Verizon Teams Up With Nvidia, Lockheed Martin To Turn 5G Into A Drone-Tracking System

• Lockheed Martin’s NetSense, demonstrated in Miami in July, combines Verizon’s 5G spectrum with AI and RF technologies from Nvidia, ODC and Keysight to detect, track and monitor drones in real time.

• The technology is designed for applications including airports, power plants, stadiums, schools, hospitals and other critical infrastructure, as well as government monitoring.

• Separately, Morningstar named Verizon among its list of top 10 dividend stocks.

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is collaborating with Lockheed Martin (LMT), Nvidia (NVDA), Keysight Technologies Inc. (KEYS), ODC and Astris AI to demonstrate the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for detecting and tracking unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

The communications company will utilize its existing 5G infrastructure alongside an AI-enabled system to identify, track and monitor UAS, according to a statement from LMT.

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How Verizon Will Power NetSense

The system, called NetSense, was demonstrated in the Miami area in July, Lockheed Martin said. It used Verizon’s existing 5G network spectrum, along with Nvidia’s AI Aerial platform, ODC’s AI-native Radio Access Network software, Keysight’s radio-frequency simulation technology, and Lockheed Martin’s systems and algorithms to analyze radio-frequency…