{"id":49534,"date":"2023-01-18T17:48:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/18\/northrop-att-fujitsu-relay-intel-with-5g-during-testing-at-new-lab\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:48:07","slug":"northrop-att-fujitsu-relay-intel-with-5g-during-testing-at-new-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2023\/01\/18\/northrop-att-fujitsu-relay-intel-with-5g-during-testing-at-new-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop, AT&T, Fujitsu relay intel with 5G during testing at new lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Northrop Grumman, AT&T and Fujitsu said they successfully relayed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and video using 5G technologies, a critical step toward advanced networking on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demonstration, conducted at a previously undisclosed Northrop lab in California, tied together radios with the defense company\u2019s data links, the telecommunications giant\u2019s private 5G services<\/a> and the Japanese IT firm\u2019s open radio access network, or O-RAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration between all three, Northrop said in a statement Jan. 18, is meant to spur innovation and produce products that can benefit the U.S. Department of Defense, which has for years invested in the fifth generation of wireless technologies as a means to quickly share information, improve logistics, including at so-called smart warehouses, and support operations overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe phrase we tend to use is right information, right people, right time, right everything,\u201d Tarun Soni, a Northrop fellow and chief engineer for communications and networking, told C4ISRNET. \u201cObviously, lots of people in industry<\/a>, including us, are doing lots of things that are 5G.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifth-generation wireless technology promises exponentially faster speeds and the ability to accommodate more and more-advanced devices compared with its predecessors. The technology also has its risks \u2014 additional pathways for digital intrusions, for example, and expensive infrastructure costs \u2014 and has yet to live up to the hype for many. The slow rollout and embrace of 5G is often blamed on disputes between industry and Congress, namely over the designation of space on public airwaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department secured<\/a> approximately $338 million for 5G and microelectronics in fiscal 2022. It sought $250 million for 2023, which began Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\t