A trusted digital identity for every critical part — proven, not promised. ubloquity and PING Group delivered the first Digital Product Passport built for aerospace, demonstrated live at the UK Digital Twin Centre in Belfast with early backing from Digital Catapult.
Aerospace runs on paperwork that was never designed for a global, multi-tier supply chain. A component's history — materials, certifications, custody, storage conditions, maintenance record — is scattered across paper trails and siloed databases held by suppliers, freight forwarders, MROs and operators.
The consequences are real: a single undocumented or counterfeit part can ground an aircraft or compromise safety. Industry estimates put the cost of supply chain inefficiencies and delays across aerospace and defence at around $100 billion a year.
And the regulatory bar is rising. The EU's Digital Product Passport framework is moving from concept to requirement, airline and OEM customers are demanding verifiable upstream ESG data, and counterfeit-part traceability expectations from regulators keep tightening.
Fragmented records aren't just inefficient any more. They are a compliance risk, a commercial risk and a safety risk — and no single database bolted onto the old model fixes them.
Working with aerospace and defence logistics specialist PING Group, ubloquity built a blockchain-secured Digital Product Passport that assigns every component a unique digital identity the moment it is made — then keeps that record verified, current and visible to every trusted party for the part's entire life.
Every part receives a unique, blockchain-secured digital identity the moment it is made. Authenticity is established at origin — not reconstructed later.
Full lifecycle traceability from raw material sourcing through manufacture, transit and maintenance, repair and overhaul — in a single, tamper-proof record.
Verified provenance, certification and lifecycle data that any manufacturer, operator, regulator or maintainer in the network can rely on.
A 3D digital twin, developed with the support of Digital Catapult, lets users explore the physical part alongside its live data.
IoT-enabled monitoring attaches real-world custody and condition evidence to the passport — closing the gap between what a certificate says and what a part actually experienced.
Structured, verifiable data ready for the EU's Digital Product Passport framework and rising ESG and counterfeit-traceability expectations.
This isn't a concept paper. In June 2026, government officials and industry stakeholders watched the system work: an aircraft component was scanned live, instantly surfacing its complete digital identity — materials, provenance, ESG data and compliance status — alongside its 3D digital twin.
The demonstration is believed to be a world first: no one had previously delivered a working Digital Product Passport designed for the demands of aerospace. It was built, proven and shown first in Northern Ireland — home to roughly one in three of the world's aircraft seats.
"This is a genuine world first — and it has been delivered from Northern Ireland. We've given the aerospace industry a trusted digital identity for every critical part, and we've proven it works."
— Kieran Kelly, CEO & Founder, ubloquity
"The aerospace sector demands absolute precision, traceability and accountability at every stage of the supply chain. Our collaboration with ubloquity demonstrates how Digital Product Passports can bring these elements together in a single, trusted system."
— Jonny McKinney, CEO, PING Group
From proof of concept to fleet-wide programme — see what the Digital Product Passport can do for your supply chain.
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