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DOD asks industry for new tech ideas

March 30, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

The Department of Defense‘s rapid reaction technology office is inviting companies to propose technology platforms that could address joint mission capability requirements by 2028 in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, hypersonics, and 5G.  Read the DoD’s posting on beta.sam.gov.

Continue reading at:  GovConWire

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: 5G, AI, DoD, hypersonics, machine learning

$13M contract awarded to create 5G smart warehouse at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia

March 30, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

The Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation, (VT-ARC) working with the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), has won a $13 million Department of Defense contract to develop a 5G-enabled “smart warehouse” at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia.

Fast 5G wireless connectivity combined with internet of things sensor networks promises to change how warehouses move and track items to ensure they arrive at their intended destination in a timely manner.  It is no easy task; the 5G communications architecture must be adept at navigating a noisy warehouse environment, be quick about it, and have a long battery life to boot.

CCI was critical to the contract, creating the connections to build a team and funding a substantive portion of the proposal development.  CCI researchers from Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, and George Mason University will collaborate across disciplines, including electrical and computer engineering, systems engineering, wireless communications, modeling, simulation, and analysis to develop the low-latency, resilient, and energy-efficient 5G network for the Marine Corps Logistics Base’s smart warehouse prototype.  Four industry partners — Intelligent Automation Inc., PerspectaLabs, Keysight, and B3 Advanced Communications — are also part of the project.

Continue reading at:  EurekAlert!

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: 5G, Marine Corps

Future of 5G is under the microscope at Georgia incubator

March 1, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

Entrepreneurs needing — or wanting — a 5G testing environment can now start their search in the metro Atlanta area.  Peachtree Corners, a small town firmly rooted in technology growth, has launched a new incubator with a focus on the next-gen Internet innovation.

The initiative is a collaboration among the Georgia Institute of Technology, the city of Peachtree Corners and T-Mobile.  The 5G Connected Future incubator is based out of the $6 million Curiosity Lab, a city-owned 500-acre smart city technology park, outfitted with an autonomous vehicle test track and other advancements.

“This is kind of a unique model.  I’m not sure that I’ve seen one that’s exactly like it,” remarked John Avery, executive director of Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a startup incubator.  ATDC is providing the program management, startup educational and event planning, and other services which go along with helping startups become successful.

“It’s very unique to have a public entity — the city of Peachtree Corners, an academic institution like Georgia Tech — and then a commercial provider, T-Mobile, come together, with overlapping interests, and decide to work together to help not only figure out some of the innovation about what 5G will bring us in the future, but to together, help whoever it is that’s coming up with this technology to get from Point A to Point B,” said Betsy Plattenburg, executive director of Curiosity Lab.

Continue reading at:  Government Technology

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: 5G, ATDC, Curiosity Lab

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