ViaSat announced that it received an order valued at
approximately $27.6 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System
Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Command (SPAWAR), MIDS Program Office (MPO) in San Diego, California. MIDS-LVT
terminals provide greater situational awareness in combat for U.S. Navy, Air
Force, Army, Marine Corps, and for U.S. defense partners by gathering
information into a digital view of the battlefield.
The secure, high capacity, jam resistant, wireless system
connects users with both digital data and digital voice communications.
Deliveries of the Lot 12 MIDS-LVT units are scheduled to begin in July 2012 and
continue through March 2013.
The MIDS-LVT Lot 12 order includes LVT airborne and LVT
ground-based terminals under a five year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite
Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded in 2010. This new award includes LVT terminal
variants for F/A-18, EA-18G, E-2D, P-3, EP-3E aircraft and MH-60R/S
helicopters, along with terminals for the BACN program and U.S. Air Force
applications.
The MIDS-LVT Lot 12 order also includes LVT(2) terminal
variants for various U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine
Corps applications, as well as terminals for Japan and spares for Australia
under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
MIDS-LVT is part of a tactical radio system
(non-satellite) that collects data from many sources and displays an electronic
overview of the battlefield. The system is used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air
Force, and U.S. Army, as well as the military forces of other nations. ViaSat
is one of two U.S. government-qualified manufacturers of Link 16 MIDS
terminals.
ViaSat recently announced that the launch
of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite, previously set for the end of
September, is now scheduled for mid-October. The delay is due to the launch
failure of the Russian Federal Mission with the Express AM4 communication
satellite that occurred on August 18.
Immediately after the failure of the Russian Federal
Proton mission with the Express AM4 satellite, the Russian Inter-Agency
Commission conducted a formal investigation into the cause of the failure.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
