DoD officials gear up for spectrum sharing ‘moonshot’

Top US military officials reiterated the Pentagon’s interest in spectrum sharing during a media event this week, describing the technology as a “moonshot” that would help the US maintain an advantage against its rivals both economically and militarily.

“This is a monumental event,” DoD CIO John Sherman said Monday at a Washington, DC, event.

“I love that term,” he said of the word “moonshot,” explaining that it reflects the difficulty of the spectrum-sharing objective as well as the ingenuity it will take to reach it.

“I’m motivated by this,” he said. “What gets me out of bed in the morning is doing hard things.”

He continued: “It’s on us – you and me – to figure out how we make this work.”

The Biden administration earlier this year detailed its implementation plan for the national spectrum strategy it unveiled in November. The implementation plan will study how to allow commercial users in the lower 3GHz band that’s currently used by the US military. However, the government’s study of the job won’t be done until 2026.

“I look forward to seeing what comes out of this,” Sherman said of the study. “We’re ready to move out.”

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