Next Generation ICT (5G)

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DoD) Next Generation (NextG) Information Communications Technologies (ICT) program will conduct large-scale experimentation and prototyping of dual-use (military and commercial) fifth-generation of cellular network (5G) technology for military uses. The program will develop and deploy ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) 5G networks at DoD sites to evaluate and enhance 5G systems and technologies for domestic and expeditionary DoD missions. This will include both the direct use of commercially available capabilities and DoD-specific technology enhancements that highly leverage commercial capabilities. The program will also develop, test, and evaluate technology solutions to identify and mitigate the security challenges that 5G and NextG technologies will present in order to enable the military to operate through zero-trust networks. The program will: • Deploy flexible 5G infrastructure at approximately eight U.S. military facilities to enable varied applications and networking prototypes • Evaluate at least sixteen different DoD 5G applications at DoD facilities across the Services • Invest in DoD-focused 5G tactical, operational and strategic networking prototypes to expand the utility of commercial technologies for DoD missions • Demonstrate the capacity to “operate through” in contested environments using dynamic spectrum utilization and by learning how to both defend and exploit 5G networks through security vulnerability assessment The program will deliver fieldable prototype capabilities that will remain in place at designated DoD locations as well as lessons learned to promulgate 5G knowledge and tradecraft. This will ensure that both near-term and future generations of information and communications technologies will be capable of supporting US military and national security objectives. The program will be executed through established support agreements with DoD Service laboratories and through existing DoD and Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) (including General Services Administration (GSA) contracts) that are suitable and cost-effective for 5G technology prototyping and telecommunications network equipment procurement and integration.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0604011D8Z_4_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2020 Congressional Add of $200.000 million for Next Generation Information Communications Technology.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• 5G Wireless Networks
• Acquisition
• Cellular Networks
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Department Of Defense
• High Reliability
• Lessons Learned
• Logistics
• Military Facilities
• Radar
• Reliability
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Management
• Virtual Reality
• Vulnerability

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• 5G
• 5G - DoD 5G Program
• 5G - Internet of Things