FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.  The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet.  5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality.   The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12,  that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks.  (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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Defense News

Pentagon eyes 5G, ‘future G’ to help warfighters

SOUTH PACIFIC (July 9, 2017) Operations Specialist 1st Class Charles Hammond, from Kansas City, Missouri, monitors tracks aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during an air defense exercise comprised of Sterett, amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), and Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) as part of Talisman Saber 17. Sterett, part of a combined U.S.-Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group (ESG), is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase proficiencies defending the ESG against blue-water threats so amphibious forces can launch Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)170709-N-ZW825-895
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On DoD

Navy charts massive transformation in shipboard IT as commercial 5G, satellite links join the fleet

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Commentary

O-RAN will transform wireless and enable 5G adoption

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IT Modernization

Congress aims to reauthorize Commerce telecom agency for first time in three decades

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IT Modernization

Federal Executive Forum 5G in Government

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Federal Insights

How 5G can help agencies bridge legacy and modern technology capabilities securely

FILE - A 5G sign placed at the Orange booth during the Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Spain, on June, 29, 2021. A European Union watchdog warned on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 that the EU faces much bigger economic and security threats unless member countries step up cooperation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Technology

The Commerce Department pushes for greater utility in the 5-G spectrum

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Technology

Air Force Research Laboratory improves networks

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Technology

EPA moves toward network modernization

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Federal Insights

Ask the CIO: Energy Department’s Idaho National Lab

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Veterans Affairs

5G and how it's changing the way they think at the VA

FILE - This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M.  A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los Alamos National Laboratory who sought to block a vaccine mandate. Workers risk being fired if they don't comply with the lab's Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, afternoon deadline. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
Technology

Los Alamos researchers develop a way for 5G to be more useful to the military

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Federal Newscast

GSA's chief information officer is on a hiring spree

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Cybersecurity

DHS, DoD publish 5G security guidance to help agencies think through key ATO process

This image provided by Apple shows Apple CEO Tim Cook making a presentation on 5G and the new iPhone 12, which was unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. To many average people, it’s simply a mystery. (Apple via AP)
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Defense

DoD offering up to $3 million to help make 5G more compatible

FILE - Passenger flights land and take off at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, Wed., Jan. 19, 2022.  A congressional committee is looking into the controversy over the launch of new high-speed wireless service and whether it poses any threat to airline safety. A House committee on Thursday, Feb. 3,  heard testimony from the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, airline groups and a trade group for telecommunications companies.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Federal Newscast

Congress wants regular updates from FAA on any issues that arise from 5G growth

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