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Pentagon Details Two Additional 5G Test Programs For Virtual Reality, ‘Smart Warehouses’

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, December 9th, 2019

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Pentagon Details Two Additional 5G Test Programs For Virtual Reality, ‘Smart Warehouses’

The Pentagon on Monday detailed two additional 5G telecommunications pilot programs, with plans to test virtual reality capabilities with the Army and explore ‘smart warehouse’ technologies for the Navy. Officials are soliciting feedback from industry on the draft request for prototype proposals for the projects, with plans to distribute final RPPs to members of the National Spectrum Consortium in the coming weeks. Pentagon officials in October announced plans to start 5G technology experimentation at four installations across the country to…

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Congress

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