The European aerospace group is keen to contribute to the project’s mission, having already sent some of its staff to work in a Hyperledger’s subcommittee.

According to the project’s Executive Director Brian Behlendorf, the participation of Airbus only confirms the fact that the blockchain technology has a great potential for spreading outside the most popular industries, such as finance and health care.

“I look forward to collaborating with the bright team at Airbus to drive this technology forward.”

Two Airbus staff members are already working in one of the project’s subcommittee, the Hyperledger profile on GitHub says.

Hyperledger project was launched in December last year under the guidance of the Linux Foundation software developer. The project is aimed at creating new blockchains with open source code independent of the bitcoin blockchain. More than 60 companies have already joined the project, including big banking and finance sector players and software developers such as ABN AMRO, Cisco, CME Group, Deutsche Börse Group, Digital Asset Holdings, Fujitsu Limited, IBM, Intel, J.P. Morgan, NEC, SWIFT and Wells Fargo.

Brian Behlendorf, the consortium’s executive head since May 2016 is the leading Apache web server developer and former Mozilla Foundation employee.

In June this year, the Hyperledger was joined by Moscow Exchange. The Russian company is interested in developing blockchain solutions for clearing and settlement operations, as well as for bidding.

“The participation in the consortium offers Moscow Exchange access to international expertise and solutions in the field of blockchain technology,” its press release said.

Elena Platonova