5G

Why DoD needs 5G private networks for training

Private 5G networks allow DoD to replicate real-world environments for training, as well as enable new technologies. But it needs a foundation.

Federal Insights

Sign outside of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

For the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory cybersecurity starts with research and zero trust

Federal Insights

Military installations will soon get private wireless networks

Defense

Managing the complex ecosystem of a new 5G DoD smart warehouse

Commentary

AP/Manu Fernandez

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12, that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Pentagon eyes 5G, ‘future G’ to help warfighters

Defense News

U.S. Navy/MC1 Byron C. Linder

SOUTH PACIFIC (July 9, 2017) Operations Specialist 1st Class Charles Hammond, from Kansas City, Missouri, monitors tracks aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during an air defense exercise comprised of Sterett, amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), and Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) as part of Talisman Saber 17. Sterett, part of a combined U.S.-Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group (ESG), is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase proficiencies defending the ESG against blue-water threats so amphibious forces can launch Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)170709-N-ZW825-895

Navy charts massive transformation in shipboard IT as commercial 5G, satellite links join the fleet

On DoD

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O-RAN will transform wireless and enable 5G adoption

Commentary

Congress aims to reauthorize Commerce telecom agency for first time in three decades

IT Modernization

Federal Executive Forum 5G in Government

IT Modernization

How 5G can help agencies bridge legacy and modern technology capabilities securely

Federal Insights

FILE - A 5G sign placed at the Orange booth during the Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Spain, on June, 29, 2021. A European Union watchdog warned on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 that the EU faces much bigger economic and security threats unless member countries step up cooperation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

The Commerce Department pushes for greater utility in the 5-G spectrum

Technology

Air Force Research Laboratory improves networks

James Sumpter from the Air Force Research Laboratory said that AFRL is focusing on supporting current networks, including legacy and isolated enclave ones.

Technology

EPA moves toward network modernization

The Environmental Protection Agency works toward its goal of modernizing its networks even as it works through some initial setbacks.

Technology

Ask the CIO: Energy Department’s Idaho National Lab

Federal Insights

In this exclusive webinar edition of Ask the CIO, Dan Elmore, the executive director of the Idaho National Lab Wireless Security Institute in the Energy Department, said agencies need to better understand the potential impact of 5G on their mission areas.