[F-35] Quad-rotors Demonstrate LM Verizon Vision Military 5G

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Quad-rotors Demonstrate Lockheed, Verizon Vision For Military 5G
28 Sep 2022 Steve Trimble

"Four quad-rotor drones used a private 5G communications network to help geo-locate stationary radio frequency emitters and securely stream video data to military users on the ground during a series of demonstrations organized by Lockheed Martin and Verizon.

The demonstrations in May and September at Lockheed’s 5G test range in Waterton, Colorado are a key step in the company’s plans to develop private 5G ultra wideband communications technology for military applications....

...During the demonstrations, the four quad-rotors cooperated with each other via communication with Verizon On Site Private Network nodes. The nodes are similar to commercial 5G technology, but allow the user to securely transfer data.

Radio-frequency signals detected by payloads aboard the quad-rotors were transferred using a surrogate public network to an advanced processor, which used signal processing algorithms to geo-locate the source of the stationary emitter.

A future demonstration will use similar quad-rotor and communications technology, but attempt to precisely geolocate moving emitters...."

Source: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... n-military