CANBERRA, Australia,
March 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications
company, today announced it signed a Strategic Alliance
Agreement (SAA) with Blacktree Technology,Pty Ltd
(Blacktree), an Australian-based communications systems design
and integration company, in November
2019. The SAA will enable Viasat and Blacktree to meet the
needs of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) requirements, by
providing rapid and cost-effective in-country manufacturing and
support services for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite
communications (SATCOM) systems.
Colin Cooper, general manager,
Government Systems, Viasat Australia commented, "Our agreement with
Blacktree will play a critical role in supporting and expanding UHF
support and maintenance resources in Australia, and will provide opportunities to
investigate export of UHF products and services to Five Eyes
(FVEY) and coalition UHF military SATCOM user
nations."
"Blacktree welcomes the formalisation of the alliance with
Viasat, which strengthens a relationship that enhances ongoing
innovation and development of UHF SATCOM solutions and support for
Defence customers in Australia and
internationally," said Joe Nevin,
director, Blacktree Technology.
Viasat's leadership in critical technology segments such as
SATCOM, tactical networks and cybersecurity offers an opportunity
for Australia to modernise systems
used by the ADF. Viasat is a leader in UHF SATCOM and is working to
assure global 25-kHz Demand-Assigned Multiple-Access and
next-generation Integrated Waveform (IW) networks and services,
enabled by Viasat's Visual Integrated Satellite communications
Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software platform
continue to meet military mission requirements.
Viasat's Ka-band broadband satellites combined currently offer
more bandwidth than any other satellite operator in the world.
Viasat is a vertically integrated satellite communications
technology and services company, and is a leading provider of
highly integrated GEO payloads, components & subsystems,
gateway/teleport antenna systems, networking systems, user
terminals for fixed & mobile applications, ASICs, MMICS, and/or
modules for third party terminal developers.
Importantly from a defence perspective, beginning in 2021,
Viasat plans to launch a new, global ViaSat-3 constellation of
resilient, flexible and agile high-capacity communications
satellites that will improve responsiveness of current and emergent
defence mission threats.
Viasat's Australian Government Systems business is headquartered
in Canberra and provides a wide
range of defence technology capabilities and sovereign
resources to meet Australia's
needs.
The range of products being developed and supported by Blacktree
include high-gain UHF helical antenna's, static and remote-control
pedestal systems, filters and diplexers, HPA's, LNA's and RF
management components. Blacktree's products are manufactured
in Perth, complemented by support
teams located in Darwin and Canberra,
Australia.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company
that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For more than 30 years, Viasat has helped shape how
consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat,
visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or
follow the Company on social media at:
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.
About Blacktree Technology
Blacktree Technology is a
trusted global supplier of critical communications solutions. For
the past 20 years Blacktree has been solving communication problems
in challenging and geographically diverse environments for
commercial, industrial and Defence customers. Based on the
west coast of Australia, the
Company is supporting the ADF whilst growing exports to customers
in FVEY partner nations. To learn more about Blacktree Technology,
visit www.blacktree.com.au, or follow the Company on social
media at Linkedin.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors
created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements
that refer to the strategic alliance agreement between Viasat and
Blacktree Technology, including the provision of UHF SATCOM systems
manufacturing and support services to the ADF, FVEY and coalition
nations; and the performance, capabilities and anticipated benefits
of the ViaSat-3 class satellite platform, including the expected
capacity, coverage, flexibility and other features of the ViaSat-3
constellation. Readers are cautioned that actual results could
differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ include: the ability to realize the anticipated benefits
of the ViaSat-3 satellite platform; unexpected expenses or delays
related to the ViaSat-3 satellite platform; risks associated with
the construction, launch and operation of ViaSat-3 and Viasat's
other satellites, including the effect of any anomaly, operational
failure or degradation in satellite performance; manufacturing
issues or delays; contractual problems; regulatory issues;
technologies not being developed according to anticipated
schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations; and
increased competition and other factors affecting the government
and defence sectors generally. In addition, please refer to the
risk factors contained in Viasat's SEC filings
available at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. Viasat undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Copyright © 2020 Viasat, Inc. All rights reserved. Viasat, the
Viasat logo and the Viasat signal are registered trademarks of
Viasat, Inc. All other product or company names mentioned are used
for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
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