AT&T to Provide 5G Capability at 3 Air Force Installations

September 25, 2020
Congress/DoD | On Base

Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. will receive a 5G upgrade by the end of 2021, AT&T announced on Wednesday.

“We’re proud and honored to bring AT&T 5G and other highly innovative commercial networking-as-a-service capabilities to the Air Force,” said Anne Chow, chief executive officer of AT&T Business.

The technology upgrade will aid the Air Force’s web-based devices, and have implementations including augmented and virtual reality, robotics, drones and network edge storage and computing.

“We are helping the Air Force optimize the value of our 5G and other networking capabilities at these 3 bases and stand ready to work with them to extend these services across the entirety of the Air Force if they so choose,” said Chow.

Photo by A1C Caitlin Russell

September 25, 2020
Congress/DoD | On Base

Recent News

DOD Accepting FY25 REPI Challenge Proposals

DOD Accepting FY25 REPI Challenge Proposals

May 7, 2024

The DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program has released an RFP for REPI Challenge grant funding for fiscal year 2025, according to a Monday announcement. “The REPI Program designed the REPI Challenge to help meet its ambitious...

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

May 6, 2024

There’s some bipartisan talk on Capitol Hill of raising the fiscal year 2025 defense budget above the levels agreed to in last year’s spending deal. But the top Democratic appropriator said last week that “stronger investments” are needed in the national security...

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

May 6, 2024

President Biden told reporters last week that “order must prevail” when protests become violent, as some pro-Palestinian demonstrations have on college campuses across the country, as CBS News reported. “I will always defend free speech,” Biden said Thursday,...

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

Apr 26, 2024

When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from his Senate leadership role after the November elections, he’ll have at least two more years in the Senate. Now he’s signaled one of his priorities as a rank-and-file Senator is to increase defense funding,...

PAST STORIES