DoD wants new ideas for real-time spectrum sharing 3 hours ago The DoD issued a new request for prototypes through the National Spectrum Consortium. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / AFP) (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense wants to see a prototype that can ensure spectrum is available whenever it’s needed for aerial combat training, according to an April 26 request from the National Spectrum Consortium. The effort, focused specifically on the Operational Spectrum Comprehension, Analytics, and Response (OSCAR) project, is part of a larger portfolio included in the DoD’s office of research and engineering’s Spectrum Access Research & Development Program. That program hope to develop near real time spectrum management technologies that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to more efficiently and dynamically allocate spectrum assignments based on operational planning or on operational outcomes, a release said.