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SPAWAR Looks to ViaSat to Support and Modernize the U.S. Navy's Proven UHF Satellite Communications Network

Aug. 22, 2016

Earlier this month, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), awarded ViaSat Inc. a sole source contract for engineering, technical services and hardware/software products in support of the U.S. Navy's joint Ultra High Frequency (UHF) military satellite communications (satcom) system. This award highlights the U.S. Government's commitment to maintaining the long-term viability of proven UHF systems; ensuring Navy warfighters have ongoing support and access to proven communications technology when in the battlespace.

Under this particular SPAWAR contract, ViaSat will help support the sustainment and modernization of the joint UHF military satcom network integrated control system, UHF satcom channel controllers and user terminals. In addition, ViaSat will provide a path to a modern crypto design for next-generation UHF terminals.

"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.