26th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES SECURITY OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK ENABLED HEALTH MONITORING FOR FUTURE AIRPLANES

Wireless technologies are potential drivers for future e-enabled airplane health management (AHM) which is envisioned to be real-time, con-tinuous and proactive. This paper considers the beneficial and secure use of wireless sen-sors and radio-frequency identification system in AHM. We identify vulnerabilities in e-enabled AHM that can pose concerns with aircraft main-tenance, present requirements and potential so-lutions to mitigate emerging threats, and discuss major challenges. We also present some impor-tant issues with potential use of wireless sensors for real-time aircraft operation and control.