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Lockheed Martin, Verizon Partner On 5G.MIL For Battlespace

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

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Lockheed Martin, Verizon Partner On 5G.MIL For Battlespace

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Establishing a key bridge toward its goal of leveraging rapid digital advances in the commercial sector to network the future battlespace, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday it has partnered with telecommunications network provider Verizon [VZ] to advance next-generation wireless capabilities to achieve network-of-networks solutions for the U.S. military. This week the companies jointly demonstrated a fifth-generation wireless network for the battlespace, what Lockheed Martin has been touting as 5G.MIL, that used a Verizon 5G commercial network installed at Lockheed Martin’s…

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