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.

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Project: 101103519 — 5G COMPAD — EDF-2021-C4ISR-D-2
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1-2nd December 2022
Kick Off
Stockholm, Sweden
The 5G COMPAD project was kicked-off on December 1st, 2022 during a meeting in Stockholm – Sweden, hosted by SAAB AB Coordinator of the project. The meeting brought together the entire project Consortium with the participation of the European Commission and the Member States representatives.

25 April 2024
Local demonstration
Stockholm, Sweden
The 5G COMPAD Consortium hosted a local demonstration for the project’s stakeholders in order to demonstrate the 5G capabilities, focusing on interconnected 5G tactical bubbles. The presentation and demonstration were hosted by Ericsson in its headquarters in Stockholm – Kista, Sweden.

14-16 June 2023
Plenary Meeting
Oulu, Finland
The 5G COMPAD Consortium held its first plenary meeting, inviting all contributors to discuss the next steps for taking the defined project use cases towards systems requirements. The three-day meeting was hosted by Bittium and took place in the company’s headquarters in Oulu, Finland.

17th October 2024
Global demonstration 1
Riga, Latvia
The 5G COMPAD Team held its first global demonstration, showcasing various 5G network deployment scenarios at sea, in the air, and on land. The demonstration was organized consortium member LMT and took place at the military base. During the demonstration, several innovative 5G network deployment options were presented.

30-31 January 2023
Stakeholders Advisory Board 1
Paris, France
The first Stakeholders Advisory Board, composed of a two-day workshop, was hosted by Thales and took place in the company’s facility in Paris, France. The project Consortium met with representatives from European Ministries of Defence (MoD) to discuss and agree on use cases to be developed within the scope of this initiative.

30-31 January 2024
Stakeholders Advisory Board 2
Bremen, Germany
The 5G COMPAD project Consortium held its second Stakeholders Advisory Board with representatives of the participating Member States MoDs. This meeting was the occasion to share the achievements of the 1st year and discuss the next steps for taking the project’s use cases towards the demonstration phase. The meeting was hosted by Rheinmetall Electronics and took place in the company’s headquarters in Bremen, Germany.

25-27th June 2024
Plenary Meeting and local demonstration
Budapest, Hungary
The 5G COMPAD Team met for a second plenary meeting in Budapest and a Stakeholders workshop involving MoDs representatives. The event, hosted by Nokia, included a local demonstration of a portable 5G bubble deployed outdoors, and showcased the benefits of radio on a drone, such as coverage and flexibility of operation. A 5G MCPTX was used to steer the team doing a drive test in the demo.