Dual Use 5G Use Cases
Abstract
Develop and evaluate “dual-use” applications that demonstrate direct use of commercial systems and applications that use a large fraction of commercial capabilities that are augmented with DoD enhancements. Dual-use applications will be evaluated within a deployed 5G infrastructure with operationally relevant numbers of users and geographic scale. These use cases include: • Mission Planning/Training: Develop and evaluate ultra-high reliability, low latency, high bandwidth communications, as well as augmented and virtual reality (AV/VR) technologies that enable high fidelity mission planning and training in realistic environments over 5G networks. • Depot Operations: Leverage 5G technologies to upgrade depots for “smart” operations including autonomous repair and maintenance activities as well as warehouse movement via driverless forklifts, pallets, and tactical trucks. • Global Asset/Supply Chain Management: Leverage emerging 5G enterprise solutions to provide real time, optimum, continuous asset visibility and movement tracking, supply status, movement and resupply, and reduce inventory control costs. • Smart Installations (e.g., logistics bases, ports): Develop and evaluate 5G enabled massive machine-to-machine communications, cloud and edge computing, and autonomy to enhance installation operations to maximize logistics traffic throughput. Dual-use 5G research, development, and experimentation activities will deliver operational prototype capabilities that will remain in place at designated DoD locations. Those that do not perform sufficiently well will still provide lessons learned to promulgate 5G knowledge and tradecraft. These deliverables will inform base/camp/station modernization and recapitalization investments as prototypes transition to enduring infrastructure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 724_0604011D8Z_4_0400_PB_2025
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