"UHF military
satcom has a
long history
enabling beyond
line-of-sight
communication
across the
battlespace, and
provides a
solid, 'always
available'
communications
solution," said
Ken Peterman,
senior vice
president and
general manager,
Government
Systems
Division,
ViaSat. "This
award reflects
the Navy's
commitment to
using proven UHF
radios and
channel
controllers
already deployed
worldwide,
mitigating risk
with non-fielded
communications
systems in order
to ensure
continued and
enhanced
capabilities for
the warfighter
many years into
the future."
ViaSat is a
world leader in
UHF satellite
communications
for defense
organizations,
providing
everything from
single-user
terminals to
complete UHF
sovereign
channel control
systems. The
Company provides
UHF Military
satcom
terminals,
modems,
embeddable
modules,
simulators, RF
infrastructure,
and over-all
network
management. The
ViaSat terminals
are Joint
Interoperability
Test Command
(JITC) and NSA
certified to
ensure
compliance with
Legacy Demand
Assigned
Multiple Access
(DAMA) Military
Standards and
provide
interoperability
with
internationally-fielded
UHF satcom
terminals.
ViaSat enables
the transition
to Integrated
Waveform (IW),
the next
generation of
UHF. IW allows
doubling current
UHF capacity and
enables cell
phone-like
calling with low
latency and
enhanced voice
quality while
retaining legacy
interoperability.