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Lockheed Martin Ready To Demonstrate Space-Based 5G.MIL Following Lab Success

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 16th, 2023

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Lockheed Martin Ready To Demonstrate Space-Based 5G.MIL Following Lab Success

Lockheed Martin image depicting joint all-domain 5G.MIL connectivity.

Building on its successes the past few years demonstrating and proving out its 5th generation wireless technology in the ground and air warfighting domains, Lockheed Martin [LMT] in 2024 plans to showcase space-based 5G.MIL capabilities aboard a satellite base station that will connect with devices and networks on Earth, the company said on Thursday. The upcoming space mission follows a successful laboratory demonstration on Oct. 26 of the Advanced 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Satellite Base Station, validating that the payload…

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