Shared Spectrum Company has secured a spot on a potential $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force for system development and operation activities in support of a Department of Defense battlefield strategy. The Vienna, Virginia-based spectrum intelligence technology developer said it will work on capability maturation and demonstration to help enable DOD’s Joint […] More

InterDigital and Shared Spectrum have landed spots on a contract of an undisclosed value to build 5G-based dynamic spectrum sharing technologies for the U.S. Air Force. The contractors will help Hill Air Force Base's 5G cellular networks and the military service's radar systems conduct dynamic spectrum sharing activities.

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Leidos has secured a potential one-year, $7.9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research and develop a spectrum sharing platform for use between communications systems and radars. Reston, Va.-based Leidos will carry out research work under the second phase of DARPA’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications initiative, the Defense […] More

The United States federal government is the largest customer in the world, and doing business with the government can unlock a new world of opportunities and avenues for growth. But with its many organizations, sectors and mission areas, the GovCon market can be incredibly daunting to jump into. Executive Mosaic sat down with Billy Himpler, practice […] More

Executive Mosaic sat down with Billy Himpler, practice vice president and director for the government contracting-focused recruiting team at SpectrumCareers, to get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions executives have about getting involved and succeeding in the complex, competitive and dynamic GovCon ecosystem.  More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has selected Palantir Technologies‘ software to automate the coordination of mid-band spectrum sharing between the Department of Defense and commercial spectrum licensees. DISA’s Defense Spectrum Organization will use the software to integrate existing functions and capabilities into a single infrastructure to support formal and informal coordination processes in the 3450-3550 […] More

Shared Spectrum Company will develop 5G technologies and network enhancements for the Department of Defense after being selected to take charge of two 5G spectrum sharing phase 2 projects.  The company said Monday both projects will look into the spectrum sharing capacity between radars utilized by the U.S. Air Force and 5G cellular services and […] More

Nokia and Hill Air Force Base in Utah have extended their partnership on a testbed designed to mitigate and manage radar interference with 5G networks using Open Radio Access Network architecture. “We initially partnered with Hill Air Force Base on a testbed for dynamic spectrum sharing, and this extension of our agreement with Hill Air […] More

iPosi and Virginia Tech Applied Research Corp. will create a signal path-loss measuring system in support of increased 5G spectrum sharing under a Department of Defense contract. The team will work on a global navigation satellite system development effort aimed at mapping radio frequency transmission obstructions to help military and commercial entities avoid interference in […] More

Deon Viergutz, vice president of spectrum convergence at Lockheed Martin, said the business continues to secure awards and execute deliveries in support of the Department of Defense’s electronic warfare projects, Defense News reported Thursday. In an interview, he shared that the demand for Lockheed’s cyber electronic warfare products has grown considering the requirements of electromagnetic […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is supporting the Federal Communications Commission‘s plan to facilitate the sharing of a 150-megahertz radio frequency spectrum band between U.S. military and private sector users. NIST said Thursday it has helped develop standards, test procedures and certification tools that will authorize broadband service providers and other entities to share […] More

Leidos has partnered with Federated Wireless to build a technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to facilitate expansion of commercial wireless-radar spectrum sharing. DARPA awarded Leidos a potential one-year, $7.9 million contract under phase two of the agency’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications program. Federated Wireless said Tuesday it aims to demonstrate the company’s Spectrum Access Service platform in conjunction […] More