The Pentagon is ready to offer the information at its disposal infrastructure as a testing ground for the development of 5G technology. Connecting the military establishment should help to accelerate the development of the fifth generation of internal networks, in the implementation of which life is dominated by China.
Speaking on Tuesday at the Hudson Institute, Technical Director of the United States Department of Defense, said Mike Griffin, in his list of priorities 5G technology is now “giperzvuk settled from the first town”. In the same time, Griffin believes, that commercial companies are able to make in this direction is much more, than the Pentagon.
We know, that commercial telecommunications initiatives are far superior to all the, what a Pentagon. figuratively speaking, we claim only to the place of the fleas on the dog's tail telecommunications. Nevertheless, we have a national security needs. And in those cases,, when the Pentagon may contribute to the formation of a competitive environment and to stimulate the development of technologies in important ways to the military department, we connect.
– stressed military official.
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As an example of, how it might work, Griffin said, that the Pentagon has the need for dual-use technologies, which are successfully used in commerce. The list of Mike Griffin got smart ports and airports, smart warehouses, smart plants.
If we are able to provide our infrastructure for experimentation and prototyping environments, where competitors can work in different areas and be sure, that their sensitive information is protected; if we can provide a place or places, where to work does not require local, regional or state permission - we are ready to. The Pentagon is ready to go to a meeting in order, to really spur progress in developing 5G technology.
– Griffin stressed.
deputy Griffin, liza Porter, He was appointed as the authorized representative of the Department of 5G issues. But technical director of the US Defense Ministry wants to appoint not only the curator. He wants to form an independent direction, which will be headed by a designated leader with the status of assistant director. At the moment, this is only worthy of attention hypersound and artificial intelligence.
