5G Communications
for Peacekeeping and Defence
The 5G COMPAD project aims to facilitate use of 5G for defence and enable interoperability of defence and public communication systems across EU member states.
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What is the project about?

A consortium of world-leading partners from European telecom and defence industries, co-funded by the European Union under the European Defence Fund, work together to develop the communication system architecture and specifications, and create joint testbeds to demonstrate the integration of 5G standalone networks with existing defence infrastructure using commercial and defence hardware and software components.

Established 5G network procedures, enhanced with domain-specific orchestration functions, provide interoperability between defence communication systems, public 4G and 5G operator networks, and 5G national security networks across coalition members from various EU member states.

What is the central challenge?

5G COMPAD aims to break down hurdles faced by European armed forces, which currently rely on expensive, hardware-locked communication systems with limited data rates and interoperability.

By designing a reference architecture for a 5G-based communications system compatible with existing systems and platforms, and by enabling the recurrent integration of 5G, the project will provide a robust high-speed communication system and enable the rapid introduction of new capabilities. This will ensure sustained information superiority for operational success across the entire conflict spectrum, including peacetime, grey-zone and armed conflicts.

Use Cases for Deployment

Project timeline

2023

Study and specification

2024

Integration and extension

2025

Validation

Project Partners

AT AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
DE Rheinmetall
EE CAFA Tech
EL Eight Bells Hellas
EL IDE
ES Inster
FI Bittium
FI Nokia
FR Thales
HU BHE Bonn Hungary Elektronikai

IT Leonardo
LV Latvijas Mobilais Telefons
NO Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
NO Telenor
NO Sintef
SE APR Technologies
SE Ericsson
SE Saab
SE Synkzone

Project Partners

AT AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
DE Rheinmetall
EE CAFA Tech
EL Eight Bells Hellas
EL IDE
ES Inster
FI Bittium
FI Nokia
FR Thales
HU BHE Bonn Hungary Elektronikai
IT Leonardo
LV Latvijas Mobilais Telefons
NO Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
NO Telenor
NO Sintef
SE APR Technologies
SE Ericsson
SE Saab
SE Synkzone

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Project: 101103519 — 5G COMPAD — EDF-2021-C4ISR-D-2
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