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Pentagon Announces New 5G Pilot Programs At 7 Bases, RFPs To Be Released This Summer

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

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Pentagon Announces New 5G Pilot Programs At 7 Bases, RFPs To Be Released This Summer

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced its latest round of 5G pilot programs that will be based at seven installations and range from wireless connectivity demonstrations to security experiments, with plans to release solicitations to industry this summer. Dr. Joseph Evans, the department’s lead for 5G, told reporters the “Tranche 2” tests will be hosted at Naval Base Norfolk in Virginia, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, Joint Base San Antonio, the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California, Fort…

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