High-altitude 5G: The system, designed to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness, will provide connectivity from Space Compass’ High-Altitude Platform Station aircraft using Airspan’s 5G In-Motion ATG. Florida-based telco, Airspan Networks, is planning a 5G Air-to-Ground (ATG) system with NTT-backed Japanese space radio access network (RAN) company, Space Compass, that it says will amplify Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). The maritime domain serves as an important frontier of transportation and global economic activities. However, it’s openness invites many threats that are often out of sight for land-based surveillance systems. By securely and quickly relaying HAPS payload data to the ground infrastructure at 5G speed, 5G HAPS can allow for much faster analysis and better safety response in maritime.