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Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Fujitsu Demonstrate Open Architecture For 5G-Enabled Battlespace

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023

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Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Fujitsu Demonstrate Open Architecture For 5G-Enabled Battlespace

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Following up on their partnership last spring to advance digital capabilities for the battlespace, Northrop Grumman [NOC] and AT&T [T] on Wednesday along with Fujitsu said they have demonstrated the use of a commercial 5G network with open-standards to transmit data and video a warfighting scenario. “This is a critical step in building the digital battle network to support multi-domain operations,” the companies said. The recent demonstration took place in Northrop Grumman’s new 5G lab and included third-party radios, the…

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