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 (5G) cellular network technology for military uses. The program will develop and deploy 5G networks at DoD sites to evaluate and enhance 5G systems and technologies for CONUS and OCONUS DoD missions. This will include both the direct use of commercially available capabilities and DoD-specific technology enhancements and applications 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 untrusted networks. The program will: • Deploy flexible 5G infrastructure at twelve or more U.S. military facilities to enable varied applications and networking prototypes, • Evaluate at least twenty different DoD 5G applications at DoD facilities across the Services based on parallel commercial applications and technologies, • Demonstrate the capacity to “operate through” existing commercial 5G infrastructure throughout the globe, leveraging existing infrastructure to meet DoD mission needs and learning how to utilize untrusted 5G networks through automated security techniques. 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, 2022
- Source ID
- 0604011D8Z_4_0400_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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