The document proposes a system to improve data storage from aircraft black boxes by integrating cloud storage. Currently, black boxes securely store flight data and cockpit voice recordings, but recovery can be difficult if the black box is not found. The proposed system would transmit black box data via radio waves and QAM modulation to the cloud in real-time, allowing investigators easy and remote access to data even if the physical black box is missing. This could help solve past cases where crashes resulted in missing black boxes and inconclusive investigations.

1. DELHITECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
PROJECTTITLE:
IMPROVED DATA STORAGE OF BLACK
BOX
PROJECT BY:
EMMANUEL SHERMAN -2K19/CO/134

2. ABSTRACT
In any firm or institution that will experience growth potentially, confidentiality, integrity and accessibility
must be the hallmark of their data. Potentially, the security of data must be taken seriously because it is used
to make meaningful decision that will lead to a substantive growth in the future which will also save the
institution a lot, ranging from technical, educational or professional area of life.
This study helped us to have a deeper understanding of how data is stored securely in the black box of a
flight no matter how severe the impact might be and the damage of the accident that may occur on the
flight after an accident as well as recommendations for immediate recovery of data in case of any eventuality
where in the black box cannot be found.
The Integration of cloud into your existing enterprise security program is not just adding a few more controls
or point solutions. It requires an assessment of resources and needs to develop a fresh approach to cultivate
the cloud security strategy for the protection of Black Box data in the cloud.

3. INTRODUCTION
To manage a cohesive hybrid, multicloud security program, we
need to establish visibility and control which will help us integrate
appropriate controls, orchestrate workload deployment and
establish effective threat management for our data.

4. INTRODUCTION CON’T
Black box -This term tends to have strong associations because
most of the time when we hear about the black box it is as a result
of an air crash. It is a highly sought-after object when an airplane
has an accident. Its function is to store data on the latest
conversations and communications between the pilot, crew
members and control tower.

5. INTRODUCTION CON’T
In addition, black boxes can also store various information from
many sensors on the plane regarding problems that could be the
cause of accidents. Later, the recorded information will be used as
a clue by the authorities to unravel the mystery of the cause of the
accident. Given its vital function, this tool still uses old technology
and is still mechanical.

6. INTRODUCTION CON’T
Although the latest black box models already use solid-state
memory as storage media, it takes a long time for the rescue team
to extract the black box from a crash site. Essentially, a black box
flight recorder is heavily protected recording device, similar to a
hard disk or a memory card.

7. INTRODUCTION CON’T
The black box records all relevant flight data, in addition to
conversations in the cockpit. Previously, this data had to be
recorded on two different devices.

8. INTRODUCTION CON’T
The Black Box consists of two separate parts, namely
 the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and
 The CockpitVoice Recorder (VCR).

9. BRIEF HISTORY
In 1949 the British aviation firm De Havilland launched the Comet – the
world’s first jet airliner.The fast and comfortable plane caught the
imagination of the public. However, from 1952 to 1954 seven Comets
crashed, resulting in the deaths of 110 people.
Several of the aircraft disintegrated at high altitude, with no survivors,
witnesses or immediate clues as to what had happened.

10. BRIEF HISTORY
In the year 1953-54, in view of the increasing incidences of Air accidents,
it was thought to develop a device which can give information about the
reasons for Plane accidents and might also help in saving planes from
accidents. Hence, a black box was invented.
Earlier it used to be red in color and was known by the name ‘Red Egg’. In
the early days, its inner walls were black in color, so it came to be known
as a ‘Black Box’.

11. HOW DOES IT WORK?
FDR component is tasked with storing flight parameters for the last 25
hours, before finally being updated with new recorded data.The stored
information includes speed, altitude, time, and direction of the aircraft
Data from both the CVR and FDR is stored on stacked memory boards
inside the crash-survivable memory unit (CSMU)

12. HOW DOES IT WORK?
Older black boxes used magnetic tape, a technology that was first
introduced in the 1960s. Magnetic tape works like any tape recorder.

13. LOCATING A BLACK BOX
Easy retrieval is a priority of course, and it may not always be clear
where an aircraft has gone down, especially if it happens over remote
stretches of ocean.
For that reason, all black boxes have underwater locator beacons which
transmit a signal upon contact with water, at least until the battery runs
out – usually after around a month.
One problem though is that the radius for the signal is not very wide,
because of this, the recovery of a Black Box after a crash requires large
number of searchers.

14. OUR INNOVATION
The use of Controlled Black Box Backup System has been our proposed
idea which will better secure data and also give us random access incase
of any eventuality during or before the crash of a flight.
We have observed that since the invention of the black box that is used
to record all data of the flight, there can be no investigation done in the
absence of the black box. However, the used of the cloud will be a
formidable approach which will reduce the burden in the process of
investigation by experts.

15. OUR INNOVATION
Now, having the black box in the flight is a good thing but having an
extension of the black box in the cloud will be much better because
accessing and gathering of data will be much easier during any
investigation of a flight.There have been several flights that have gotten
missing in the sky without any detail because of the absence of the black
box. Some of these flights include: FlyingTiger in 1962, British South
American Airways etc.

16. OUR INNOVATION
One may argue that the black box has an UnderWater Locator (UWL);
yes, we can’t argue that but the locator has a battery and when the
battery drains out of power, the chance of finding the black box can be
very slim

17. OUR INNOVATION
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18. HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE
We are going to use wave because wireless transmission is done through
such medium and a process of modulation that facilitates the
transmission of digital information from one point to another with the
help of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation ("QAM") . QAM efficiently
transmits an analog signal which carries digital information. It does this
by modulating the amplitude of two radio waves simultaneously out of
phase with each other.

19. HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE
This allows a wireless network operator to transmit more data at a faster
speed, thus augmenting the bandwidth. As said, the reason for including
a description of QAM Modulation is simply to provide a glimpse as to
how complicated this process can get and this can be used to bridge the
gap between analog to digital transmission wirelessly.The use of radio
wave with the help of antenna attached to the black box will suddenly
transmit every analog data within the black box via the (QAM) to the
cloud with the help of several security layers as well. Because,
Essentially,

20. HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE
sound waves create vibrations in an electrical current flowing through a
microphone or other device.This current can then be transmitted out
through the antenna attached to the black box in the form of a
modulated radio waves.These sound modulated radio waves emanate
spherically from the sources of the Black box and can then be
transmitted to the cloud securely.

21. CONCLUSION
Black box is an electronic device, placed in flight that records with the
purpose of facilitating aircraft investigation in case of aviation accidental
incidents.They are also called misnomer with orange painted color to
aid the recovery with missing after an accident of an aircraft. With the
use of the cloud system with robust security layers, conduction of
investigation and accessing of data randomly will be easier and speeds
the process of finding results as well

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