The global 5G race is well underway and the Department of Defense is positioning the United States as a leader in spectrum dominance. Through significant investments by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense through the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC), game-changing spectrum prototypes are being produced to give the United States a competitive advantage against major international players. Via a competitive selection, the NSC, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Dr. Jonathan Ashdown, chose ANDRO Computational Solutions LLC, led by Mr. Timothy Woods, to solve major spectrum sharing issues that have been insurmountable over the past decade or more. ANDRO’s team consists of highly skilled electrical, computer, and spectrum engineers, supported by Spectrum Bullpen―a group of accomplished spectrum managers and electronic warfare officers, Freedom Technology Inc., a team of regulatory experts who work closely with the decision-makers in the National Capital Region, and a cadre of spectrum experts from Spectronn, Stevens Institute, and Clarkson University. The ANDRO team recently received high praise for its work in AFCEA’s Signal Magazine in an article titled “It’s All About Spectrum in Race for 5G Dominance,” by George I. Sefferrs on February 1st, 2020 [1]. Seffers calls out the work ANDRO and team have accomplished that is making an impact on the way the DoD can and will manage the 5G spectrum in the very immediate future. ANDRO is well poised to tackle many of the spectrum sharing challenges that come along with 5G. “ANDRO has state-of-the-art spectrum related technologies that will change not only the way the DoD conducts spectrum transactions but also the way that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will use and assign spectrum,” says Mr. Andy Drozd, president of ANDRO. “How the world uses spectrum is changing and we at ANDRO are on the leading edge of this change,” Drozd says. ANDRO is currently making significant in-kind investments to transfer the technology developed for the DoD to commercial markets that include smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous vehicles.
[1] https://www.afcea.org/content/its-all-about-spectrum-race-5g-dominance