Line of Effort One: Facilitate Domestic 5G Rollout The Administration is facilitating the private sector-led domestic rollout of 5G, primarily coordinated by the National Economic Council. Activity 1.1: Research, development, and testing to reach and maintain United States leadership in secure 5G and beyond2. This activity outlines the approach for research and development (R&D) by the Federal Government, in close partnership with trusted supplier entities, mutual defense treaty allies, academia, strategic partners, and other countries to reach and maintain United States leadership in 5th and future generations wireless communications systems and infrastructure security. A detailed plan is provided in Annex A. The objectives for the R&D approach include: 1. Develop the advanced communications and networking capabilities necessary to achieve the security, resilience, safety, privacy, capacity, coverage, and performance of 5G and beyond systems at an affordable cost; 2. Enable the establishment and enforcement of a trusted end-to-end hardware, software, and network management ecosystem to reduce, manage, and mitigate security vulnerabilities; 3. Advance technical standards, strong intellectual property rights (IPR), and educational and workforce opportunities in 5G and beyond; 4. Establish a stable and thriving United States manufacturing base for 5G and beyond systems, and create public-private partnerships with government, industry, and academia; and 5. Maximize the strategic effect of Federal R&D resources through an understanding of market needs and by complementing United States private sector activities. Lead Entity: OSTP Supporting Entities: DARPA, DHS, DOD, DOE, DOL, DOT, State, ED, FBI, FCC, FDA, FMG, NIST, NSA, NSF, and NTIA. Outcome Statement: The goal of this activity is to advance and sustain United States leadership and the state of the art in secure 5G and beyond systems and applications by (1) catalyzing the transition of 5G and beyond systems to a secure, open ecosystem of innovators, suppliers, and operators; (2) creating new as well as enhancing existing centers of domestic 5G and beyond research, development, manufacturing, and operations built on United States technological strengths; and, (3) leveraging public-private partnerships spanning government, industry, academia, national laboratories, and international allies. This plan seeks to build and maintain secure, high-performance 5G and beyond systems through synergistic efforts in research, development, and testing. See Annex A - Plan for Research, Development, & Testing. 2 Approval of the plan will not guarantee that resources will be provided for the activity. Departments and agencies will be expected to request resources for the R&D actions and activities through their established budget process unless the activity describes an alternative means for acquiring the resources. 8