Air Force to craft 5G-powered smart base of the future with big data streaming

摘要

As Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida's panhandle continues to rebuild after taking a direct hit from Hurricane Michael in 2018, it's getting not only a makeover, but a 5G modernization, too. The Air Force is working with AT&T to create a "smart base of the future," including reconstructing and transforming the Tyndall's communications infrastructure with 5G-powered capabilities. Although the base build-out is expected to take three to five years, AT&T will light up 5G in mid-2020, enabling Tyndall to start taking advantage of benefits such as support for augmented and virtual reality. One potential use case he pointed to is supporting flight-line operations massive amounts of data streaming to warfight-ers using data platforms, sensors and aircraft' onboard systems so that crews on the ground and in the sky can more easily communicate.