{"id":49926,"date":"2023-05-12T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/12\/pentagon-cio-taking-over-5g-activities-with-eye-on-expanded-testing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:51:49","slug":"pentagon-cio-taking-over-5g-activities-with-eye-on-expanded-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/05\/12\/pentagon-cio-taking-over-5g-activities-with-eye-on-expanded-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon CIO taking over 5G activities with eye on expanded testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s chief information officer will take direct oversight of the department\u2019s 5G endeavors, as officials seek to box out Chinese influence in the communications market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fifth generation of wireless technology is seen as critical to connectivity at home and abroad, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/5g\/2023\/02\/02\/pentagon-kicks-off-5g-competition-to-upgrade-base-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\">millions of dollars of government money<\/a> already invested. U.S. military adoption has been slow, and global competition is fierce, with suspect players such as Huawei and ZTE jostling for space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon CIO John Sherman on May 11 said his office would take the 5G reins Oct. 1, the start of fiscal 2024. In years prior, the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering led the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve already been working left seat, right seat with research and engineering on this, a very close partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/05\/09\/pentagon-strategy-urges-faster-tech-transition-more-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Honorable Heidi Shyu<\/a> and her team,\u201d Sherman said at the DefenseTalks conference, just blocks from the Pentagon. A strategy and implementation plan for defense 5G were published in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fifth generation promises exponentially faster speeds as well as greater accommodations for devices. The technology also has its risks \u2014 pathways for digital intrusions, for example, and costly or foreign infrastructure \u2014 and has yet to live up to hype for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/5g-it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2023\/01\/18\/northrop-att-fujitsu-relay-intel-with-5g-during-testing-at-new-lab\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NGCCorporateHQ.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Northrop, AT&#038;T, Fujitsu relay intel with 5G during testing at new lab<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Word of the successful demonstration comes nearly one year after Northrop and AT&amp;T announced they would jointly develop a &quot;digital battle network.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2376743\/dod-announces-600-million-for-5g-experimentation-and-testing-at-five-installati\/\" target=\"_blank\">launched 5G pilots at five military installations<\/a>, to the tune of $600 million, and has since doubled the experimentation. The wireless technology is being used to streamline logistics at so-called smart warehouses, like at Naval Base Coronado, California, and make command and control more mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman wants to further expand the pilots with an eye toward the open radio access network, or O-RAN, which would allow components from different companies or suppliers to run seamlessly together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work is underway with \u201ca number of U.S. companies,\u201d Sherman said Thursday, \u201cas we move away from a closed network kind of black box sort of thing, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2023\/03\/08\/what-tiktok-withholds-is-as-concerning-as-what-it-posts-nakasone-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">certain Chinese companies<\/a> like to do with their global marketing here, to more of an open-network, open-software approach that our U.S. industry can work and dominate on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of the world\u2019s largest defense contractors by revenue are investing in 5G. 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