[Satellite Today 10-01-08] ViaSat Inc. has been awarded contracts totaling $25 million for LinkWayS2 satellite modems to support the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp. and other U.S. Department of Defense customers, ViaSat announced Oct. 1.
     The LinkWayS2 systems provide single-hop, full mesh, high speed bandwidth on demand. In addition, the modems delivered under these orders will introduce Pentagon-approved transmission security to the LinkWay system.
     “This is another big vote of confidence for the LinkWay system, which improves security, throughput and operational bandwidth costs for the tactical IP satcom network,” Ric VanderMeulen, vice president and general manager of ViaSat, said in a statement.