Aerospace Industry Leaders Warn Against 5G Rollout

Aerospace Industry Leaders Warn Against 5G Rollout
A Boeing logo at the company's facility in Everett, Wash., on Jan. 21, 2020. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters
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The CEOs of the two largest commercial jet manufacturers in the United States warned against the deployment of expanded 5G mobile broadband technology, in a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

Dave Calhoun of Boeing and Jeffrey Knittel of Airbus Americas expressed concern on Dec. 20 about a plan by Verizon and AT&T to roll out the new technology on Jan. 5, 2022, and urged the Biden administration to intervene to postpone the adoption of the new network.