{"id":62403,"date":"2019-05-22T22:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-contracted-to-deliver-1st-link-16-capable-leo-spacecraft\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:35:56","slug":"viasat-contracted-to-deliver-1st-link-16-capable-leo-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-contracted-to-deliver-1st-link-16-capable-leo-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat Contracted to Deliver 1st Link 16-Capable LEO Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viasat<\/strong> was awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the <strong>U.S. Air Force<\/strong> Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) spacecraft. The Viasat-designed spacecraft is intended to enhance warfighters\u2019 situational awareness by extending the range of Link 16 networks \u2014 using a constellation of satellites to provide greater access to Link 16 capabilities in contested or congested environments.<\/p>\n<p>Under the XVI program, Viasat will become the first company to prototype and test space-based Link 16 capabilities compatible with fielded U.S. Air Force, <strong>Army<\/strong>, <strong>Navy<\/strong>, <strong>Marine Corps<\/strong>, and Special Operations Link 16-enabled platforms, including ground vehicles, aircraft, maritime vessels, and dismounted users. The XVI program aims to be a key step towards making a global Link 16-enabled LEO satellite constellation, transforming Link 16 from a Line-of-Sight (LOS) to a Beyond Line-of-Site (BLOS) network, providing U.S. and allied military forces with ubiquitous, secure, high-speed and resilient communications necessary to improve the common operating picture across the global battlespace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe XVI award highlights Viasat technology leadership in Link 16 and space-borne tactical communications,\u201d said Ken Peterman, president, Government Systems, Viasat. \u201cOur innovative spacecraft design and development coupled with expertise in next-generation tactical datalinks and cybersecurity places Viasat in a unique position to address the Department of Defense\u2019s urgent need for a fast-to-market, cost-effective, space-based Link 16 solution to maintain a technological edge in contested environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viasat was awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) spacecraft. The Viasat-designed spacecraft is intended to enhance warfighters\u2019 situational awareness by extending the range of Link 16 networks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}