GA Telesis Launches Aviation Blockchain Platform

The aviation industry has long struggled with fragmented, paper-based documentation to verify the history and airworthiness of aircraft components. This reliance on legacy systems creates challenges in tracking the lifecycle of parts, leading to data quality issues, time-consuming manual processes, and difficulties during audits or asset transfers. WILBUR addresses this by converting traditional aviation records into secure digital tokens on a blockchain. This creates an unchangeable, transparent digital record for each component, capturing everything from its manufacturing origin to installation and removal history, and all airworthiness certifications. The concept was first developed by GA Telesis's founder and CEO, Abdol Moabery, starting in 2019. A key technological partner is Alitheon, whose optical AI technology called FeaturePrint will be integrated into the platform. This system uses a standard camera or phone to create a unique digital fingerprint of a part's surface, eliminating the need for tags or QR codes that can be lost, damaged, or manipulated. This directly combats the growing industry problem of counterfeit parts and fraudulent paperwork. The development of the WILBUR platform is being handled by GA Telesis's Digital Innovation Group (DIG), including work at a new R&D center in Ankara, Türkiye. This group is focused on pairing the blockchain registry with AI, machine learning, and predictive maintenance analytics to optimize airline operations. GA Telesis plans to begin beta testing the WILBUR platform within its own business units in the summer of 2026. Two major U.S. airlines are also expected to join in the early operational testing phase. Broader industry adoption of the platform is anticipated to start in 2027. The system is designed to align with the long-term vision of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for modernizing aviation data management and digital documentation standards.