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Pentagon Awards $600 Million In Deals For Work On 5G Pilot Programs

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

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Pentagon Awards $600 Million In Deals For Work On 5G Pilot Programs

The Pentagon on Thursday announced it has awarded $600 million in contracts for 5G pilot programs at five installations, which the department said represent “the largest full-scale 5G tests for dual-use applications in the world.” The five projects include experimentation with smart warehouses at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany in Georgia and Naval Base San Diego, augmented and virtual reality at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, dynamic spectrum sharing at Hill AFB in Utah and distributed command and control at Nellis…

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