At the end of 2020, AT&T brought 5G to three U.S. Air Force bases: Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska; and Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. But connecting its bases here on Earth with advanced cellular technology doesn’t seem to be enough for the Air Force, which is now seeking information on using 5G out in space.
At the same time that the Department of Defense is deepening its exploration of 5G with a CBRs network implementation, among other developments, the Air Force’s Space Command issued a Request for Information (RFI) detailing its interest in using 5G for data transportation for ground- and space-based communications.
