{"id":18399,"date":"2022-04-25T18:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/25\/northrop-att-partner-to-build-5g-digital-battle-network\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:02:57","slug":"northrop-att-partner-to-build-5g-digital-battle-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2022\/04\/25\/northrop-att-partner-to-build-5g-digital-battle-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop, AT&#038;T partner to build 5G digital battle network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Northrop Grumman and AT&amp;T said they will jointly develop a \u201cdigital battle network\u201d that will use fifth-generation, or 5G, communications technology to support the sharing of critical information across military services and domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Playing off each other\u2019s expertise \u2014 one primarily in defense and aerospace, the other in communications \u2014 the companies plan to deliver a \u201ccost-effective, scalable, open-architecture\u201d product to aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/03\/21\/pentagon-officials-say-the-the-human-element-is-key-to-jadc2s-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joint All-Domain Command and Control<\/a>, the Pentagon\u2019s concept for connecting sensors from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Space Force into a single network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur collaboration with AT&amp;T brings together some of the best capabilities in defense and commercial communications to meet the evolving requirements of JADC2,\u201d Ben Davies, a vice president and general manager for the networked information solutions division at Northrop, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prospective digital battle network will be born from a new, collaborative <a href=\"https:\/\/news.northropgrumman.com\/news\/releases\/northrop-grumman-and-at-t-collaborate-to-power-next-generation-5g-enabled-defense-capabilities\" target=\"_blank\">research-and-development framework<\/a> and will be made possible by Northrop\u2019s mission systems and AT&amp;T 5G and other network assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technology prototyping for the effort is expected to be underway within a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop CEO Kathy Warden, speaking at the Axios What\u2019s Next Summit this month, likened the network to the \u201cinternet of things\u201d but for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jhnMXcqm5QY&#038;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\">federal assets and military applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are all kinds of ways that our government uses technology today to share information and enable assets to work together. We have to think about that being done securely,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s not using commercial infrastructure directly, but it\u2019s using the technologies that exist in the commercial world, like 5G.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/5g\/2022\/04\/19\/5g-deemed-a-great-enabler-for-us-navy\/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnaval%22%2C%22from%22%3A5%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D\" target=\"_blank\">public and private sectors<\/a> have zeroed in on 5G \u2014 and its eventual successors \u2014 as a means to more quickly connect and communicate; the fifth generation promises faster speeds, lower latencies and other improvements. The jump in quality from 4G is expected to enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems as well as empower new methods of command and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we think about today\u2019s environment,\u201d Warden said at the summit, \u201cit\u2019s less about the traditional arms race of the past, and it\u2019s more about the technology race of today and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other companies, such as Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Intel and Verizon, are also playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/5g\/2022\/02\/16\/lockheed-to-develop-5g-testbed-for-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 5G military sandbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed in February announced a $19.3 million deal with the Department of Defense to create a 5G communications infrastructure test bed in California for the Marine Corps and 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