5G is a fifth-generation wireless network and technology that will improve data speed, latency and volume over the current 4G wireless network. 4G and WiFi technologies were not initially designed to support thousands of individual wireless devices connecting to a single access point; 5G solves this problem by increasing the scale of devices supported by a single access point. Shifting from 4G to 5G will not only have an impact on global communications, it will fundamentally change the environment that the DoD operates within. 5G has the ability to enhance strategic capabilities and decision-making of the DoD on the battlefield. Additionally, 5G gives the DoD the ability to connect multiple systems into a broader network.