How can military 5G help transform communications and enable applications?

July 31, 2024
2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM PT / 7:00 PM GMT

Duration: 1 hour
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Summary

5G communications will open a vast wealth of new applications to aerospace and defense users, ranging from streamlined logistics and supply, smart warehousing, and real-time augmented and virtual reality training, to tactical self-driving vehicles, tightly linked aircraft, ships, and missiles, and even remote life-saving telesurgery on the battlefield.

The Global Navigation and satellite system (GNSS) will be a fundamental enabler, as increasing numbers of 5G tactical and strategic communications networks will rely on networked orbiting satellites for on-the-spot voice, data, and imagery communications. The increased bandwidth of 5G communications also is expected to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to a growing number of remote signal-processing applications to help battlefield commanders and warfighters on the front lines make sense of huge amounts of sensor data.

This online panel discussion will feature industry experts who can answer pressing questions on the enabling technologies that will be necessary for future 5G communications, the potential benefits of widespread military 5G communications, and the challenges to be overcome that will help make military 5G communications a reality.

Panelist: Patrick Lardieri | LM Senior Fellow | 5G.MIL® System Engineering, Integration, and Test IPT Lead |
Lockheed Martin

Patrick Lardieri is a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow. He is currently serving as the System Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) IPT Lead overseeing development of Unified Network Solutions for Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL® program. Currently, he is standing up Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL network operations capability providing facilities for live experimentation with its 5G Hybrid Base Station and integrated partner solutions. He also established Lockheed Martin’s Security, Performance, Engineering, and Compliance (SPEC) Lab proviing a broad test services to developing 5G enabled systems.

Prior to his current work Mr. Lardieri wasTechnical Director for Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Support Operations group and National Cyber Range (NCR) program. Mr. Lardieri worked the NCR program throughout its lifecycle, spanning its inception as a technology research program under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through its present form as an operational cyber testing and training range for the DoD. In collaboration with government partners, Mr. Lardieri has led 30+ events on the NCR for users from multiple services and government organizations. Mr. Lardieri has been recognized for his leadership and contributions to the NCR by Lockheed Martin as a member of the NCR Nova Award team, by the DoD via formal citation, and by range users in written and verbal feedback.

Over his 34 year career at Lockheed Martin, Mr. Lardieri has served as the technical lead for multiple DARPA, AFRL, and ONR applied research programs in automated cyber testing, distributed real time computing, adaptive networking, software producibility, and intelligent training. He has published more than 20 papers and given multiple invited talks and keynotes at refereed conferences. Mr. Lardieri has participated in several DoD technology policy planning workshops on software producibility and security challenges. Mr. Lardieri has been members of USAF Scientific Advisory Board, SEI Technical Assessment Group, and the Senior Advisory Board, AJ Drexel Cybersecurity Institute.

Mr. Lardieri holds Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from University of Pennsylvania.

Panelist: Baljit Chandhoke | Product Manager, RF Products | Discrete Product Group | Microchip

Baljit Chandhoke is the product manager of RF products for Microchip Technology’s discrete product group. He has more than 15 years of product line management experience in customer facing roles leading teams in defining new products, competitive positioning, driving design wins, revenue and go-to-market strategies across wireless infrastructure, mobility (5G), aerospace and defense market segments. He has authored multiple articles in leading industry publications, presented in several conferences, consortiums, YouTube videos, webinars on RF technologies and trends. Prior to joining Microchip, Baljit worked in leadership positions at GlobalFoundries, Renesas (IDT), ON Semiconductor and Cypress Semiconductor.

He has a Master’s in Business Administration (M.B.A) from Arizona State University, M.S. in Telecommunications from University of Colorado Boulder and Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from University of Mumbai, India.

Panelist: Randy Cox | Vice President, Product Management and Business Operations | Wind River

Randy Cox serves as VP of Product Management and Business Operations at Wind River. He is responsible for ensuring Wind River has a competitive product portfolio with Wind River Studio serving the telecom and industry verticals market space. Strong customer engagement and industry relationships around the world to ensure the product portfolio meets our customer’s needs and enables our success in the market.

Prior to this, Randy held the role of Head of Product Management for Small Cells and 5G mmWave at Nokia. Responsibilities included the Small Cell and mmWave strategy, product portfolio and driving business development. This required working closely with Nokia’s customers and regional teams around the world to ensure the product portfolio meets our customer’s needs and enables new business with small cell technology.

Randy has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and throughout his career has held various leadership roles, including software development, system integration, program management, business development and product management.

Randy earned a BSEE from Marquette University.

Moderator: John Keller | Editor-in-Chief | Military & Aerospace Electronics

Co-Moderator: Jamie Whitney | Senior Editor | Military & Aerospace Electronics

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