DSB task force completes military applications of 5G networks study

By Jason Sherman / April 22, 2019 at 4:42 PM
An influential Pentagon advisory panel has completed a classified assessment of potential U.S. military applications of 5G network technology to aide defense policymakers contemplating the ramifications of the looming adoption of fifth-generation wireless technology networks -- being shaped in part by China -- that promise step-change improvements in data speed, volume and latency. A Defense Science Board task force on defense applications of 5G network technology, commissioned last fall, has completed its work, Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza told Inside Defense...

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