CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat
Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today
announced its Mobile Broadband Router (MBR)-4020 airborne modem has
successfully completed the Army Forces Strategic Command (ARSTRAT)
certification process. By completing the certification, the Viasat
MBR-4020 modem is now authorized to operate on the Wideband Global
SATCOM (WGS) network, which will significantly reduce overall
satellite communications (SATCOM) costs for intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) customers and very important
person special airlift mission (VIPSAM) aircraft.
The Viasat MBR-4020 is a dual-band, multi-mode software-defined
modem, capable of industry-leading network interoperability and
operational flexibility today. It is one device that can serve the
high-speed, secure, resilient and ubiquitous airborne mission needs
of military customers.
"Obtaining ARSTRAT certification for the MBR-4020 modem
demonstrates our ability to rapidly deliver solutions that can
seamlessly integrate into a hybrid adaptive network architecture to
meet rapidly evolving in-flight mission and communications needs,"
said Ken Peterman, president,
Government Systems, Viasat. "With Viasat's MBR-4020, VIPSAM and ISR
customers have a communications infrastructure that can roam among
networks and orbital regimes in order to deliver advanced
connectivity services for evolving operations and en-route mission
planning requirements."
The Viasat MBR-4020 is designed to fit seamlessly into Viasat's
Hybrid Adaptive Network SATCOM architecture concept, which will
conceptually allow users to seamlessly operate across commercial
and government purpose-built SATCOM networks, such as WGS, creating
an end-to-end network that provides mitigation against congestion
situations, intentional and unintentional interference sources and
cyber threats through implementation of layered resiliency in
highly contested environments.
Availability
The Viasat MBR-4020 modem is available
for purchase and use across all branches of the U.S. Department of
Defense.
More information about Viasat's global mobile broadband
solutions can be found here.
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
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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
about Viasat's dual-band MBR-4020 modem's features and advantages,
including expected cost reductions, seamless interoperability and
resiliency. Readers are cautioned that actual results could differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: risks
associated with satellite failures, including the effect of any
anomaly, operational failure or degradation in performance; product
defects; regulatory issues; and technologies that do not perform
according to expectations. 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 © 2018 Viasat, Inc. All rights reserved. All other
product or company names mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective
owners. Viasat is a registered trademark of Viasat,
Inc.
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