US senators urge Biden not to shift Defense Department spectrum for wireless use

WASHINGTON: Three U.S. senators on Wednesday urged the Biden administration not to shift radio spectrum assigned to the Defense Department for military radar use in the lower 3 GHz band to 5G commercial wireless use.

Republican Deb Fischer, Democrat Mazie Hirono and independent Angus King — who all serve on the Armed Services Committee — wrote President Joe Biden saying “pursuing a policy of requiring the Department of Defense to surrender its spectrum for non-Federal use would significantly harm DOD’s ability to carry out its missions, increase costs, and adversely affect our national security.”