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Viasat to upgrade UK MoD’s UHF SATCOM network control stations

Land February 11, 2021

Airbus has awarded Viasat’s UK entity a contract worth £6.7 million to upgrade the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) Network Control Stations (NCS), delivering the UHF Skynet capability to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). This upgrade will leverage the Viasat Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and ...

Viasat demonstrates multi-path networking capabilities

Land February 4, 2021

 Viasat has transmitted high performance cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) based data in a variety of challenging tactical communication scenarios during the US Army’s Cyber Quest 2020 exercise. The Exercise is a collaborative, live event where military, commercial and defense industry, worked alongside academia and government to examine how electronic warfare, ...

Viasat increases production on its Link 16 tactical data links radios

Land January 27, 2021

Viasat Inc has increased production run rates to over 200 Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Link 16 Next-Generation Tactical Data Links radios per month to meet current interest and pending orders from US and international defence customers. Specifically, Viasat is seeing surge interest in its Battlefield Awareness Targeting System-Embedded (BATS-E) Link 16 radios, which ...

Viasat, AeroVironment to develop enhanced encrypted communications capabilities

Air October 26, 2020

Viasat Inc and AeroVironment, Inc. have announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded under the US Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative.  The project will provide US military customers flying small UAS platforms the ability to deploy a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network that will address the ...