Monday, June 26, 2017

ViaSat Gets $88.3M In Military Contracts

Carlsbad-based ViaSat said this morning that it has won $88.3M in contracts from the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), to provide tactical radio terminals for the U.S. Navy and Air Force. According to ViaSat, it is tripling production of its Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals specifically for those contracts. Those software defined radio (SDR) terminals are used in battlefield communications, providing voice, video and data communications with a line-of-sight, jam-resistant capability across ground, air and naval assets. ViaSat said the work on those contracts will be done in Carlsbad and Tempe, Arizona.