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ViaSat

6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009

https://www.viasat.com/

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Comms

Ultra High Frequency SATCOM equipment to be delivered to Royal Navy - News

November 05, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

UNITED KINGDOM. Viasat UK Ltd., a subsidiary of global communications company, Viasat Inc., announced it has won a contract to provide Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) for the new Type 31 frigates, to be delivered by Babcock Team 31, for the Royal Navy.

Unmanned

Encrypted comms capabilities for UASs in development for U.S. Army - News

October 15, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat AeroVironment, Inc.

CARLSBAD and SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Viasat Inc., a global communications company, and AeroVironment, Inc., company specializing in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative. The project will aim to provide U.S. military customers flying small UAS platforms the ability to deploy a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network that will address growing electronic warfare capabilities of adversaries.

Comms

BATS-D handheld Link 16 radio released by Viasat - News

October 07, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc., a global communications company, announced it has released a new configuration of its handheld Link 16 Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System – Dismounted (BATS-D) radio.

Comms

Handheld air-to-ground radios delivered to USAF - News

January 21, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc., communications company, announced it was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, worth a maximum ceiling of $90 million, to provide the U.S. Air Force (USAF) with Viasat's Battlefield Awareness Targeting System — Dismounted (BATS-D) handheld Link 16 radios, also known as the AN/PRC-161 radio. The IDIQ award also covers associated operator training and maintenance.

Comms

Viasat integrates Concurrent Multiple Reception capabilities to its Link 16 products - News

April 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc. engineers added Concurrent Multiple Reception (CMR) capabilities to the company's Link 16 products. CMR enables a Link 16 radio to receive multiple messages simultaneously versus legacy radios that can only receive one message at a time.

Comms

Network encryptor to improve performance over high latency links - Product

February 14, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

The Viasat KG-250X is a rugged, Type 1 Inline Network Encryptor (INE) certified by the National Security Agency to deliver high-speed High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) IP network encryption to tactical and mobile users for applications such as airborne missions. Viasat in...

Comms

U.S. government senior-leader aircraft to get Viasat global in-flight connectivity - News

September 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat has won an eight-year, firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide U.S. government senior leader and VIP aircraft with global in-flight broadband and connectivity services.