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NATO, Latvia team up to test 5G for military comms solutions

4th September 2023 - 18:30 GMT | by Flavia Camargos Pereira in Kansas City

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Trials will be conducted in the Latvian National Armed Forces 5G test environment for defence innovations at Camp Ādaži. (Photo: LMT)

A Latvian-NATO operational technology exploration scheduled for October will involve trials with virtual and augmented realities, uncrewed vehicles, sensors and applications within a tactical 5G bubble.

In order to improve the capabilities of its member states, NATO is partnering with the Latvian MoD to conduct trials with 5G for military solutions. The two parties have signed an MoU to enable NATO to use the Latvian National Armed Forces 5G test environment for defence innovations at Camp Ādaži.

An operational technology exploration event is scheduled for late October to evaluate the alliance’s latest R&D initiatives as well as novel capabilities and next-generation telecommunications networks.

The experiments will cover the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), uncrewed vehicles, sensors and applications within a tactical 5G

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Flavia Camargos Pereira is a North America editor at Shephard Media. She joined the company …

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