Defense Department Further Accelerating 5G Development
1/7/2021
By [Yasmin Tadjdeh(Yasmin Tadjdeh)
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/1/7/defense-department-further-accelerating-5g-development
Nokia mukana Pentagonin ”trusted networks” projekteissa.
“We are excited about the enthusiasm shown by both sides of industry, those representing the defense manufacturers and those representing the 5G wireless industry to help us in developing workable solutions,” she said.
Industry partners include Nokia, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Key Bridge Wireless, Shared Spectrum Co. and Ericsson.
The efficient use of the entire electromagnetic spectrum is a key priority for the Defense Department and industry, Lord noted. Since the advent of wireless systems, the Pentagon has shared spectrum with commercial industry to support 3G, 4G and now 5G, she said.
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The Pentagon is looking beyond its initial batch of experiments, and plans to test at seven more military installations in the coming year, Lord added. The next set of solicitations for industry participation is underway with several white papers already released and more to follow.
She also expects a broad agency announcement, or BAA, to be issued in early 2021 for 5G-security related prototyping and experimentation, as well as an additional BAA on a similar timetable, for more fundamental research and development into beyond-5G technologies, she said.
Lord noted that trusted 5G communication systems will require secure software, firmware and hardware, as well as reliable microelectronics.
That will necessitate a robust U.S. industrial base and a closer working relationship with both traditional defense firms and nontraditional partners in sectors such as telecom, she said.
Meanwhile, as the United States works to advance 5G, it is facing steep competition abroad.
Michael Brown, director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, said the United States is in a superpower race with China. There are a number of technology areas where Beijing is ahead, including in 5G deployments.
What China has done in the 5G arena is “shocking and alarming,” he said during a Hoover Institution event in October.
Beijing is investing in digital infrastructure abroad, including 5G networks, according to the Pentagon’s “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2020” annual report to Congress.
“Due to information sharing requirements with the PRC’s security services as required by PRC laws, worldwide expansion of 5G networks by PRC companies will challenge the security and resiliency of other countries’ networks,” the report — which was related in September — said.
China’s private sector — with giant telecom companies like Huawei — is driving the development of emerging technologies such as 5G by competing to build the world’s next-generation networks, it noted.
The U.S. government has already banned federal contractors from using Huawei and other Chinese-made telecommunication equipment.
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