The contract expands program providing fully
managed satellite communication services to Marines
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 24,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),
a global communications company, today announced it was awarded a
contract to provide end-to-end satellite communications (SATCOM)
support through a fully managed service to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The
contract is an extension following a successful pilot and follow-on
service program in the government's FY22 through which Viasat
delivered a fully managed SATCOM as a Managed Service (SaaMS)
solution to the USMC I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), the
Marine Corps' largest warfighting organization. This is the first
commercially developed SaaMS implemented by a USMC command.
Under this fully managed SATCOM service, Viasat has provided I
MEF with a resilient beyond-line-of-sight communications capability
that is both scalable and rapidly deployable to meet contract and
operational requirements. This commercially developed SaaMS
capability has enabled I MEF to extend its command and control (C2)
to the tactical edge, supporting Marine exercises, Marine
Expeditionary Units and Stand in Force rotational deployments with
on-demand satellite connectivity and data transport. The SaaMS is
designed to provide greater flexibility to meet changing
connectivity demands, support Multi-Domain Operations, and increase
the safety of deployed forces through reliable and resilient
communications.
"Viasat is very excited to continue its partnership with the
Marine Corps and provide a fully managed SATCOM service that offers
a dynamic and scalable solution to meet the demands of
expeditionary forces," said Craig
Miller, president of Viasat Government Systems. "This is a
modern SATCOM service that is designed to deliver the performance,
flexibility and rapid deployment capability Marine expeditionary
forces need – supporting operational readiness and enabling the
USMC to easily leverage surge capacity for specific mission needs.
This SaaMS solution is a critical piece to achieving a decision
advantage in a modern information and communications warfare
environment."
The fully managed SATCOM solution includes seamless roaming,
always-on access across Viasat's commercial high-capacity networks,
offering the USMC a highly flexible service that can leverage
Service Level Agreements to meet specified mission and operational
requirements. This service will provide end-to-end, secure data
custody from the edge back to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network
via Viasat's worldwide terrestrial network. The Viasat Unified
Customer Experience Portal, included with the service,
will deliver near real-time situational awareness for
operational commanders and network managers alike, thus
enabling greater, near real-time understanding across the entire
network. Additionally, supported by a 24x7x365 network operations
center and security operations center, this turnkey service will
provide the USMC with terminal inventory management, network
performance monitoring, cybersecurity, and cyber defense, as well
as engineering support, training, and logistics support.
Visit the Viasat website for more information and background on
the available SATCOM services for defense.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications
company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For more than 35 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
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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 the features and benefits of the Viasat SATCOM managed
services for the U.S. Marine Corps. 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: construction, launch and
operation of satellites, including the effect of any anomaly,
operational failure or degradation in satellite performance;
contractual problems, product defects, manufacturing issues or
delays, regulatory issues, technologies not being developed
according to anticipated schedules, or that do not perform
according to expectations; delays in approving U.S. government
budgets and cuts in government defense expenditures; and increased
competition and other factors affecting the government and defense
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.
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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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