Lockheed Martin, Nokia, Verizon Advance Military-grade 5G Solutions

Lockheed Martin, Nokia, and Verizon today announced the successful integration of Nokia's military-grade 5G solutions into Lockheed Martin's 5G.MIL Hybrid Base Station (HBS).

The technology advances new capabilities to integrate commercial 5G connections with military communications systems to provide decisive information for national defense.

5G is playing an expanding role in supporting tactical military missions, seamlessly complementing existing battlefield solutions.

 "5G.MIL integrations like this strategic relationship with Nokia and Verizon will help ensure data is seamlessly routed throughout the battlespace in ways that make future mission success possible."

"This successful integration highlights the flexibility of Nokia's cutting-edge, 5G solutions to meet the unique demands of defense, ensuring robust security, optimized size, weight, and power efficiency, while supporting O-RAN and open, interoperable technologies," said Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia.

In a series of recent demonstrations, Lockheed Martin integrated Nokia's military-grade 5G solutions into the 5G.MIL Unified Network Solutions ecosystem, including interoperability with Verizon's network operations and management solutions.

These tests successfully integrated traditional tactical communications solutions with 5G using open systems architecture and commercial standards. Leveraging open standards in this way allows for rapid integration of new, advanced capabilities into HBS configurations, ensuring new products and technology solutions are drop-in ready with no risk of vendor lock.

Initial integration was completed with equipment from Nokia's leading 5G portfolio at Verizon's Boston Innovation Center and HBS components at Lockheed Martin's Valley Forge laboratory in Pennsylvania. Final systems integration, testing and demonstration were accomplished at Lockheed Martin's facility in Ft. Worth, Texas.

The demonstration included HBS connectivity to hybrid user equipment (HUE) that allows users to switch access links between commercial 5G and tactical LPx waveforms while maintaining uninterrupted user application sessions on an Android user device. LPX designates low-probability-of-detection, interception, exploitation, jamming, geolocation and spoofing.