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    Satellite ground station equipment from ViaSat ordered for BFT-2

    Jan. 1, 2011
    CARLSBAD, Calif., 1 Jan. 2011. PM Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below ordered installation and test of production satellite ground station and satellite network control center equipment as well as L-band bandwidth leasing, network ground equipment, and thousands of additional production vehicular transceivers from ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) under the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) IDIQ contract. These next generation BFT-2 systems are designed to enable much faster situational awareness updates and higher transmission speeds.
    Posted by John McHaleCARLSBAD, Calif., 1 Jan. 2011. PM Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below ordered installation and test of production satellite ground station and satellite network control center equipment as well as L-band bandwidth leasing, network ground equipment, and thousands of additional production vehicular transceivers from ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) under the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) IDIQ contract. These next generation BFT-2 systems are designed to enable much faster situational awareness updates and higher transmission speeds."These follow on task orders demonstrate our customer's commitment to our new system and the desire to transition to the BFT-2 architecture as quickly as possible," says Phil Berry, vice president of ViaSat Command and Control Situational Awareness (C2SA). "We're working closely with the FBCB2 program team to ensure successful fielding of this network upgrade."The ViaSat BFT-2 network offers situational awareness updates and increased data throughput. The next generation BFT-2 network is expected to improve situational awareness latency from minutes to just seconds.The new BFT-2 system is derived from ViaSat mobile satellite communication technology, which enables fast, efficient network access using very small antennas. These systems provide communications-on-the-move (COTM) service to both military and commercial customers.

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