Next Generation Information Communications Technology (5G)
Abstract
This program supports the Department's initiatives to Defend the Homeland, Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage, and Build a Resilient Joint Force and Defense Ecosystem. 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: • Continue efforts to deploy flexible 5G infrastructure at eight U.S. military facilities to enable varied applications and networking prototypes, • Complete evaluations at least twenty different DoD 5G applications at DoD facilities across the Services based on parallel commercial applications and technologies, • Deliver high availability systems with security assurance across all DoD operational settings. The overall objective is to ensure DoD personnel and systems have access to mobile communications anywhere they operate. • Leverage 5G technology and networks for military applications while ensuring secure connectivity and resiliency against adversarial activities.” 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), to include 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, 2025
- Source ID
- 0604011D8Z_4_0400_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- Decrease of $20.323 million in FY 2025 was a $12.524 million realignment to the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), PE 0604011D8Z, BA 7 project 171 (5G Cross Functional Team; reflects NDAA for FY 2023 directions for 5G transition, a $6.330 million realignment to PE 0603379D8Z Advanced Technical Integration and a $1.469 million reduction was applied to meet DoD overall funding reductions, which were spread to mitigate impact.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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