Inside DOD’s Private 5G Deployment Strategy
The military wants to put information in warfighters’ hands faster.
The rollout of fifth-generation wireless networks in military environments revolutionizes how warfighters exchange information and communicate with weapons systems.
5G further enables highly secure digital links through satellites that connect personnel on battlefields with commanders half a world away.
Internet providers introduced 5G networks in 2019, and today their speed and capabilities allow for high-definition video via mobile and faster responses from Internet of Things devices. Despite being made available to 2.25 billion consumers worldwide (and counting), 5G only recently became a critical military capability.