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

Viasat has opened a new office near the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground installation to expand its presence in Harford County, Maryland, and further support the military’s network transformation efforts. The company said Wednesday the office will house employees of its government systems business developing satellite communication and networking capabilities for defense customers. A laboratory […] More

Viasat has been tapped to develop a space relay capability for NASA to support near-Earth communications services. As part of NASA’s Communications Services Project, Viasat will leverage its ViaSat-3 global satellite constellation, along with its upcoming geostationary orbit network – which features three Terabit-class high-throughput satellites – to enable rapid, low-latency communications for LEO spacecraft, the Carlsbad, […] More

Viasat‘s secured space network management software has been certified by the Department of Defense for use on legacy and next-generation defense ultra-high frequency satellite communications platforms. The DOD Joint Interoperability Test Command Integrated Waveform certification allows military operators of the Visual Integrated SATCOM Information, Operation and Networking software to create more simultaneous networks that warfighters […] More

Craig Miller, president of government systems at Viasat, said that discussions about the Space Development Agency’s upcoming satellite network should focus on how spacecraft from different manufacturers could be interoperable and support a “highly complex, multi-band and multi-network system” together. In an opinion piece SpaceNews published Friday, Miller noted that the Transport Layer’s network and […] More

Viasat participated in a recent U.S. Navy exercise to demonstrate how company-built technology platforms could help warfighters communicate as they perform expeditionary base operations and littoral missions. The company said Thursday it demonstrated cloud-based tactical communications support for multiple echelons at the Naval Integration in Contested Environments Advanced Naval Technology Exercise. During the event, Viasat […] 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

Viasat will conduct research to determine how 5G networks could support expeditionary advanced base operations under a third contract awarded through the Department of Defense’s Information Warfare Research Project. The company said Wednesday it will use digital twin models and agile software-defined networks to support command and control capabilities, advanced processing and network enhancements as […] More

Viasat has secured a pair of contracts from the Navy Exchange Service Command to provide telecommunication network services for sailors deployed at the U.S. Navy’s installations in Guam and Poland. The company said Monday it will deliver a fiber Wi-Fi network, voice communications and TV network services to Naval Station Guam and Andersen Air Force […] More

Viasat will deploy its military-grade In-line Network Encryptor on a low earth orbit satellite intended to boost communications security and cybersecurity services for data transmission. The global communications company said Tuesday the INE will be integrated into the first Link 16-capable LEO satellite that Viasat is working on for the Space Vehicles XVI program of […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25.4 million modification to a contract for the Blackjack satellite constellation. The company will contue integrating Blackjack surveillance satellites under the option 3 action, which raises the contract’s value from $40.5 million to $65.8 million, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Eighty-two percent of […] More