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DoD sets private 5G strategy – for ‘asymmetric warfighter advantage’

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a strategy document to outline its requirements for private 5G at military installations. It recognizes the value of private 5G at its operations bases, as a complement to commercial public 5G for general-purpose broadband, to bring...

Korean Navy picks Samsung, KT for private 5G naval base project

The private network is expected to improve base defense and battleship and base operation support capabilities The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has selected Samsung Electronics and KT Corporation (KT) to deploy a private 5G network for its ‘Smart Naval Port’ project. The first deployment...

Nokia completes deal for US ‘Battlefield-of-Things’ specialist Fenix Group

Nokia has completed a deal to buy US-based defense-comms specialist and integrator Fenix Group. The agreement was originally announced at the end of last year. The acquisition, now ratified in a Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) review, has been a strategic...

Hughes opens private 5G incubation center in Maryland

Hughes facility will serve as testing ground for private 5G solutions for enterprise and the U.S. Department of Defense EchoStar subsidiary Hughes Network Systems announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces...

Why AI holds major promise for spectrum sharing at scale (Reader Forum)

As the U.S. prepares for future conflicts where victory will hinge on using data to accelerate decision making, integrating 5G and 6G technology into the military’s war-fighting capabilities is critical in maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, sharing the limited spectrum dedicated to 5G with...

KT proposes telecom reconstruction efforts in Ukraine

KT proposed enhancing national security through quantum encryption solutions Korea’s KT presented the Ukraine government with insights into how the country can improve its telecommunication infrastructure, including ways to manage the networks more efficiently. The presentation, titled "ICT Partner for Ukraine," was led by Moon Sung-uk,...

Boingo supports Wi-Fi deployment at US Air Force Base

Reliable Wi-Fi connectivity is critical for troops living on base as it allows them to communicate with family and friends, game, stream and more Boingo Wireless has deployed Wi-Fi services throughout 15 buildings at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, which houses more than 7,000...

Future Technologies, Intel collaborate on private 5G lab

Future Technologies said that the partners' Living Lab will open in April 2023 for virtual and in-person visits Future Technologies Venture said it is collaborating with Intel to open a private 5G "living lab" in Atlanta, Georgia. In a release, Future Technologies said that the lab...

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...

GXC deploys Open RAN solution at US Navy, military engineering facility

NIWC Pacific provides technological support for information warfare to the U.S. Navy and military Optical computing and cellular mesh R&D company GXC has deployed its 5G Open RAN solution at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) facility in San Diego, California. The solution...

DOD, NTIA launch 2023 5G Challenge for O-RAN

The DoD said the 5G Challenge will accelerate the adoption of open interfaces and multi-vendor solutions toward the development of an open 5G ecosystem The FutureG & 5G Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is launching a 2023 5G...

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...

Viasat to test 5G for advanced US Marine Corps operations

Viasat President: '5G has the potential to enhance the warfighter’s ability to produce and make sense of mission-critical data' Viasat has received a four-year research award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to run 5G experiments in support of the U.S. Marine Corps operations and...

US Ignite seeks proposals to install IoT based systems at Fort Carson

The initiative is part of the Artificial Intelligence for Traffic and Weather project at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs US Ignite is seeking proposals from technology partners to design, install and operationalize an IoT based real-time traffic and weather monitoring system at two military access...

Mobilitie acquires Signal Point to boost 5G on US military bases

Mobilitie enables multi-carrier 5G connectivity for mobile network operators, large enterprises, and municipal and government customers U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has reached an agreement to acquire Signal Point Systems, a telecommunications infrastructure provider focused on U.S. military bases, the former said in a release. The...

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...

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....

Verizon wins DoD contract to provide 5G, C-band at 7 US Air Force bases

Verizon will install c-band radios outdoors at each DoD facility, as well as a mix of 4G and 5G mmWave in certain indoor locations Verizon Public Sector has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver its 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) mobility...

Well, technically… women need to peel back the camouflage: JL Donahue Engineering’s Jenn Donahue (Ep. 48)

Jenn Donahue, the founder of JL Donahue Engineering, shares what she’s learned about being the only women in the room from her time in the military and when founding her own engineering company.

Samsung and GBL deploy 5G testbeds for US DoD for AR, VR military training

The US DoD testbeds will use Samsung’s mmWave and mid-band 5G radios Samsung and GBL Systems Corporation (GBL), which provides advanced technology solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), have begun deployment of new 5G testbeds for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)...

The US Army has designed augmented reality goggles for military dogs

The augmented reality goggles can improve canine-handler communication. Senior scientist at the U.S. Army Research Office Dr. Stephen Lee told RCR Wireless News that human soldiers already use virtuality reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) products in training and on the field. So why shouldn’t...

New $600m military 5G fund puts focus on smart logistics, industrial AR/VR

A new $600 million round of funding by the US Department of Defense (DOD) is being made available for testing military-grade and industrial-grade 5G. The investment will go into smart logistics and industrial AR and VR systems, alongside combat-orientated aircraft and missile communications and...

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...