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Lockheed Martin, Verizon Demonstrate Real-Time Drone ISR Over 5G Networks

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 28th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin, Verizon Demonstrate Real-Time Drone ISR Over 5G Networks

Lockheed Martin, Verizon test of 5G-enabled Drone ISR. Photo: Lockheed Martin

Strategic partners Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Verizon [VZ] this year have demonstrated the capture and seamless, secure transmission and processing of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data in real-time over private and public next-generation wireless networks, showcasing Lockheed Martin’s efforts to develop 5G.MIL capabilities for the digital all-domain battlespace. The demonstrations in May and September have involved the use of 5G-enabled small quadcopter drones flying simulated missions and capturing streaming video and high-band digitized radio frequency data to geolocate ground-based…

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