Enhanced scalability and on-demand service
will offer global mobile users rapid service activation for
tactical beyond line-of-sight communications
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:
VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today
announced the next evolution of its award-winning L-band
tactical satellite service, L-TAC, delivering new features that
allow service on-demand – when and where users need it. The
L-TAC service is delivered through Viasat's worldwide L-band
network, connecting radio users and command centers worldwide using
the tactical radios' native waveforms, encryption and a secure
terrestrial network.
The newly evolved L-TAC solution will automate the service's
ordering and provisioning system and deliver an automated L-TAC
channel assignment capability for more effective resource
allocation. This solution features a web portal that will allow end
users or Viasat partners to order or schedule L-TAC service. This
enhanced capability will enable users to request and receive
service on-demand in specific beams and over geographic regions
when and where they need to operate. As a result, global government
customers can order immediate service to areas of operation and can
schedule their resources more efficiently.
Furthermore, U.S. government customers now also have access to a
radio frequency over Internet protocol (RFoIP) solution that
supports remote monitoring of L-TAC channels. This enables L-TAC
user nets, or radio nets, to be remotely accessed worldwide over
IP, connecting users back to their headquarters, forward operating
bases or other remote sites.
Government and military users have traditionally relied on
line-of-sight Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Very High Frequency (VHF)
and UHF SATCOM systems for tactical communications without
practical alternatives when those services are unavailable. The
Viasat L-TAC service provides this alternative and is complementary
to existing UHF, VHF and UHF TACSAT radios, allowing users to
leverage the same security-accredited equipment with advanced
encryption over L-band satellite connections via interoperable
waveforms.
"Our award-winning L-TAC solution is a trusted option for
tactical, beyond line-of-sight communications with thousands of
units deployed. We recognize that our government customers'
missions and requirements are always evolving so it is our
responsibility to never stop innovating to meet those needs," said
Susan Miller, President, Viasat
Government. "This latest evolution of L-TAC is in direct response
to users' feedback. It further enhances the capabilities available
to our customers, while also delivering the flexibility,
ease-of-use and implementation that today's warfighters
expect."
For years, users around the world have trusted the L-TAC
solution to deliver a combination of reliable voice and data
connectivity, providing a robust and flexible beyond line-of-sight
(BLOS) capability to support missions in the air, at sea and on
land. The L-TAC service is actively supporting global operations
for several nations' armed forces around the world and a civilian
alternative is available for police, fire and medical support
services, emergency services, aid agencies, embassy communications
and other civilian agency use.
For more information on Viasat's L-TAC service offering, please
visit our website.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications
company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. With offices in 24 countries around the world, our
mission shapes how consumers, businesses, governments and
militaries around the world communicate and connect. Viasat is
developing the ultimate global communications network to power
high-quality, reliable, secure, affordable, fast connections to
positively impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the ground,
in the air or at sea, while building a sustainable future in space.
In May 2023, Viasat completed its
acquisition of Inmarsat, combining the teams, technologies and
resources of the two companies to create a new global
communications partner. Learn more at www.viasat.com, the
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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,
among others, statements that refer to the features, benefits
and performance of the L-band tactical satellite service (L-TAC)
solution. Readers are cautioned that actual results could
differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking
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include: our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the
Viasat global L-band GEO satellites and any future satellite we may
construct or acquire; risks associated with the construction,
launch and operation of satellites, including the effect of any
anomaly, operational failure or degradation in satellite
performance; our ability to successfully develop, introduce and
sell new technologies, products and services; changes in the global
business environment and economic conditions; changes in
relationships with, or the financial condition of, key customers or
suppliers; our reliance on a limited number of third parties to
manufacture and supply our products; the effect of adverse
regulatory changes (including changes affecting spectrum
availability or permitted uses) on our ability to sell or deploy
our products and services; changes in the way others use spectrum;
our inability to access additional spectrum, use spectrum for
additional purposes, and/or operate satellites at additional
orbital locations; competing uses of the same spectrum or orbital
locations that we utilize or seek to utilize; introduction of new
technologies and other factors affecting the communications and
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