Viasat has launched GX LITE, a flat panel user terminal designed to provide land expeditionary forces with global network connectivity to support their various missions. The GX LITE terminal serves Global Xpress network, the company’s high-throughput commercial Ka-band network available worldwide.

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Viasat will continue manufacturing VM300-M cards and delivering the shipboard application components to the U.S. Navy under a new modification that increased the value of the existing contract to $57.5 million. The first delivery order is for 79 VM300-M cards and associated operations and maintenance services.

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Viasat’s Inmarsat Government business will provide space relay services and other proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite-based services for the U.S. Space Force, defense agencies, combatant commands, other federal agencies and international allies under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. Inmarsat Government is one of the 16 vendors that won […] More

Viasat’s Inmarsat Government business will provide space relay services and other proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite-based services for the U.S. Space Force, defense agencies, combatant commands, other federal agencies and international allies under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. More

California-based communications company Viasat has booked more than $80 million in awards for the development of phased array antenna systems to be integrated into military platforms. In a statement published Monday, Jeanne Atwell, general manager for Arizona operations at Viasat, said the awards will be utilized to advance multi-function Active Electronically Scanned Arrays. The AESAs will be […] More

Viasat has introduced a family of software defined radio modem platforms designed to enable military users to securely transmit data and meet beyond line-of-sight communications requirements in support of mission-critical operations. The Black ICE SDR product line supports OpenAMIP for antenna management and Xilinx and Intel Field Programmable Gate Array architectures in Ka- and L-bands, […] More

Viasat will contribute on-orbit space relay communications to an Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at demonstrating connectivity between military spacecraft on low Earth orbit and commercial geostationary platforms. The global communications company said Wednesday it will provide a Ka-band space relay payload for an AFRL mission spacecraft in support of the ARBALEST program. Viasat […] More

Boeing has handed over to network provider Viasat the first of three 702MP+ satellites, ViaSat-3 Americas. The Boeing-designed satellite platform provides connectivity and coverage to global users and is integrated with Viasat’s ultra-high-capacity payload, the aerospace company said Monday.  The satellite platform has been flown to the Florida Space Coast for launch and mission operations […] More

Viasat has created a Trusted Cybersecurity Services platform that uses classified threat intelligence from the U.S. government to detect malicious cyber activity in companies, critical infrastructure and regional organizations. The company said Thursday its new hosted intrusion technology is developed to provide warning as early as six months ahead of other threat detection indicators on […] More

Viasat will provide fully managed satellite communications services for the U.S. Marine Corps under a contract. The contract award comes following the completion of a pilot program that involved the provision of satcom as a managed service to the branch’s I Marine Expeditionary Force, Viasat said Tuesday. Through the pilot, the company’s SaaMS offering delivered […] More

Viasat will continue its delivery of mission equipment and services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a potential $325 million sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The IDIQ builds on a $350 million contract SOCOM awarded to Viasat in 2017 for tactical radio and satellite equipment, the company said Thursday. Under the new agreement, Viasat will […] More

L3Harris Technologies looks to expand its communication and networking capabilities through a potential $1.96 billion deal with Viasat for the acquisition of the satellite communication company’s Tactical Data Links business. The purchase of Link 16 product line from Viasat’s government systems segment will include Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems and associated terminals integrated into military assets […] More