As part of the Boeing team, ViaSat is developing protected communication equipment that will provide the U. S. Government with secure strategic and tactical communications. This award adds additional technical requirements to the ViaSat subcontract and extends ViaSat product development and support through 2011. ViaSat has completed two major FAB-T program deliveries. Acceptance testing on the Prototype phase is complete and has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force as part of the Boeing team FAB-T terminal delivery. Boeing has also taken delivery of the engineering development model hardware and software.

FAB-T is an Air Force initiative to provide a multi-mission capable family of terminals that is based on a common design and open system architecture so it can communicate with different satellites. These radio systems enable information exchange between ground, airborne, and space platforms. Once operational, FAB-T is designed to provide critical, protected beyond line-of-sight communications for warfighters via the new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) System, a new class of secure military satellites. In subsequent increments, FAB-T is expected to enable interchange with other beyond line-of sight and national satellite communications systems.

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