The
Department of Defense plans to issue a draft Request for Proposals
(RFP) in November focused on “large-scale” experiments and prototyping
of 5G technologies to take place at four U.S. military bases. The DoD
sees this as a project that private industry can take part in as well,
and says the telecom industry will have an opportunity to provide
feedback before the final RFP is issued.
"The DoD wants our American industry to lead in 5G. A strong American
economy is vital to our national security," said Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering Lisa Porter during remarks at GSMA MWC19 Los Angeles.
Porter told reporters after her remarks that, “the uses cases we’re
looking at have obvious military and commercial relevance,” according to
FedScoop.
“5G is really ultimately about ubiquitous connectivity,” she said. “It’s
not just cell phones and cat videos. One thing we can confidently say
is there’s going to be a lot of complexity. And with complexity comes
much greater attack surfaces, much more vulnerability — we have to
understand those, and as we work through use cases that are relevant to
us and relevant to the commercial sector, what we hope we can do
together is understand how we mitigate those vulnerabilities and get out
ahead of that.” Continue Reading
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