ViaSat (News - Alert) Inc. has deployed airborne communications-on-the-move (COTM) terminals on a large number of U.S. Air Force Project Liberty aircraft.

This was done to give assistance to ISR operations.

Liberty program employs L-3 Integrated Systems as the system integrator. It consists of ViaSat ArcLight COTM terminals and safe network services. The MC-12 Liberty is a minute, twin-turboprop plane based on the Beechcraft King Air 350ER.

The ArcLight Ku-band mobile broadband system is developed mainly to offer high-speed beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) communications. In order to support ISR activities, it is configured in the application for data rates not less than 1 Mbps off the aircraft. The system is based on ArcLight mobile satellite communication system. It is a successful system with around 1500 terminals delivered globally. The ViaSat system also offers broadband BLOS ISR and Command and Control (C2) communication links for numerous other U.S. military organizations.

ViaSat produces ground-breaking satellite and other digital communication products that facilitate quick, safe, and efficient communications to virtually any location. The following are the services offered by the company:

•           Provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications

•           Key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. government

•           Chief technology partner for gateway and customer premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services

WildBlue which is the premier Ka-band satellite broadband service provider is owned by ViaSat. ViaSat also provides design capabilities and numerous complementary products such as monolithic microwave integrated circuits and modules, DVB-S2 satellite communication components, video data link systems, data acceleration and compression, and mobile satellite antenna systems. The main office of ViaSat is located in Carlsbad, CA (News - Alert). It has major locations in Duluth, GA, Germantown, MD (Comsat Laboratories), and Greenwood Village, CO (WildBlue). Also, the company has got more field offices and service centers through out the world.

ViaSat brings latest communication applications to people in both the commercial and government sectors who don’t have access to terrestrial networks. The company offers a broad range of networking products including Satellite networks for fixed-site and mobile communications, Satellite antenna systems, Wireless datalinks and terminals for combat situational awareness.