A bit more information here:
transition.fcc.gov...
and
www.psst.org...
It may be they decided to expand the market to DoD use, but basically they are setting up what amounts to a cell phone network (LTE) for public
safety. Motorola was running similar tests at Holoman AFB.
If life were a dry lake bed, even the iphone 4 would work there, death grip and all. [No obstructions on the dry lake] So what this testing actually
proves in terms of normal operation is dubious, but perhaps they want to test the system in the presence of jamming, since that would be needed on the
battlefield.

