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A third ViaSat-3 satellite is planned for the Asia Pacific region to complete Viasat’s global service coverage.
Viasat will build the ViaSat-3 satellite payload, integrate the payload into the Boeing-provided payload module structure, and test the integrated payload.
The first ViaSat-3 class satellite is scheduled to provide broadband service over the Americas starting in 2020.
On 2018-08-22 in Carlsbad, California, Viasat announced that its Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System – Dismounted (BATS-D), known to the U.S. Department of Defense as the AN/PRC-161, received National Security Agency authorization for immediate use by Five Eyes partners and coalition forces worldwide.
On 2018-08-09, Viasat was still working on a medium-Earth-orbit satellite constellation idea revealed almost two years earlier and had not finalized the system design.
Viasat is building a trio of large geostationary satellites designed to provide global coverage with each satellite offering a terabit or more of total capacity.
Viasat is pursuing an integrated hybrid architecture of geostationary and non-geostationary systems to avoid relying on non-GEO satellites to provide persistent global coverage by themselves.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has not yet approved Viasat’s 2016 MEO application, which would trigger regulatory deadlines to bring at least half the system into service in six years and the full constellation into service in nine years.
Viasat is putting work into optimizing a 24-satellite medium-Earth-orbit system disclosed in a 2016 application to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that would provide connectivity using Ka-band and V-band spectrum.
Viasat recorded a net loss of $25,000,000 for April, May and June, a decrease of $9,000,000 year over year.
ViaSat-2 launched in the spring prior to 2018-08-09 and Viasat’s main focus has been spinning up telecommunications services on that satellite.
Eutelsat cancelled an investment in Viasat’s ViaSat-3 and is building a separate 500 Gbps satellite for Europe with Thales Alenia Space.
NATO will upgrade its legacy Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications network to Viasat’s VISION planning and network management platform under a contract awarded in January 2018.
Viasat’s GMA 5560-101 Ku-/Ka-band multi-network, multi-mode Global Mobile Antenna completed the FAA D0-0.16 kg certification process on 2018-07-30.
Viasat is submitting C-17 MACC test reports for official review to obtain certification for C-17 platforms.
Viasat’s GMA 5560-101 completed the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command C-17 Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria testing.
Viasat Inc. was awarded a six-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract in May 2018 from the U.S. Government valued at up to $85,500,000 for Block Upgrade 2 hardware and software upgrades and support services to MIDS-LVT Link 16 radio sets.
Finnair partnered with Viasat Inc. to deliver the high-speed in-flight internet service.
Finnair launched a high-speed Viasat in-flight internet service on its narrow-body Airbus fleet for European flights starting 2018-07-19.
During the introductory trial period for international flights from Europe to North America, EL AL will offer Viasat service free of charge until the fourth quarter of 2018.