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Booz Allen Advances AI-powered NextG for America
MCLEAN, Va., March 26, 2026--Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) today announced that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, has made a strategic investment in O-RAN Development Company (ODC), a U.S.-based technology company specializing in AI-native Open RAN (O-RAN) solutions for 5G and emerging 6G networks. The investment—part of ODC’s Series A funding round—will help accelerate the development of NextG wireless technologies that power mission-critical communications and help shap
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