Communication Security for UAV in military

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are essential in a variety of fields, including emergency rescue, security patrol, and agricultural planting. UAVs present benefits like allowing ground communications even in situations where connectivity is restricted by physical barriers. Conversely, they expand the area that can be attacked. For example, physical drone attacks give the attacker credentials to introduce fake data into the Internet of Things (IoT) network, compromising user safety as well as security. Authentication is essential in this situation to ensure security. One major obstacle to UAV communications is privacy and security concerns. UAVs can potentially give an increase in security concerns due to their open-access communication environments. These concerns may include threats to authentication and the potential for location and other sensitive data to be leaked to unauthorized parties. However, security against drone attacks cannot be ensured by the authentication schemes that are currently in place. Because of its performance and security, elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is frequently used in the design of authentication protocols. So, in this paper, an elliptic curve cryptography-based scheme is presented. ECC is particularly preferred because it can provide complete safety with shorter key lengths, which is suitable for drones with limited resources. The mathematical properties of elliptic curves strengthen the algorithm's resilience to various cryptographic attacks, ensuring a high level of security.