Booz Allen Hamilton announced that it was awarded a two-year, $10 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, implement, test, and operate a private 5G cellular network and asset tracking solution in Guam. This contract win marks Booz Allen?s first 5G full-scale implementation in the Indo-Pacific region and will enable the Navy and the Department of Defense (DOD) to maximize mission success in the region by providing the technology that improves communication, logistics, maintenance, and secure operations. The development of this 5G network will further enable the United States, its partners, and allies to compete responsibly and defend its interest in the region to build a common vision for the future.

Designed to service the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) Detachment Naval Base Guam (NBG), the private 5G network will support mobile and fixed wireless access, with an architecture capable of extending to future use cases. Booz Allen will lead this contract as the prime technology innovator and integrator, working alongside partners across the 5G, telecom, IoT, and smart warehousing industries. The technical approach for this project will integrate lessons learned from each of the team?s ongoing DOD 5G projects to ensure maximum efficiency as well as apply zero trust design principles to secure NBG?s 5G infrastructure.

For example, Booz Allen will leverage robust RFID asset tagging on equipment and inventory to better enhance and modernize Navy logistics capabilities.