How Open RAN Plays Into the DOD’s 5G Journey; Lt. Col. Benjamin Piment

Open radio access networks, or Open RAN, is a new approach to RANs that separates traditionally integrated hardware and software and upholds a set of specific standards to enable multiple vendors to provide different components under one cloud service provider’s network.

The Department of Defense has made 5G a top priority, and it has taken notice of the benefits Open RAN has to offer. Join us at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 5G Forum on May 22 to hear DOD leaders and industry experts share their insights on the ways in which the department is leveraging networks to transform military operations.

According to Lt. Col. Benjamin Pimentel, technical lead for Expeditionary and Tactical Programs FutureG within the DOD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the push for Open RAN is a “strong position” that the DOD holds.