1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,222 getting started if you can believe it . 2 00:00:02,222 --> 00:00:04,278 And uh , and kudos to austin as well 3 00:00:04,278 --> 00:00:06,389 for the use of word logarithms in the 4 00:00:06,389 --> 00:00:08,556 panel as an engineer , I always always 5 00:00:08,556 --> 00:00:10,778 appreciate that everything's not linear 6 00:00:10,778 --> 00:00:13,000 for sure . So it's now my pleasure to 7 00:00:13,010 --> 00:00:15,121 to introduce a gentleman who is a key 8 00:00:15,121 --> 00:00:17,710 partner in this effort , john Sherman 9 00:00:17,710 --> 00:00:19,599 leads the Department of Defense's 10 00:00:19,599 --> 00:00:21,488 Information Management in I . T . 11 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:23,640 Efforts as the Chief information 12 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,751 Officer , a position that gives him a 13 00:00:25,751 --> 00:00:27,720 key role as architect of the 14 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,040 department's spectrum policies with a 15 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,060 background both in I . T . And 16 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:35,250 intelligence communities . Mr Sherman 17 00:00:35,260 --> 00:00:37,482 is one of the country's premier experts 18 00:00:37,482 --> 00:00:39,760 and policymakers on issues of network 19 00:00:39,770 --> 00:00:41,850 and cybersecurity in the national 20 00:00:41,850 --> 00:00:44,460 security aspects of cloud computing and 21 00:00:44,470 --> 00:00:47,530 interoperability . He oversees all of D 22 00:00:47,530 --> 00:00:49,419 O . D . S efforts to use spectrum 23 00:00:49,419 --> 00:00:51,580 effectively and efficiently to ensure 24 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:54,750 our national defense . Please welcome 25 00:00:54,820 --> 00:00:56,876 the honorable john chairman who will 26 00:00:56,876 --> 00:00:58,320 deliver keynote remarks , 27 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:07,187 Good morning everybody . It's great to 28 00:01:07,187 --> 00:01:09,242 be here with you on this . Wonderful 29 00:01:09,242 --> 00:01:11,980 september morning . I am grateful to be 30 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:14,230 here . I want to thank Alan Davidson 31 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,351 and the N . T . I . A team for having 32 00:01:16,351 --> 00:01:18,462 me come here and also know we're live 33 00:01:18,462 --> 00:01:20,629 streaming this . So hello to everybody 34 00:01:20,629 --> 00:01:22,518 that's watching this virtually as 35 00:01:22,518 --> 00:01:24,684 mentioned . I'm john Sherman , I'm the 36 00:01:24,684 --> 00:01:26,740 department Defense Chief Information 37 00:01:26,740 --> 00:01:28,740 Officer . I'm also a kid from south 38 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:30,796 texas who grew up down near victoria 39 00:01:30,796 --> 00:01:32,851 texas near the oil fields down there 40 00:01:32,851 --> 00:01:34,962 and I heard terms like mineral rights 41 00:01:34,962 --> 00:01:37,184 and other things as I worked summers in 42 00:01:37,184 --> 00:01:36,840 the oil fields there and I mentioned 43 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,951 that because as I've moved up through 44 00:01:38,951 --> 00:01:41,062 the technology space and particularly 45 00:01:41,062 --> 00:01:43,160 working in spectrum , I often see 46 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,930 echoes as a historian as well to what 47 00:01:45,930 --> 00:01:48,152 we did in the energy sector in the last 48 00:01:48,152 --> 00:01:50,340 century with a finite resource that is 49 00:01:50,340 --> 00:01:52,710 critical for our national economic 50 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:54,932 development , national security and the 51 00:01:54,932 --> 00:01:56,988 business of government and how we're 52 00:01:56,988 --> 00:01:58,988 going to make the most of it to our 53 00:01:58,988 --> 00:02:00,980 nation's advantage economically 54 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:04,590 militarily and otherwise . And I want 55 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:06,757 you to know is the D . O . D . C . I . 56 00:02:06,757 --> 00:02:08,534 O . We absolutely get it at the 57 00:02:08,534 --> 00:02:10,534 department of fence that we need to 58 00:02:10,534 --> 00:02:12,650 balance our economic advantage by 59 00:02:12,650 --> 00:02:15,250 maximizing spectrum as well as being 60 00:02:15,250 --> 00:02:17,361 able to observe our national security 61 00:02:17,361 --> 00:02:19,417 responsibilities . And we have to be 62 00:02:19,417 --> 00:02:21,417 able to balance that at D . O . D . 63 00:02:21,417 --> 00:02:23,472 You'll hear us talk about our pacing 64 00:02:23,472 --> 00:02:26,060 challenge and by that we mean china a 65 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:27,570 country whose moving along 66 00:02:27,570 --> 00:02:29,830 technologically economically militarily 67 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:32,500 and otherwise at a very fast clip and I 68 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,444 talked about this a lot to defense 69 00:02:34,444 --> 00:02:36,556 audiences but having the privilege to 70 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:38,444 talk to you , I would say they're 71 00:02:38,444 --> 00:02:40,444 challenging us in many spaces , not 72 00:02:40,444 --> 00:02:42,556 just with defense and military but in 73 00:02:42,556 --> 00:02:44,389 economic technology spectrum and 74 00:02:44,389 --> 00:02:46,500 otherwise . And we all better be able 75 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,333 to rise to the challenge of what 76 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,290 they're presenting , defining the 77 00:02:50,290 --> 00:02:52,460 spectrum way ahead is critical to our 78 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:54,910 nation . And I know the panel I heard a 79 00:02:54,910 --> 00:02:56,966 little bit sitting in the green room 80 00:02:56,966 --> 00:02:59,660 here talking about our way ahead , how 81 00:02:59,660 --> 00:03:01,660 we balance this and there were some 82 00:03:01,660 --> 00:03:04,030 great remarks said by FCC excuse me , F 83 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:06,530 A a and others a moment ago about the 84 00:03:06,530 --> 00:03:08,950 challenges of this and being able to 85 00:03:08,950 --> 00:03:11,360 balance the different equities and as a 86 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,400 National Spectrum strategy is coming 87 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,550 along . This is gonna be so key to 88 00:03:16,550 --> 00:03:18,828 getting this right . And we at D O . D . 89 00:03:18,828 --> 00:03:21,050 Are excited about being able to provide 90 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:23,720 our inputs to this and indeed we have a 91 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,970 foundation for this . In 2020 we 92 00:03:25,970 --> 00:03:28,137 published our electromagnetic spectrum 93 00:03:28,137 --> 00:03:30,460 strategy that we put out and then last 94 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:33,200 year our secretary Lloyd Austin signed 95 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,890 out our implementation plan . So we've 96 00:03:35,890 --> 00:03:38,112 got clear markers of what we need to do 97 00:03:38,112 --> 00:03:40,279 in the national security space that we 98 00:03:40,279 --> 00:03:42,501 are eager to contribute to the National 99 00:03:42,501 --> 00:03:44,910 Spectrum Strategy . Now we have success 100 00:03:44,910 --> 00:03:46,854 at D . O . D . And making a lot of 101 00:03:46,854 --> 00:03:49,580 spectrum available to industry . O 102 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:51,747 particularly over the past few years . 103 00:03:51,747 --> 00:03:53,858 Most recently there was America's mid 104 00:03:53,858 --> 00:03:56,420 band initiative team or ambient for 105 00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:59,280 making available spectrum to industry 106 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:02,690 between the 3.4523 dot 55 part of the 107 00:04:02,690 --> 00:04:05,240 spectrum which raised in an auction 108 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,070 last fall , $21 billion . That took a 109 00:04:08,070 --> 00:04:09,848 lot of work and a sprint by our 110 00:04:09,848 --> 00:04:11,792 collective team at D . O . D . And 111 00:04:11,792 --> 00:04:13,903 working with the inter agency to make 112 00:04:13,903 --> 00:04:15,903 that happen and we're very proud of 113 00:04:15,903 --> 00:04:18,070 that of course before that there was a 114 00:04:18,070 --> 00:04:20,348 citizens Band radio service or C . B R . 115 00:04:20,348 --> 00:04:23,750 S and it was in the 35523.65 part of 116 00:04:23,750 --> 00:04:26,050 the spectrum . And working with C T I A 117 00:04:26,050 --> 00:04:28,540 and of course N T I A . And others on 118 00:04:28,540 --> 00:04:30,550 that part of the area . And now now 119 00:04:30,550 --> 00:04:34,160 here in 2022 . We're working the 3.123 120 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,160 dot 45 part of the spectrum through 121 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,190 what we call the emerging mid band 122 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,422 spectrum sharing . I know there's a lot 123 00:04:40,422 --> 00:04:42,880 of words or embrace activity there 124 00:04:42,890 --> 00:04:45,020 which is built on the successes and 125 00:04:45,020 --> 00:04:46,853 lessons learned from those other 126 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:49,350 exemplars . We talked about And we 127 00:04:49,350 --> 00:04:51,880 continue to look for opportunities to 128 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,260 make spectrum available to us , 129 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:56,770 industry for our economic development 130 00:04:56,780 --> 00:04:59,730 without any preference to one company 131 00:04:59,740 --> 00:05:02,500 or one organization to make us world 132 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:06,190 leaders in 5G and next G . Now , with 133 00:05:06,190 --> 00:05:08,670 that in mind , I've testified as 134 00:05:08,670 --> 00:05:10,670 recently as May of this year to the 135 00:05:10,670 --> 00:05:13,750 House Armed Services Committee that our 136 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,220 our equities in the 3.123.45 part of 137 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:19,387 the spectrum are critical for national 138 00:05:19,387 --> 00:05:21,609 security . And let me talk a little bit 139 00:05:21,609 --> 00:05:24,170 just about this , we have many radars 140 00:05:24,170 --> 00:05:26,281 and I can't go into the details in an 141 00:05:26,281 --> 00:05:28,337 unclassified setting . But I can say 142 00:05:28,337 --> 00:05:30,559 their land , air and sea based that are 143 00:05:30,559 --> 00:05:32,559 critical for our service members to 144 00:05:32,559 --> 00:05:34,781 train on before they deploy into harm's 145 00:05:34,781 --> 00:05:36,837 way overseas and also to protect our 146 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,580 homeland day in and day out , both 147 00:05:39,580 --> 00:05:41,650 against threats such as Russian bear 148 00:05:41,650 --> 00:05:44,210 bombers flying off our coastline to 149 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:46,043 emerging threats from our pacing 150 00:05:46,043 --> 00:05:48,210 challenge that can reach out and touch 151 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:50,720 our homeland in a conflict situation as 152 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,887 well as border security and other very 153 00:05:52,887 --> 00:05:55,053 important missions of both training as 154 00:05:55,053 --> 00:05:57,320 well as day to day homeland security 155 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,310 operations . And as I said during my 156 00:06:00,310 --> 00:06:03,130 confirmation hearing last fall sharing 157 00:06:03,140 --> 00:06:05,100 of this spectrum space must be Our 158 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:07,850 watchword sharing is indeed what we're 159 00:06:07,850 --> 00:06:11,120 doing with ambit CB Rs and what we must 160 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,790 do in the 3.123 dot 45 part of the 161 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:16,240 spectrum , it's not only about the 162 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,129 operational and homeland security 163 00:06:18,129 --> 00:06:20,550 considerations I mentioned for us to 164 00:06:20,550 --> 00:06:22,439 have to vacate this . Part of the 165 00:06:22,439 --> 00:06:24,970 spectrum would be absolutely untenable . 166 00:06:24,980 --> 00:06:28,400 It would take us two decades and 167 00:06:28,410 --> 00:06:30,580 hundreds of billions of dollars to be 168 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:32,880 able to re factor and move those radars 169 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,047 out of there . Let me say that again , 170 00:06:35,047 --> 00:06:37,240 decades and hundreds of billions of 171 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,030 dollars to move out of that space . But 172 00:06:40,030 --> 00:06:42,280 sharing offers us a way ahead out of 173 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:44,336 this and we've proven we can do this 174 00:06:44,336 --> 00:06:46,502 with the other initiatives I've talked 175 00:06:46,502 --> 00:06:49,420 about . We can make sharing work in 176 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:51,800 collaboration with you all in industry 177 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:53,977 and with our interagency partners such 178 00:06:53,977 --> 00:06:56,750 as N . T I a sec and others . And 179 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:59,760 indeed last year we established another 180 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,871 long word here , a set of words , the 181 00:07:01,871 --> 00:07:04,930 partnering on advanced and holistic 182 00:07:04,930 --> 00:07:07,650 spectrum solution or paths that doesn't 183 00:07:07,650 --> 00:07:10,900 exactly roll off your tongue task group 184 00:07:10,910 --> 00:07:13,690 with the national spectrum coalition or 185 00:07:13,690 --> 00:07:15,880 as I like to say the other N . S . C . 186 00:07:16,130 --> 00:07:18,890 So working the paths effort starting in 187 00:07:18,890 --> 00:07:21,590 november of last year . This is with 188 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,860 any member of the National Spectrum 189 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:26,440 coalition can join this . We've had 190 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:28,617 held 10 meetings since last november . 191 00:07:28,617 --> 00:07:31,320 And this is to bring together D . O . D . 192 00:07:31,330 --> 00:07:34,570 Inter agency industry academia to work 193 00:07:34,570 --> 00:07:36,860 through how do we do spectrum sharing 194 00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:40,120 in the 3.123 dot 45 space but really 195 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,342 kind of writ large on this . But that's 196 00:07:42,342 --> 00:07:44,509 where we're most focused on this right 197 00:07:44,509 --> 00:07:47,470 now . Now this work of this group that 198 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:50,420 we're working so hard with will inform 199 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:52,910 the spectrum sharing dynamic spectrum 200 00:07:52,910 --> 00:07:55,910 sharing study that we D . O . D . O . 201 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,500 Uh department of Commerce coming out of 202 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:01,830 last year's infrastructure bill . So 203 00:08:01,830 --> 00:08:03,997 this is our effort to reach out , hear 204 00:08:03,997 --> 00:08:05,941 other voices , not just look at it 205 00:08:05,941 --> 00:08:08,052 through the defense prison but try to 206 00:08:08,052 --> 00:08:09,997 balance all the different equities 207 00:08:09,997 --> 00:08:11,774 there . Now I said we've had 10 208 00:08:11,774 --> 00:08:13,830 meetings of this group . We have our 209 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:15,886 next one coming up this Wednesday on 210 00:08:15,886 --> 00:08:18,052 the 21st Also we have something called 211 00:08:18,052 --> 00:08:20,274 paths . See again that doesn't roll off 212 00:08:20,274 --> 00:08:22,552 your tongue . See being for classified , 213 00:08:22,552 --> 00:08:24,497 where we've taken a subset of that 214 00:08:24,497 --> 00:08:26,497 group , 30 organizations that's met 215 00:08:26,497 --> 00:08:28,330 four times . We're able to share 216 00:08:28,330 --> 00:08:29,997 classified information in the 217 00:08:29,997 --> 00:08:32,219 appropriate setting to get into another 218 00:08:32,219 --> 00:08:34,274 layer of detail about the radars and 219 00:08:34,274 --> 00:08:36,330 how we use them and what we use them 220 00:08:36,330 --> 00:08:38,441 for for national security to keep all 221 00:08:38,441 --> 00:08:40,608 of us safe here in this great nation . 222 00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:42,932 So we're gonna figure this out together 223 00:08:42,932 --> 00:08:45,154 and I need your help as the D . O . D . 224 00:08:45,154 --> 00:08:47,321 C . I . O . To continue to get through 225 00:08:47,321 --> 00:08:49,154 this . And I don't say this with 226 00:08:49,154 --> 00:08:51,321 hyperbole about what it would take for 227 00:08:51,321 --> 00:08:53,488 us to move these radars . I want us to 228 00:08:53,488 --> 00:08:55,599 be successful economically but I also 229 00:08:55,599 --> 00:08:57,766 want to work with you to ensure we can 230 00:08:57,766 --> 00:08:59,988 keep this nation safe and our women and 231 00:08:59,988 --> 00:09:02,210 men safe . Downrange wherever they have 232 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:04,266 to deploy now or in the future . And 233 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:06,599 that is a sacred obligation I have as D . 234 00:09:06,599 --> 00:09:08,654 O . D . C . I . O . And it really is 235 00:09:08,654 --> 00:09:10,766 about working across with partners in 236 00:09:10,766 --> 00:09:12,932 government and industry and academia . 237 00:09:12,932 --> 00:09:14,877 I'll give you an example last fall 238 00:09:14,877 --> 00:09:17,154 around the october november time frame . 239 00:09:17,154 --> 00:09:18,877 Our deputy secretary , my boss 240 00:09:18,877 --> 00:09:21,154 Catherine Hicks met with several C . E . 241 00:09:21,154 --> 00:09:23,470 O . S of telecom companies to hear 242 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,258 inputs on what do we need to be 243 00:09:25,258 --> 00:09:27,369 thinking about ? Not only not only on 244 00:09:27,369 --> 00:09:29,036 spectrum sharing but state of 245 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:31,258 technology and other considerations and 246 00:09:31,258 --> 00:09:33,480 something we're also very proud of . As 247 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,647 recently as last week we hold a summit 248 00:09:35,647 --> 00:09:37,940 down in Orlando to bring together . 249 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:39,829 This is pretty cool as we look at 250 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:41,790 military electromagnetic spectrum 251 00:09:41,790 --> 00:09:43,780 operations or M so this is how we 252 00:09:43,790 --> 00:09:46,340 operate in a military environment 253 00:09:46,350 --> 00:09:49,250 overseas and then bringing together the 254 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:51,320 gaming industry and I gotta give mrs 255 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,376 Anita Harris who leads this for us a 256 00:09:53,376 --> 00:09:55,542 big shout out . I don't think she said 257 00:09:55,542 --> 00:09:57,376 this publicly . She got the idea 258 00:09:57,376 --> 00:09:59,487 watching one of her teenage kids play 259 00:09:59,487 --> 00:10:01,709 video games on , I forget which game it 260 00:10:01,709 --> 00:10:03,931 was but to bring in the gaming industry 261 00:10:03,931 --> 00:10:05,987 who does data management some of the 262 00:10:05,987 --> 00:10:08,042 back in the visualization to help us 263 00:10:08,042 --> 00:10:09,876 think through how we're gonna do 264 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:12,042 electromagnetic spectrum operations In 265 00:10:12,042 --> 00:10:13,987 a military context . And it really 266 00:10:13,987 --> 00:10:16,153 resonated from everything . I'm seeing 267 00:10:16,153 --> 00:10:18,320 over 200 organizations and individuals 268 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,653 industry , military commands and others . 269 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,855 But I just site that is an example of 270 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:25,785 how we want to listen and learn and get 271 00:10:25,785 --> 00:10:27,674 this right with all the different 272 00:10:27,674 --> 00:10:29,674 stakeholders . So as I get ready to 273 00:10:29,674 --> 00:10:31,785 close here , I want to offer you this 274 00:10:31,785 --> 00:10:33,952 one thing . And I really thought about 275 00:10:33,952 --> 00:10:36,118 this . There's two directions . We can 276 00:10:36,118 --> 00:10:38,285 really go right now as a nation , as a 277 00:10:38,285 --> 00:10:40,810 set of partners . The first way is 278 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:42,876 we're gonna have a national spectrum 279 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:44,931 strategy that balances the different 280 00:10:44,931 --> 00:10:47,153 equities that approaches this smartly . 281 00:10:47,153 --> 00:10:49,320 That brings together the innovation in 282 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,376 who we are as Americans . To put our 283 00:10:51,376 --> 00:10:53,320 pacing challenge back on the heels 284 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,540 where we define what 5G next G&R . R . 285 00:10:55,550 --> 00:10:58,380 Spectrum way ahead is gonna be where we 286 00:10:58,380 --> 00:11:00,491 look back in a couple of years ago we 287 00:11:00,491 --> 00:11:02,602 got it right and indeed the women and 288 00:11:02,602 --> 00:11:04,824 men who replace us in our organizations 289 00:11:04,824 --> 00:11:06,936 say you all got it right . That was a 290 00:11:06,936 --> 00:11:09,047 pivot point , an inflection point and 291 00:11:09,047 --> 00:11:11,269 what we're doing in spectrum and how we 292 00:11:11,269 --> 00:11:13,380 manage and lead this . That's door a 293 00:11:13,390 --> 00:11:17,370 door B is we don't get it right . We 294 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:19,440 we we go back to kind of parochial 295 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,470 concerns we dig in . We don't consider 296 00:11:22,470 --> 00:11:24,581 all the different equities . We don't 297 00:11:24,581 --> 00:11:27,310 balance . We don't get it right china 298 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,840 leads in this space and our successors 299 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,260 regret what we did or did not do 300 00:11:32,270 --> 00:11:36,160 correctly . I'm I'm all for Door A and 301 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,271 I know you are , too , and I want you 302 00:11:38,271 --> 00:11:40,049 to know the department offenses 303 00:11:40,049 --> 00:11:42,216 committed to getting that right . So I 304 00:11:42,216 --> 00:11:44,327 want to close by saying , thank you . 305 00:11:44,327 --> 00:11:46,216 We're on we're looking forward to 306 00:11:46,216 --> 00:11:48,382 working with you on this . Thank you . 307 00:11:48,382 --> 00:11:50,549 Mr Davidson for having me here today , 308 00:11:50,549 --> 00:11:52,716 and I look forward to working with you 309 00:11:52,716 --> 00:11:52,320 going forward . Thank you so much .