The U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) is moving rapidly to deploy and leverage 5G wireless technology across the services and across the fleet, Navy officials announced this week.
NAVWAR Chief Engineer Rob Walborski spoke about the Navy’s efforts to quickly get 5G-based services up and running for sailors during an online webinar hosted by Federal News Network on Nov. 29. Told.
“We will be able to use and leverage multiple different pLEOs. [Proliferated Low Earth Orbit] Products, capabilities and constellations can be realized simultaneously in the onboard realm,” said Walborski. “Today, the first stage of pLEO conductivity is being implemented and we are moving as fast as physically possible to bring this to the fleet,” he said.
Walborski explained that the Navy is experimenting with various 5G technologies as it integrates satellite technology that can withstand higher data bandwidth.
“I think we’re at the very beginning of that now…We expect to have more than 50,000 satellites in orbit by 2030,” he said. “There are thousands of satellites in orbit today, providing very robust and valuable capabilities for quality of service,” Walborski said.
“That’s why we’re working as fast as we can on 5G,” he added. “While there are some capabilities we are testing on ships, much of the 5G work is focused on the base side” today. “
During the same panel discussion, Ron Wolf, NAVWAR’s mobility technology warrant holder, reiterated the importance of 5G technology to the Navy’s mission objectives.
“Right now, latency can be an issue for ship-to-ship communications, ship-to-shore communications, etc.,” Wolff said, adding that the biggest benefit of 5G technology is reducing latency.
“When it comes to ocean-to-ocean, high-ocean communication, 5G has the ability to deliver data faster between two nodes; it can deliver data faster between two systems,” Wolf explained. did.