Nokia Federal Solutions has won a Pentagon contract for a system that finds and follows drones using 5G and, later, 6G mobile networks, the company said. The aim is to find out whether commercial mobile networks can help guard critical sites.
The work falls under RAPID, a Pentagon FutureG Office project that shows how sensing and communications can be combined. The prototype will merge readings from several kinds of sensors and run software from Nokia and other developers to find drones and threats in the radio spectrum, and Nokia Federal will demonstrate it on Nokia's AI-RAN platform.
Texas Tech University, DeepSig, Hidden Level, Future Technologies and Nokia affiliates will work as subcontractors. Steve Vogelsang, chief technology officer of Nokia Federal Solutions, said existing cellular networks can help protect critical infrastructure by identifying the threat.
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Chief technology officer of Nokia Federal Solutions
Chief technology officer of Nokia Federal Solutions.
