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National Spectrum Consortium Wins $2.5 Billion DOD 5G Contract
December 27, 2020
A coalition of nearly 400 companies has won a Department of Defense (DOD) 5G contract worth some $2.5 billion.
The National Spectrum Consortium includes 384 member companies and academic institutions. The consortium won the Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract, the purpose of which is “to accelerate the development, adoption and deployment of next-generation technologies” for US soldiers.
“An Other Transaction Agreement is the most effective method to enable rapid prototyping in the US Government,” said Tony Melita, Executive Director of the NSC. “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 warfighters and American jobs.”
December 24, 2020 Under the new Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Authority, the National Spectrum Consortium will be able to award up to $2.5 billion over a five year period.(alengo/Getty Images) WASHINGTON 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 microelectron
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WASHINGTON The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) to accelerate the development, adoption and deployment of next-generation technologies to provide our warfighters the decisive edge on the battlefield. The OTA has a term of five years and a ceiling value of $2.5 billion.
The goal of the Spectrum Forward OTA is to facilitate a partnership between the US technology and industrial base and the US Government to develop dual-use technologies across a range of advanced technologies that rely upon electromagnetic spectrum from machine learning to autonomous navigation to next generation radio access networks.