Northrop Grumman, which opened a 5G lab in San Diego last year, is now testing 5G private wireless and open RAN with AT&T and Fujitsu.
“We demonstrated a 5G open RAN core in a closed system in a lab,” explained Lance Spencer, client executive vice president – defense, AT&T. He said the team is conducting additional experiments with the goal of scaling the system, which is being used to transmit intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data over 5G. Spencer said connected IoT devices were not part of the demo.
“Enabling 5G connectivity for our warfighters across domains will help realize a connected battlespace for the joint force,” said Northrop Grumman’s Ben Davies, vice president and general manager, networked information solutions division, in a statement. He said his company is working with AT&T to “bring together the high speeds, low latency and cybersecurity protections of private 5G networks with the flexibility and scalability of commercial 5G capabilities.”