Sovereign Private 5G for Defense

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Modern defense runs on three networks at once.

A sky network that fuses every C-UAS sensor and effector. A plant network that drives robots and AGVs through every contract ramp. A field network that streams HD video from every UGV and drone. Until now, each one ran on a different stack with a foreign carrier somewhere in the path. Private 5G is the first wireless fabric that carries all three on the same sovereign architecture: 100% European software, EU-made radios, on-premise. No foreign kill switch. No political dependency.

<10ms

URLLC Latency

1.37 Gbps

Peak Downlink

99.9999%

Uptime SLA

<2h

Site Go-Live

Defense has entered a multi-year shift. The bottleneck is no longer the sensor or the robot. It's the network that links them.

Counter-drone programs, industrial ramp-ups and unmanned forces are all moving at once. Every operator is asked the same question: is your critical-communication layer sovereign, fast enough, and survivable?

Kyiv, 40-node bubble ring

City-scale private 5G carrying the fused C-UAS picture back to central command, with national deconfliction.

40+ nodes

Stanley Robotics, 280 000 m² yard

Forklift fleet on private 5G delivering ~€245 k/yr against ~€200 k CAPEX. The reference industrial benchmark.

~10-month ROI

U.S. Army Open RAN 5G

Firecell-class stacks meet the Army's Open RAN Standalone 5G requirements, the de facto tactical standard.

Open RAN SA

EU Primes & Tier-1 Suppliers

From cabled Ethernet + Wi-Fi to one SIM-identity fabric. Reconfigure the line by reassigning SIMs, not by re-cabling.

SIM-as-fabric

Four shifts make private 5G the default fabric for defense operations.

A procurement requirement, not a preference.

No foreign company in the path. 100% European software, EU-made radios, on-premise. The only architecture that survives a sovereignty audit.

Sensor and robot fusion is network-limited.

From radar+EO/IR fusion to UGV-drone teaming and robotic cells, the operational gap is the link. One air interface, sub-10 ms URLLC.

Every emission is a target marker.

Frequency-agile band-switching, dynamic on/off transmission and low-power directional beamforming are the new baseline.

Months collapsed into hours.

Under 2 h for a perimeter. About 12 weeks for a plant. Under 12 weeks to field a tactical bubble. Pre-integrated, pre-certified, SIM-provisioned.

Three operational signatures. One stack.

Same core. Same RAN. Same NMS. Same sovereignty guarantees. The Firecell × Dfence Europe platform delivers across the sky, the plant and the field.

Counter-UAS · Command & Control

One bubble. Every sensor. Endless reach. Radar, EO/IR, RF detection and effector command on one fused picture. Every new small cell adds 5 km, auto-meshed into the bubble.

Stack: Thales GO12 · HGH Spynel-X · Frequentis SUR · APEX PREDATOR RWS · FZ275 LGR

<10ms

URLLC

1.37 Gbps

Peak DL

1-5 km

Radio reach

<2h

Deployment

Defense Factory · Production Network

More automation. Faster reconfiguration. Every byte cyber-secured. Robotic cells, AGVs, vision and safety PLCs on one sliced fabric. Move robots by reassigning SIMs, not by re-cabling.

Stack: KUKA · ABB · Stäubli · MiR · Stanley Robotics · Cognex · Pilz · Siemens / SAP / Rockwell

<20ms

RTT

99.9999%

Uptime

+10-20%

Throughput

~10 mo

ROI payback

Unmanned Forces · Tactical Network

Gigabit eyes. Furtive emissions. A carried bubble that streams HD from every drone, fuses every sensor, and hops bands or goes dark on command.

Stack: UGV / AGV chassis · ISR drones · plug-in 5G modules · edge AI · rugged handsets

<20ms

Latency

35 km/h

Handover

<12 wk

Time to field

~8.3 mo

ROI payback

The architecture that survives contact.

Private 5G (Firecell × Dfence Europe)

Satellite

Public 4G / 5G

Mil. Radio Mesh / Wi-Fi

Availability under attack

Yours, always on. No carrier in the path.

Cut off, jammed, switched off.

First to fail in a crisis.

Voice-grade under saturation.

HD video & fusion

Gigabit-class, sub-10 ms URLLC.

Bandwidth-limited, high-latency.

Best-effort, unreliable.

Not designed for HD fusion.

Sovereignty

100% EU software, EU radios.

Foreign operator controls the link.

Carrier dependency, foreign vendors.

Owned but rigid, single-vendor.

Reconfiguration

SIMs in minutes, +5 km per cell.

Fixed coverage.

Out of your hands.

Per-link engineering, slow.

Furtivity

Band-switching, on/off, beamforming.

Constant downlink, easy to detect.

Always-on, easy to detect.

Limited, no agile band switching.

Time to deploy

<2 h site · <12 wk to field.

Months of contracting.

Not applicable in contested zones.

Days to weeks per link.

Six pillars. One bubble.

Sovereign

100% European software, EU-made radios, on-premise. No kill switch.

Agile

Live in under 2 hours from a single transportable kit.

Scalable

Add nodes to extend coverage. Adjacent bubbles auto-mesh.

Furtive

Frequency-agile band-switching, dynamic on/off, low-power beamforming.

Resilient

Autonomous Mode keeps you up when backhaul drops.

Cyber-secured

SIM/eSIM identity, E2E encryption, SIGMO-IDS zero-day detection (CEA).

One unified stack. Three theatres.

Core + RAN

5G SA Core (containerised) + Open RAN BBU 7.2x/8 + dRAX RIC (xApps/rApps), programmable, AI-native.

Defense AI

SIGMO-IDS zero-day detection (CEA); band-switching anti-jam (H2 2026).

Radios (EU)

Mid-power N77/78/40/38 (300 m to 2 km); high-power N38 2×20 W (1 to 5 km); indoor/outdoor variants (IP65).

Spectrum

NATO N79 or non-congested band; Public-Safety 700 MHz N28 FDD; meets U.S. Army Open RAN.

Slicing / QoS

Full 3GPP 5QI set incl. mission-critical 65 / 67 / 69 / 70.

Security

SIM/eSIM mutual auth, 3GPP SA3-aligned, zero-trust segmentation per fleet.

Performance

Peak DL 1.37 Gbps · URLLC RTT 5.48 ms · E2E < 10 ms · jitter < 5 ms · uptime up to 99.9999% · handover at 35 km/h.

From planning to field, on a defense clock.

Week 0 · Planning

Threat- or production-mapped radio plan. Spectrum profile. Sovereignty review.

Week 0-10 · Kit

Pre-integrated, pre-certified kit ships with SIMs, EU radios, plug-in 5G modules.

Site Go-Live

<2 h C-UAS bubble · ~12 wk plant · <12 wk tactical bubble.

Day 1 Security

SIM/eSIM mutual auth, zero-trust per fleet, SIGMO-IDS live.

In-Service

Programmable, AI-driven. ROI tracked vs Stanley Robotics & 20-25 UGV benchmarks.

From first call to first bubble.

Map your theatre

Sites, fleets, sensor stack, contract ramp, contested-EW assumptions.

See the bubble in action

Live demo mapped to your theatre (C-UAS, plant or unmanned).

Plan kit, spectrum, slicing

Deployment-ready package with security and sovereignty review.

Field the first bubble

<2 h kit · ~12 wk plant · <12 wk to field.

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Sovereign Private 5G for Defense.

Modern defense runs on three networks at once.

Defense has entered a multi-year shift. The bottleneck is no longer the sensor or the robot. It's the network that links them.

Four shifts make private 5G the default fabric for defense operations.

Three operational signatures. One stack.

Counter-UAS · Command & Control

Defense Factory · Production Network

Unmanned Forces · Tactical Network

The architecture that survives contact.

Private 5G (Firecell × Dfence Europe)

Satellite

Public 4G / 5G

Mil. Radio Mesh / Wi-Fi

Six pillars. One bubble.

Sovereign

Agile

Scalable

Furtive

Resilient

Cyber-secured

One unified stack. Three theatres.

From planning to field, on a defense clock.

Week 0 · Planning

Week 0-10 · Kit

Site Go-Live

Day 1 Security

In-Service

From first call to first bubble.