ViaSat Demonstration of MUOS Link Effects Simulator for Lockheed
Martin Surpasses Program Requirements
Further Development, Delivery of Three Link Effect Simulator Systems
to Follow
ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has completed and demonstrated a UHF Link
Effects Simulator for Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) that exceeded program
requirements by simulating over 70 atmospheric models in testing
terminals for the U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).
The Link Effect Simulator models the effects that varying terrain and
environmental conditions will have on signals traveling between many
user terminals on the ground and the MUOS satellites. MUOS is designed
to be a network of Department of Defense satellites and associated
ground facilities providing global, narrowband satellite communication
services for mobile and fixed-site terminals.
The ViaSat system will become part of the MUOS System Integration
Laboratory that Lockheed Martin will use to ensure proper operation of
the communications system prior to launch of the satellites and
implementation in the field. ViaSat will continue work on the Link
Effects Simulator, refining the initial design and building a total of
three complete simulators for delivery to Lockheed Martin.
“The ViaSat design is a critical part of our
integration and will perform a significant part of the user link
demonstrations that make up the MUOS test program,”
said E.V. DiMiceli, VP and program manager for MUOS at Lockheed Martin. “This
is one of our first victories in demonstrating the hardware to our
customer and providing this vital military communications infrastructure
to our nation’s military.”
About Lockheed Martin (www.lockheedmartin.com)
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in research, design,
development, manufacture, integration, and sustaining advanced
technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2005
sales of $37.2 billion.
About ViaSat (www.viasat.com)
ViaSat produces innovative satellite and other communication products
that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location.
The Company provides networking
products and managed
broadband services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier
of network-centric military
communications and encryption
technologies to the U.S. government; and is the primary technology
partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and
mobile satellite broadband services. The company’s
three wholly owned subsidiaries, US Monolithics, Efficient Channel
Coding, and Enerdyne Technologies Inc., design and produce complimentary
products such as monolithic microwave integrated circuits, DVB-S2
satellite communication components, and video data link systems. ViaSat
has locations in Carlsbad, CA, and Duluth, GA, along with its Comsat
Laboratories division in Germantown, MD. Additional field offices are
located in Boston, MA, Baltimore, MD, Washington DC, Australia, China,
India, Italy, and Spain.
Safe Harbor Statement
Portions of this release, particularly statements about performance of
ViaSat VSAT products, may contain forward-looking statements regarding
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. ViaSat wishes
to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially, including but not limited to: regulatory
issues, product defects, contractual problems, technologies that do not
perform according to expectations; and other factors affecting the
telecommunications industry generally. The Company refers you to the
documents it files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, specifically the section titled Factors That May Affect
Future Performance in the Company's Form 10-K, which contain and
identify other important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no
obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.
Comsat Labs and Comsat Laboratories are tradenames of ViaSat, Inc.
Neither Comsat Labs nor Comsat Laboratories is affiliated with COMSAT
Corporation. “Comsat”
is a registered trademark of COMSAT Corporation.
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