{"id":50192,"date":"2023-11-08T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/08\/pentagon-cio-takes-5g-reins-amid-focus-on-future-networking-tech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:33:24","slug":"pentagon-cio-takes-5g-reins-amid-focus-on-future-networking-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/11\/08\/pentagon-cio-takes-5g-reins-amid-focus-on-future-networking-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon CIO takes 5G reins amid focus on future networking tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The shift of 5G workloads away from the U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s research and engineering arm to its chief information officer signals a change in thinking, according to an official involved in the handoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon considers the development and uptake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/5g\/2023\/08\/31\/lockheed-eyes-5g-trials-following-delivery-of-test-bed-to-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">fifth-generation wireless technologies<\/a> critical to international competition and future military connectivity. Its deployment has been incremental, however, and global jostling with China\u2019s Huawei and ZTE, among other players, remains fierce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5G portfolio transition coincided with the start of the government\u2019s fiscal 2024. The move was also in line with the wishes of lawmakers, who in legislation sought the change as well as a road map for the tech\u2019s widespread adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working closely together with [the CIO] to complete the research aspects of 5G that we\u2019ve been running for the past three years, while they\u2019re taking over the mature technologies that are ready for that scaling, implementation and transition to the services,\u201d Thomas Rondeau, the Pentagon\u2019s principal director for FutureG, said at an event moderated by C4ISRNET at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/event\/integrating-5g-technology-for-a-more-networked-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington-based Atlantic Council think tank<\/a>. \u201cThis was part of the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shift frees up Rondeau and others to examine what lies beyond 5G.<\/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\/11\/07\/5g-seen-as-critical-enabler-for-pentagons-simulation-vr-needs\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Virtual-Trainingjpeg.jpeg.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\">5G seen as \u2018critical\u2019 enabler for Pentagon\u2019s simulation, VR needs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon is pouring money into video game-like simulation and virtual reality for training, planning, logistics and maintenance purposes.<\/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\">\u201cThere\u2019s certainly a FutureG for as far as I can fathom. This is a moving sidewalk,\u201d he said. \u201cRoughly every 10 years, they\u2019re coming out with another generation of technologies. What is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/08\/03\/remember-5g-pentagon-backs-6g-hub-tied-to-army-research-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\">6G going to look like<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5G takeover was teased earlier this year by CIO John Sherman, who said he and his team were working \u201cleft seat, right seat\u201d with Heidi Shyu, the Pentagon\u2019s chief technology officer, to ensure things went smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than $600 million has been committed to 5G experimentation at military installations across the U.S. The fifth generation fueled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/06\/10\/att-demonstrates-5g-capability-for-us-navy-smart-warehouse\/\" target=\"_blank\">smart-warehousing and augmented-reality trials<\/a> at Naval Base San Diego in California and distributed command-and-control testing at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman has said the experiments were fruitful. 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