Dan Rice, vice president of 5G.MIL Programs at Lockheed Martin, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz published Monday. He talked about the company’s 5G.MIL initiative and how it is intended to provide resilient and secure “network-of-networks” connectivity to support U.S. military and allies. The Q&A also discussed the challenges facing federal networks and platforms as well as Lockheed’s efforts to drive defense innovation through industry, academic and commercial partnerships.
Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Rice:
“Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL solutions will provide our military and allies with adaptable, resilient and secure ‘network-of-networks’ connectivity between tactical networks, private 5G networks and commercial communications systems across all domains. By enhancing advanced wireless commercial technologies for interoperability with current-to-future tactical military systems, 5G.MIL solutions will enable cohesive data flow among battlefield assets to ensure warfighters are always ready for what’s ahead.
The 5G.MIL approach uses four key features of 5G technology to create affordable ‘military-grade’ communications that harness continuing innovations in commercial communications: flexible, high-performance communication services; integrated data processing ‘at the edge’; software-defined networking that can be hosted on low-cost, commercial, off-the-shelf hardware; and globally accepted architectures and standards supported by a rich supplier base.”
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