and transported each year.
With the advent of additive manufacturing, which allows us to print
parts on-demand anywhere in the world, including on battlefields,
supply chain complexity and the need for data integrity have grown
exponentially. Emerging technologies like SIMBA Chain's blockchain
platform have the potential to achieve the reliable exchange of
information over an unreliable network where not all participants
can be trusted, and in so doing, continue to advance the
technological supremacy of America's air, space and cyber
forces."
This includes identifying opportunities to develop cyber-related
capabilities to enhance logistics and supply chain management
solutions, developing specific use cases and introducing blockchain
into the Air Force's cybersecurity, logistics, and programming
training curriculum and research.
SIMBA Chain CEO Joel Neidig says
his company's smart contract-as-a-service platform is well-suited
for the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the Department of
Defense. The SBIR Phase II project will help prove this out. "The
capabilities offered by SIMBA Chain's blockchain platform should
enhance the Air Force's Supply Chain Management Wing's ability to
provide an uninterrupted and validated pedigree of supply chain
support and mitigate the risks posed by counterfeiting and data
breaches," Neidig says.
"Additionally, with minimal training, our solution can be
rapidly deployed across the Air Force and other military branches.
Unlike traditional blockchain that requires deep technical
knowledge, SIMBA Chain allows developers with little or no
programming experience to build and deploy distributed applications
(dapps) rapidly and cost-efficiently on cloud servers or on
military infrastructures. This is a significant advantage to the
military where dynamic situations are common."
"The capabilities offered by SIMBA Chain's blockchain platform
should enhance the Air Force's Supply Chain Management Wing's
ability to provide an uninterrupted and validated pedigree of
supply chain support and mitigate the risks posed by counterfeiting
and data breaches," Neidig says.
SIMBA Chain will be working with select aerospace OEMs in the
project, providing three typical aircraft components for case study
analysis, assisting with the development of supply chain events and
data modeling methodologies, and ultimately validating the solution
with business case analysis and strategy for larger-scale
deployment.
About SIMBA Chain, Inc.
SIMBA Chain was established in 2017 as the result of a
grant awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) to the University of Notre
Dame Center for Research Computing and ITAMCO to
develop a secure messaging and transaction platform for the
U.S. military. SIMBA Chain's cloud-based, smart
contract-as-a-service (SCaaS) platform enables users, developers,
government, and enterprises to quickly develop and deploy
blockchain dapps for iOS, Android and the web. SIMBA Chain is the
recipient of TechPoint's 2019 Mira Award for New Product of
the Year and 1st Source Bank's 2019 Commercialization Award. The
platform supports Ethereum, Quorum, rsk and Stellar, and will be
adding more blockchain protocols to our cutting-edge platform.
This research was, in part, funded by the U.S. government.
The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of
the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the
official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S.
government.
Media Contact:
Melanie Lux
Phone: 574.914.4446
Email: info@simbachain.com
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