
The House Armed Services Committee is seeking to hold telecommunications firm Ligado Networks responsible for covering costs to mitigate potential interference with the Pentagon’s GPS systems as a result of the company’s plan to build a new commercial L-Band network for 5G infrastructure. The committee approved the provision during the mark-up hearing for its fiscal year 2021 defense authorization last week. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), ranking member on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, introduced the amendment that would block the Pentagon…