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Deals, demos, delays and disappointments in 5G NTN (Part 2)

The interest in cellular non-terrestrial network technology and the business opportunity is reflected in the amount of activity in the space in recent years, as 3GPP 5G standards work has built momentum toward convergence of satellite and cellular networks and raised the possibility of...

Verizon shifting focus to the practical from the possible

Executives cut the ribbon this week on the newest Verizon Innovation Lab in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO—A transition from the “art of the possible to…the art of the practical.” That was the theme communicated by Verizon SVP and CTO Ed Chan at the opening of...

Lockheed Martin demos 5G-supported aircraft maintenance capabilities

The demo, says Lockheed Martin, showed how 5G and advanced analytics can minimize the maintenance burden for DoD aircrafts Lockheed Martin claims to have successfully demonstrated how 5G communications technology and advanced analytics can minimize the maintenance burden for aircrafts used by the U.S. Department...

Verizon, Lockheed demo 5G-connected surveillance for DoD

Verizon said that the demonstration took place at Lockheed Martin’s 5G test range in Waterton, Colorado Verizon and Lockheed Martin recently flew 5G-enabled drones to capture and transfer high-speed, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data from aircraft in flight to geolocate military targets. In a...

AT&T, Lockheed Martin demo high-speed data transfer using private 5G

The pair transferred Black Hawk data to the 5G.MIL pilot network using AT&T's 5G private network AT&T partnered with Lockheed Martin to test helicopter data transfer at the aerospace and defense company’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut. The companies transferred data from a Sikorsky UH-60M Black...

Intel, Lockheed Martin partnership contributes to US DOD’s 5G push

Lockheed Martin will leverage Intel FlexRAN software reference architecture to enable new cloud computing capabilities at the edge Intel is building 5G base stations in partnership with Lockheed Martin designed to support U.S. Defense Department secure communications across a variety of operational domains. Intel software and...

Lockheed Martin, Radisys partner to further develop 5G military capabilities

Lockheed Martin and Radisys, a specialist in open telecom solutions, have established an enterprise agreement for use of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) software in Lockheed Martin's 5G products for the military, dubbed 5G.MIL. According to a Lockheed Martin release, the agreement includes development of...

Verizon, Lockheed Martin partner on 5G military communications

Earlier this week, the pair demonstrated interoperability between Lockheed Martin’s open tactical gateway solutions and the Verizon 5G network Verizon has partnered with aerospace, arms, defense, information security and technology corporation Lockheed Martin to prototype, demonstrate and test 5G.MIL technologies for use by the U.S....

Lockheed Martin opens new smart manufacturing facility in California

US aerospace and weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin has opened a new 215,000 square-foot smart manufacturing facility at its Skunk Works campus and headquarters in Palmdale, in California. It called the new production setup “intelligent” and “flexible”, and said it puts it in position to...

Lockheed Martin preps IoT and AI for space flights, satellite 5G for global weaponry

US aerospace and weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin has appointed NEC Corporation to help it to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for system diagnostics in the production and operation of spacecraft. At the same time, plans are emerging for the company to...

Potentially billions of IoT devices at risk from Ripple20 attacks – major brands are flagged

Security experts have identified a series of 19 vulnerabilities, given the name Ripple20, in a small software library integrated into “hundreds of millions”, and potentially billions, of IoT devices that have been sold into consumer, enterprise and industrial markets during the past two decades. Israeli...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Public-safety starts task list to get 700 MHz spectrum

WHILE THE 700 MHZ OPEN-ACCESS COURT BATTLE ESCALATES into a brawl among major stakeholders eyeing the upcoming auction, the public-safety community is methodically laying the foundation to partner with the winner of a national wireless license in an unprecedented experiment of high stakes for...

Clouds gather over LNP: Critics argue that current contract is burning consumers

The nation's top consumer group urged the Federal Communications Commission to consider eliminating provisions in the local number portability administration contract that critics view as anti-competitive and costly to consumers, wireless carriers and other telecom service providers."These clauses impose a $30 million annual penalty...

NYC contract signals shift in buying police, fire communications gear

Motorola Inc.'s recent loss of a huge New York City contract for emergency communications equipment is the biggest sign yet that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks created a competitive headache for the firm that dominated the police and fire radio business for more...

Bush spectrum advisory committee gets underway

WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department today released names of individuals on the White House-level spectrum advisory committee, a component of a 2003 Bush wireless initiative that has been awkwardly managed and failed to date to deliver tangible results. "Our new spectrum advisory committee will help us...

Lucent bets on federal contracts

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is in the running to supply part of a multi-billion dollar contract for the Integrated Wireless Network program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury. Lucent is competing as part of...

THE NUMBERS GUYS: NeuStar connects phone numbers, networks

Each of about 2 billion phone calls made each day in the United States—wireline, wireless, voice over Internet protocol, regardless of carrier—touch a company that until recently flew mostly below the radar.NeuStar Inc. is the administrator of authoritative directories of U.S. phone numbers and...

White House releases GPS upgrades

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today announced the availability of new Global Positioning System capabilities, accuracy and reliability upgrades that are expected to benefit cell phone communications and strengthen the U.S.' technological leadership position. The move comes as Europe inches closer to launching its own satellite-based...

Homeland security: The good, the bad and the vague

WASHINGTON-Homeland security-as an overarching national policy and an omnipresent mindset created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks-has been a mixed blessing for a wireless industry which already had a good thing going generating hundreds of billions of dollars annually from...

Lockheed Martin to use W-CDMA technology for U.S. military system

WASHINGTON-Lockheed Martin Corp. said it is heading a team that will use third-generation wireless technology to build the Mobile User Objective System, an advanced narrowband tactical satellite communications system intended to improve communications for U.S. soldiers. The first satellite is scheduled for launch in...

U.S. military drives SDR equipment market

NATICK, Mass.-The United States military is the largest proponent and purchaser of software-defined radio equipment, according to a new report from technology market research and consulting firm VDC.SDR shipments to the U.S. military are expected to reach more than $1.7 billion by 2007, representing...

General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin to supply $1B wireless network to Army

WASHINGTON-General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin have been awarded a U.S. Army contract worth up to $10 billion to develop a secure, high-speed wireless integrated communications network that delivers real-time voice, data and video to soldiers.In a joint press release today, the two defense contractors...