CARLSBAD, Calif., June 15,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),
a global communications company, today announced it has received an
award from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through the Information
Warfare Research Project (IWRP) to conduct research on the use of
5G to support communications for Expeditionary Advanced Base
Operations (EABO). The research will focus on network enhancements,
command and control (C2) and delivering advanced processing through
the integration of digital twin and agile software defined network
(SDN) capabilities. This is the third award Viasat has received as
a part of the DoD's $600M research
initiative partnering with industry and academic leaders to explore
and advance the use of 5G technology on the battlefield.
Viasat is working with the DoD to support development of
advanced communications and enable concept of operations (CONOPs)
for warfighters. Achieving secure, resilient communications across
multiple transports in expeditionary environments is a challenge
due to the need to rapidly set up and tear down the network, work
across multiple networks and classifications, and operate in
austere and contested cyber and electronic warfare (EW) conditions.
Through this research, Viasat will explore how 5G networking and
partner solutions can integrate to support EABO missions, including
needs for Long Range Precision Fires, Forward Arming and Re-Fueling
Points (FARP), and persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
Using a phased approach, Viasat will address specific
application areas of 5G dynamic radio frequency (RF) spectrum and
adaptive network planning and management to enable Low Probability
of Intercept/Low Probability of Detection (LPI/LPD) through
enhanced deployment of 5G nodes for EABO. This research will also
look at how to enhance 5G RF and network planning with digital twin
models, use 5G mobile edge compute (MEC) to enable tactical edge
compute with artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well
as how to rapidly deploy and operate a mobile infrastructure in a
dynamic and contested environment.
"Like the DoD, we see the significant potential for 5G to
enhance the warfighter's ability to produce, consume, and make
sense of mission critical data at the point and time of need in
contested and congested environments to support JADC2 enablement,"
said Craig Miller, president, Viasat
Government Systems. "The ability to swiftly move information and
data across the battlespace is essential to the multi-domain and
joint-force operations needs of the future. The addition of 5G
bandwidth and network management capabilities will support C2 for
specific missions and greater visibility across highly dispersed
forces in EABO and littoral operations in contested
environments."
These research experiments, which will be conducted over four
years, will use the Viasat Expeditionary Lightweight Integrated
Tactical Edge (ELITE) Kit solution to integrate user tactical
applications with a variety of existing and emerging tactical
communication networks to bring an enhanced on-site C2 and
situational awareness (SA) capability. The research will also
leverage Viasat's 5G and tactical networking System Integration Lab
(SIL) to integrate digital twin capabilities using network modeling
and emulation software for enhanced network planning and
simulation. Additionally, Viasat's NetAgility™ product will be
integral in enabling intelligent network routing and management
applications, combining numerous transports seamlessly to simplify
network orchestration.
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
to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on
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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 timing, features, resources and expected benefits of
Viasat's involvement with 5G network research programs and testing
for the DoD, as well as the future use and benefits for 5G
technology and networks for DoD missions. 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: 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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