Priorities
The FutureG Office within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense 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 the Department of Defense (DoD) operations, proliferates open and interoperable technologies, and advances critical next-generation wireless network capabilities.
Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions (ROCS)
By focusing on spectrum management and spectrum sharing, the Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions (ROCS) theme can leverage advances in hardware, software, and other applications for the warfighter. ROCS focuses on supporting vendor diversity through experimentation such as the5G Challenge, and Open 6G.
The ROCS team enhances its experimentation and projects through relationship building with academia and industry alike. Projects such as Resilient and Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS) allows a free flow of information from subject matter experts from various backgrounds and industries.
Expeditionary and Tactical Use (ETU)
Expeditionary and Tactical Use (ETU) advances FutureG technology to develop integrated heterogenous warfighting networks composed of commercial cellular and traditional military equipment. This heterogeneous warfighting network provides the scalability, security, resilience, and interoperability required to execute Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) with our allies and partners.
Ubiquitous, Secure and Instant Access (USIA)
Ubiquitous, Secure, and Instant Access (USIA) aims to ensure Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and systems have access to secure mobile communications anywhere they operate. At a minimum, DoD users should have access comparable to local government and industry. USIA evaluates 5G integrated technologies, or representative prototype systems, in a realistic operating environment and assesses the maturity, performance, or cost reduction potential. This includes system specific efforts that help expedite technology transition from the laboratory to operational use.
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)
ISAC leverages the pervasiveness of radio frequency (RF) signals, transforming how the Department of Defense (DoD) senses and interacts with the battlespace and provides for the protection of domestic critical infrastructure. By harnessing signals of opportunity and existing infrastructure, ISAC unlocks groundbreaking capabilities for enhanced situational awareness, threat detection, and operational advantage.
Agile Spectrum Operations (ASO)
Achieve a tactical advantage and freedom to act in contested and crowded electromagnetic environments.