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March 18, 2024
lisa daigle
Deputy editor
military embedded systems
Englewood, Colorado networking and communications companies EchoStar and its subsidiary Hughes announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) FutureG Office has extended its contract for continued deployment of a standalone 5G network at Joint Base Pearl. Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (JBPHH) and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington (NASWI).
The agreement extension will continue work on both networks through 2025 with additional 5G enhancements, the companies announced. EchoStar is a leading proponent of the use of Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) in Department of Defense networks, and recently received a $50 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to build an ORAN test center. won gold.
The extension announcement comes as Hughes is leading the deployment as prime contractor, integrating modern standards-based components such as wireless access, edge cloud, and packet processing cores with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and global satellites. It talks about. Connectivity that works in conjunction with built-in network operations functions (NOCs) and security operations functions (SOCs). This project uses ORAN infrastructure and engineering expertise along with his EchoStar’s 5G spectrum. We have Cisco transport routers, switches, and firewalls. Dell Technologies Computing His Infrastructure. JMA Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN). Intel’s Edge Cloud Stack and his Intel® Xeon® processors. Site survey and network installation services provided by Boingo Wireless.
Both deployments are designed to support the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Classified Commercial Solutions (CSFC) requirements.
“This contract extension demonstrates the value of this multivendor solution and follows the successful launch of our 5G network at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the first 5G ORAN on a U.S. Department of Defense base.” said Dr. Rajeev Gopal, Vice President of Advanced. program, fuse. “Together, the NASWI and Hawaii site configurations demonstrate the power of 5G standalone ORAN networks to securely support increasingly automated base operations and provide the resiliency needed to maintain information assurance in any situation. and holds great promise for Department of Defense applications.”
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