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5G & FutureG: What the Pentagon Needs From Industry
Dr. Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for futureG and 5G, shared what he needs from the GovCon community at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Defense R&D Summit.
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FutureG: What Most Excites DOW Leader Dr. Thomas Rondeau in Wireless Comms
The future of wireless communications in the military is bright and full of opportunity. After his keynote at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit, from Potomac Officers Club, Dr. Thomas Rondeau, who leads futureG and 5G efforts at the Department of War, told POC about what excites him most with futureG or nextG—the next stage of high-quality wireless comms.
Read MorePentagon’s 5G/FutureG Office Received $500M
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 for 5G and futureG at the Department of War. In an exclusive interview with GovCon Wire, Dr. Thomas Rondeau, principal director of futureG and 5G at DOW, told us that his office received $500 million from the OBBBA. Full Article
Read MoreFutureG Director Keynotes Defense R&D Summit
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. 29 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia. Full Article
Read MoreDeepSig and SRS Chosen by FutureG to Lead OCUDU
ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DeepSig, a pioneer in AI-native wireless communications software, today announced it has been awarded a contract under the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) Spectrum Forward OTA, on behalf of the FutureG Office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). Through this award, DeepSig will partner with leading RAN software developer Software Radio Systems (SRS) to deliver a scalable, carrier-grade RAN software stack for 5G, 6G, and AI-RAN in coordination with the Linux Foundation. Full Article
Read MoreThe Rules of Spectrum Are Changing As We Speak
Spectrum allocation is a very complicated game. It must balance the rights and priorities of many stakeholders, including the DoD and other federal spectrum users, commercial wireless players, new NGSO systems and legacy GSO satellites. And with the FCC potentially altering long-established patterns of spectrum allocation, and a dynamic sharing mechanism scheduled to be demonstrated in November, there’s no telling where the pieces will fall. Who comes out on top: the FCC’s Space Bureau? Wireless? SpaceX? Legacy GEO, which has managed to hold onto its precious bandwidths for decades? For the past several months, the FCC—led by new head of the Space Bureau, Jay Schwarz—has made a concerted effort to streamline and reform satellite licensing processes. It has also announced the intention to open several new sections of bandwidth, including a proposal to open up the lower 37 GHz band, and adopted new sharing rules on the 37 band to encourage wireless innovation. In May, the FCC also proposed a rulemaking that would unleash spectrum across twelve additional bands, including the 12, 42 and 51 GHz bands.
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Pentagon Deputy Principal Director for FutureG Marlan Macklin Debriefs Post 2025 5G Summit Keynote
May 2, 2025 #GovCon
Pentagon Deputy Principal Director for FutureG Marlan Macklin was the riveting morning keynote for our 2025 5G Summit. Macklin emphasized the international interoperability of the work his office does and stressed its focus on innovation and forward-looking initiatives. He also highlighted the simultaneous promise and threat within efforts like Integrated Sensing and Communications, or ISAC.