US EditionEricsson, Leonardo and Italian Navy trial 5G Standalone on-sea capabilities - Telefonaktiebolaget L M (NASDAQ:ERIC)
The trial demonstrated secure, real-time data exchange and situational awareness with 5G Standalone on Italian Navy ships, improving spectrum efficiency, officials said.
- On Feb. 16, 2026, Ericsson, Leonardo and the Italian Navy conducted a maritime connectivity test using an Ericsson 5G Standalone system, announcing the results from Stockholm.
- Organisers designed the trials to test spectrum optimisation and validate the performance, security, and resilience of a unified 5G network during the Italian Navy's Operational Experimentation , built on EDF 5G COMPAD.
- Using Leonardo's NINE encryption, the trial carried video streams from 12 unmanned systems processed via the AI Brain platform aboard the San Giorgio.
- The trial concluded successfully, enabling unit‑to‑unit connectivity between two naval units during a day‑and‑night training scenario, highlighting the Italian Navy's role in an exclusive economic zone over 500,000 Sq Km.
- Positioned within multi‑domain experimentation, the trials extend prior 2024 NATO trials at Taranto and EDF 5G COMPAD outcomes during OPEX 2‑25, building on earlier work.
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Ericsson, Leonardo and Italian Navy trial 5G Standalone on-sea capabilities
/PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), international defense company Leonardo, and the Italian Navy have conducted a maritime connectivity test using an...
Ericsson, Leonardo and Italian Navy trial 5G Standalone on-sea capabilities - Telefonaktiebolaget L M (NASDAQ:ERIC)
Long-range 5G SA data communication at sea successfully demonstrated On-board connectivity and naval vessel systems successfully tested Live trials conducted over a prolonged period in real daytime/night-time operational conditions STOCKHOLM, Feb. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), international defense company Leonardo, and the Italian Navy have conducted a maritime connectivity test using an Ericsson 5G Standalone system. The tri…
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Leonardo and the Italian Navy conducted a test of marine connectivity based on a system 5G Standalone (SA) of Ericsson. The experimentation ended successfully, enabling reliable communications between naval units engaged in an educational scenario carried out in the open sea, under operating conditions both day and night....
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The pilot was run with Ericsson and defence firm Leonardo, announced to coincide with the Munich Security Conference Ericsson, the defence company Leonardo and the Italian Navy conducted a maritime connectivity test using an Ericsson 5G Standalone system. The self-contained, end-to-end 5G SA network enabled connectivity between naval units engaged in a day and night training scenario on the open sea. The network comprised an Ericsson Ultra Compa…
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