Verified Chain of Custody

Every image we deliver can be proven unaltered by the person holding it — your adjuster, attorney, underwriter or auditor. Included with every mission, never an upsell.

Every image we deliver can be proven unaltered by the person holding it — your adjuster, your attorney, your underwriter, your auditor. They do not have to take our word for it, and they do not have to take yours.

A digital fingerprint (SHA-256) of every frame is computed on site at the moment of capture and locked into a sealed mission manifest. That manifest is published to a permanent public record, and a QR code on every page of your report points at it.

How it works

1 · Capture

The mission is flown under FAA Part 107 procedures and every frame is recorded.

2 · Seal

Each frame’s SHA-256 fingerprint is computed on site and locked into a sealed mission manifest.

3 · Publish

The manifest is published to mwairlift.com/verify — the permanent record for that mission.

4 · Verify

Scan the QR on the report, drop in the file, get a VERIFIED or NOT VERIFIED result instantly.

What is a SHA-256 fingerprint? It is a standard cryptographic hash — the same family of maths banks and governments use to prove a file has not been altered. Feeding a photograph through it produces a fixed 64-character string. Change a single pixel, re-save it, re-export it or compress it, and the string changes completely. That is why a copy can never impersonate the original: the fingerprint on the published manifest will not match. Nobody has to trust us, your contractor, or the carrier — the arithmetic settles it, and anyone can run the check themselves in their own browser.

Who needs this

The verification is aimed at the file, never at you. It exists so a third party challenging the record has nothing to challenge.

Questions people actually ask

What is SHA-256, and why does it matter?

SHA-256 is a standard cryptographic hash — the same family of maths used to secure banking and government records. It turns any file into a fixed 64-character fingerprint. Change one pixel, re-save, re-export or compress the file and the fingerprint changes completely, so a copy can never impersonate the original. That is what makes the record verifiable by anyone: the arithmetic settles it, with no need to trust MW AIRLIFT™, the contractor or the carrier.

Is the record tamper-proof?

No, and we will not use that word. The record is tamper-evident: any edit, re-save or re-compression makes verification fail, so alteration becomes detectable to anyone who checks. Nothing is tamper-proof, and a vendor who tells you otherwise is selling you a feeling.

Who can verify a file — do they need an account?

Anyone, with no account and no software. Scan the QR printed on the report page, or enter the Mission ID at mwairlift.com/verify, drop in the file you were given, and you get a VERIFIED or NOT VERIFIED result in seconds.

Does this cost extra?

No. It is included with every mission, commercial and federal alike. It is not an upsell — it is how we work.

What happens if a file fails verification?

It tells you the file you are holding is not bit-for-bit what the drone captured. That usually means it was edited, re-compressed, or passed through a system that re-encoded it. We can re-issue the original from the sealed record.

Talk to the pilot, not a call center

MW AIRLIFT is owner-operated. The person who answers is the person who flies the mission and signs the report.

Proprietary — Included With Every Mission

Verified Chain of Custody — Tamper-Evident Aerial Evidence

Verified Chain of Custody is MW AIRLIFT’s evidence-integrity standard — part of the AIRWORKS platform, alongside Mission Control (live mission and pipeline command), Flight Deck (on-site mission execution), and Debrief (AI-drafted findings, reviewed and signed by a Part 107 pilot). One unified platform runs every mission we fly — commercial and federal alike, so the same standards and the same sealed chain of custody apply whether it’s a private storm-damage inspection or federal-ready logistics.

Every image MW AIRLIFT delivers is cryptographically sealed at the mission. A digital fingerprint (SHA-256SHA-256 is a standard cryptographic hash — it turns any file into a unique 64-character fingerprint. Change a single pixel and the fingerprint changes completely, so the image can’t be altered without breaking the seal.) of each frame is computed on site, locked into a published mission manifest, and anchored to a QR code printed on your report. Anyone holding the file — an adjuster, an attorney, an underwriter — can confirm in seconds that it is bit-for-bit identical to what the drone captured. Any edit, re-save, or re-compression fails verification by design.

  • Scan & verify: the QR on every report opens the mission's verification page with the record pre-loaded — no account, no software, no cost
  • Private by design: your files are checked locally in the browser and never uploaded; manifests contain hashes and mission facts only, never client-identifying details
  • Sealed at capture: frames are fingerprinted on site, minutes after the flight — a documented chain of custody from rooftop to report
  • Built for claims: gives adjusters and legal teams independent, technical assurance that storm-damage and inspection evidence is unaltered

How It Works

  • 1 — Capture: the mission is flown and frames are recorded per our FAA Part 107 procedures
  • 2 — Seal: each frame's SHA-256 fingerprint is computed on site and locked into a sealed mission manifest
  • 3 — Publish: the manifest is published to mwairlift.com/verify/ — the permanent record for that mission
  • 4 — Verify: scan the QR on the report (or enter the Mission ID), drop the file you received, and get a VERIFIED / NOT VERIFIED result instantly

Who It's For

  • Insurance adjusters validating storm-damage claims
  • Attorneys and expert witnesses needing evidentiary integrity
  • Property managers documenting condition over time
  • Anyone who needs proof the image they hold is the image we captured