[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] ViaSat has received a delivery order for approximately $27.6 million in Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) for the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), the company announced Sept. 16.

   Deliveries of the Lot 12 MIDS-LVT units are scheduled to begin in July 2012 and continue through March 2013. The MIDS-LVT terminals will be used to provide greater situational awareness in combat for U.S. defense forces and its partners by gathering information into a digital view of the battlefield. The high-capacity, jam resistant, wireless system was designed to connect users with both digital data and digital voice communications.

   The MIDS-LVT Lot 12 order includes LVT(1) airborne and LVT(2) ground-based terminals under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded in 2010. This new award includes LVT(1) terminal variants for F/A-18, EA-18G, E-2D, P-3, EP-3E aircraft and MH-60R/S helicopters, along with terminals for the BACN program and U.S. Air Force applications. The MIDS-LVT Lot 12 order also includes LVT(2) terminal variants for various U.S. defense applications, as well as terminals for Japan and spares for Australia under the Foreign Military Sales program.