Pentagon CIO greenlights 5 large-scale spectrum sharing tech demonstrations
The contract awards come as the Pentagon continues to advocate for its access to the electromagnetic spectrum to operate the future Golden Dome missile defense architecture.
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A work crew prepares a 5G mobile test station for testing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 25, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Emerging Tech -
707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes) IT New Air Force strategy looks to increase adoption of commercial networking tech
The new DAF Network of the Future plan outlines where the department wants to implement commercial technologies to modernize its IT networks.
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A rendering of what someone using the new Project Overmatch capability known as Maven would look like. A unified tactical display that provides insight on vessels across the world, the Maven program overlays real-time ship readiness and sustainment data right at the user’s fingertips by utilizing artificial intelligence. It was created by Project Overmatch and Palantir in collaboration. (Image found on DVIDS as stock photo courtesy of Palantir) Emerging Tech Navy CTO unveils list of priority areas for tech investment
The Department of the Navy’s CTO issued a new memo to guide investment and modernization efforts for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Tom Rondeau, director of the Pentagon’s FutureG Office, speaks at AITalks, April 24, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Scoop News Group) Emerging Tech Pentagon’s FutureG Office gearing up for new prototyping effort
Officials are planning to release a request for prototype proposals in June for the open centralized unit distributed unit (OCUDU) project.
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An UH-60 Black Hawk flies multiple passes at different altitudes over the runway during a series of 5G avionics tests March 2, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. A 5G mobile test station was used during the testing as part of demonstration to implement 5G technologies without compromising the safety of military and civilian aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs) Emerging Tech DOD preparing for first large-scale demonstration of spectrum-sharing tech in 2025
The demonstration will help inform a follow-on study requested by the 2023 National Spectrum Strategy.
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1st. Lt. Michael Austin, platoon leader for Attack Co., 1-503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Brigade, uses the End User Device to report information to his company commander through the Integrated Tactical Network during a live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 2, 2018. (Photo by Spc. Joshua Cofield, 173rd Airborne Brigade) Tech Army could be moving to eliminate radios at the tactical edge
As the Army looks to modernize under what it calls its Next Generation Command and Control architecture, the service’s vice chief said radios will be replaced by smartphone-like devices.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza) Emerging Tech Trump taps ‘The DoddFather’ to oversee critical technologies at the Pentagon
President Trump nominated Michael Dodd to be assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies.
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Marlan Macklin speaks on a panel at the Elatic Public Sector Summit. (Scoop News group photo) R&D DOD turns its focus to 6G with concept that could help sense drones
An early use case for 6G could give the Pentagon improved capabilities to sense drones in the environment surrounding a network.
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U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Jan. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Op-Ed Protection of spectrum by Congress also protects Trump’s Iron Dome from shortsighted 5G policy
The binary choice many in the telecommunications industry are lobbying Congress to make would kill President Trump’s Iron Dome for America and continue to leave the U.S. homeland exposed to an array of long-range strike threats, Sen. Mike Rounds writes in this Op-Ed.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX) Space NRO, Navy launch experimental Otter CubeSat
The system is carrying primary and secondary payloads for space-based maritime domain awareness and communications.