ViaSat awarded USD9.8m order for MIDS JTRS Production Transition Terminals

Jul 18, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- VSAT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- ViaSat Inc (Nasdaq:VSAT), a provider of satellite and other communication products, announced on Thursday (17 July) that the company has won an order for its Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) Production Transition Terminals (PTTs) from the US Navy.

The order is valued at USD9.8m.

ViaSat said that the company is one of two US government-qualified developers of the MIDS JTRS, or MIDS-J, terminal, which is designed to be plug-and-play interchangeable for US Navy and US Air Force platforms that use MIDS Low Volume Terminals (LVT) to retain the investment in MIDS LVT.

MIDS JTRS is reportedly designed to enable the warfighter to use multiple JTRS approved waveforms, such as the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), and to increase channel information throughput and security.

This award is a follow-on to the initial PTT order awarded to the company in June 2007 from the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego.

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