The Federal Communications Commission wants to be able to restore communications after a natural disaster or emergency with aircraft, Politico reports. Thursday, Oceus Networks announced its plans to provide the FCC with research and development into such a network and help conduct a broadband trial this September. President and CEO Doug Smith said the network [...]
The Naval Air Systems Command plans to test commercial broadband communications technologies on three of its fleet’s ships this coming year, Nextgov reports. NAVAIR plans to install the 4G long-term evolution cellular systems on its USS Kearsarge, USS San Antonio and the USS Whidbey Island ships. NAVAIR will additionally supply shipboard crews with Android-powered smartphones. [...]
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