How Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) Could Strengthen Defense Situational Awareness

The Modern Integrated Warfare Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 14m

Wireless networks have traditionally been designed to connect people, devices, and systems, but that same infrastructure is increasingly helping organizations understand what is happening around them. Using radio frequency signals and techniques like signal processing and AI, Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) brings sensing capabilities into existing wireless networks. Although 6G is anticipated to increase ISAC capabilities, the technology can already be explored through current 5G networks, giving ​​the federal government ​​​​the chance to build new forms of situational awareness…