Lockheed Waiver Request Gets AIA Backing, ISP Concern
Lockheed defended its waiver request for two test facilities in New York that use the 3.1-3.55 GHz band, adjacent to the C band (see 2104300043), in replies posted Tuesday in FCC docket 19-348. The facilities “support key national security and…
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economic priorities” and “there is no alternative spectrum for Lockheed Martin to continue its operations,” the company said. The Aerospace Industries Association urged approval. “As the Commission lays the groundwork for the 3.45 GHz auction and continues to examine opportunities for enabling commercial access to the 3.1-3.45 GHz band, it should not provide Lockheed with indefinite rights in the entire 3 GHz range,” NCTA said. “The bedrock principle of the Commission’s experimental licensing system is that experiments may occur only if they do not cause harmful interference to any station operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocation,” AT&T said: “The Waiver Request would turn this regime on its head, effectively elevating an experimental licensee to primary status.”