2020-12-31 智邦网
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美防务内情网等12月28日报道
美国防部12月初授予美国家频谱联盟为期五年、价值25亿美元“频谱前沿”其他交易协议,以加速发展5G、云计算、增强现实、机器学习等新技术。
根据合同,美国家频谱联盟将资助基于电磁频谱的先进军民两用技术项目,以加速通信基础设施优化升级,提高频谱利用效率,推动微电子技术的发展,构建受保护和具有弹性的网络。
作为牵头机构,美国国家频谱联盟将汇集国防承包商、电信巨头、初创公司和大学,并与州和地方实验室合作,应对频谱相关技术挑战,推动5G建设和应用。
Pentagon awards $2.5 billion Spectrum Forward contract
The Department of Defense has awarded the National Spectrum Consortium its $2.5 billion Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement, designed to accelerate the development and eventual deployment of new technologies to the battlefield.
Under the five-year OTA, the National Spectrum Consortium will dole out funding for the rapid prototyping of advanced dual-use technologies that utilize the electromagnetic spectrum, including 5G, cloud computing, augmented reality, machine learning, beam forming and more. According to NSC, its members will be able to compete to “perform coordinated research and development projects designed to accelerate streamlining and upgrading of communications infrastructure, improving efficient spectrum utilization, and advancing microelectronics to enable protected and resilient networks.”
“An Other Transaction Agreement is the most effective method to enable rapid prototyping in the US Government,” said NSC Executive Director Tony Melita in a Dec. 16 statement. “By bringing industry, academia and the government together, the NSC will tackle the toughest spectrum-related technological challenges facing our nation and the world. We are excited and ready to continue the development of innovative dual-use technologies that support our war fighters and American jobs.”
The NSC already has nearly 400 members and has experience helping companies and academia work with the government on spectrum-based technologies. The consortium helped connect the Pentagon with partners to begin testing a variety of new 5G technologies on U.S. military bases, including augmented reality, smart warehouses and dynamic spectrum sharing.
“The United States has been the global leader in mobile technologies for decades,” said NSC Chairman Sal D’Itri. “Now, as 5G takes hold, we need to invest in the development of a new wave of capabilities that will once again redefine the technology landscape. On behalf of the NSC membership, we look forward to working the government, industry and academia to take on this challenge.”
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