FutureG Office

Advancing Telecommunication for America’s Warfighters

The FutureG Office within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering is responsible for the strategic assessment and research and development of FutureG technologies to confer long-term economic, military and security advantages to the United States of America and its allies.

By strengthening and developing relationships with private industry, academia, and interagency partners, the FutureG office promotes the use of common, commercial standards for Department of War (DoW) operations, proliferates open and interoperable technologies, and advances critical next-generation wireless network capabilities.

DeepSig Joins OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation to Advance AI-Native Open RAN Innovation

March 2, 2026

DeepSig, a pioneer in AI-native wireless communications, announces its role as a founding member of the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, a new collaboration initiative launched under the Linux Foundation to propel open CU and DU (OCUDU) software development to accelerate 5G and early 6G networks. Full Article

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Linux Foundation OCUDU Foundation Establishes 6G Open Source RAN Standardization

March 2, 2026

The Linux Foundation creates the OCUDU Foundation to establish 6G Open Source RAN standardization. The Linux Foundation introduced the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation at the Mobile World Congress 2026 event in Barcelona. This project establishes a center where…

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Pentagon to Publish Open-Source Software Stack for 5G, 6G Network Innovation

March 1, 2026

The Pentagon’s FutureG office plans to publish the first version of the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) radio access network project to GitHub in April to foster innovation in current 5G and emerging 6G networks. Full Article

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Pentagon’s 5G/FutureG Office Received $500M

January 22, 2026

The funds allotted by President Donald Trump’s reconciliation package last summer, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, famously poured record amounts into the Department of Homeland Security and its various sub-agencies. But an underdiscussed benefactor is the office responsible…

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FutureG Director Keynotes Defense R&D Summit

December 10, 2025

Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon events, networking and media organization, is ecstatic to announce that Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for FutureG, will give a keynote address at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan.…

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