NSF, DOD partner to advance 5G technologies and communications for US military, government and critical infrastructure operators

NSF is accelerating 5G solutions to assist the US government and critical infrastructure operators to communicate securely anywhere and anytime.

Partnering with the DOD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, or DOD OUSD(R&E) on an investment of $12 million, NSF has selected 16 multidisciplinary teams for the Convergence Accelerator program 2022 cohort for the research topic — Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure.

Track G builds upon DOD's 5G Initiative — Operate Through — to assess and mitigate 5G vulnerabilities, inform 5G standards and policies through rigorous research, and promote technology development to advance 5G communications for the US military and federal government. Projects awarded to EPSCoR jurisdictions include:

• Combating Vulnerability and Unawareness in 5G Network Security: Signaling and Full-Stack Approach, led by University of KANSAS
  
  
• Securely Operate through 5G Networks with Informed Control, or SONIC, led by the University of UTAH