Connect every mission with resilient airborne communications
Secure, resilient multi-orbit connectivity for fixed and unmanned platforms.
Designed to support government and defense missions with assured communications, real-time situational awareness, and electronic warfare resilience in any operational environment.
Airborne capabilities in action
We start with your mission realities. From airborne ISR and VIP transport to search and rescue and beyond, our adaptive connectivity approach scales with your operational needs. We bring the partnership and expertise to connect the networks, systems, and people that keep your teams coordinated and ready to act across domains, borders, or conditions.
We start with your mission realities. From airborne ISR and VIP transport to search and rescue and beyond, [MR2.1]our adaptive connectivity approach scales with your operational needs. We bring the partnership and expertise to connect the networks, systems, and people that keep your teams coordinated and ready to act across domains, borders, or conditions.
Hybrid SATCOM Approach (HSA)
Multi-orbit, multi-band airborne connectivity
Leverage global high-capacity coverage with cellular-like roaming across GEO, MEO, and LEO constellations. As a flexible and future-proof solution, our HSA ensures beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) connectivity and automated threat monitoring for operations in contested environments.
Linefit & certified airborne terminals
Validated solutions across diverse airframes
Eliminate integration friction with SATCOM hardware fully certified and optimized for diverse operational fleets, from fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft to UAS platforms. Our full range of open architecture linefit and certified airborne terminals guarantees proven compatibility and secure access to SIPR, NIPR, and classified networks. This ensures you can seamlessly deploy real-time, mission-critical connectivity across transport, tactical, and special-mission aircraft alike.
Multi-Network Orchestration (MNO)
Intelligent network management
Bring simplicity to complex multi-band environments. Our software-defined MNO continuously monitors link performance and orchestrates connectivity based on cyber risks and electromagnetic interference (EMI) to ensure optimal performance with minimal disruption.
SWaP-optimized L-band terminals
Adaptable hardware for any airframe
Engineered for platforms with restricted size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints, our compact L-band terminals deliver highly reliable connectivity for unmanned systems and rotary-wing aircraft. Leveraging the inherent resiliency of the L-band spectrum, these terminals are proven to maintain critical communications and situational awareness even in highly contested environments.
Why Viasat for airborne missions
Backed by Viasat's commercial scale and purpose-built for defense and government, we deliver the reach, security, and reliability to keep missions connected.
Active cyber defense
Integrated cryptography, anti-jam capabilities, and secure boot security to safeguard proprietary and classified information.
Jam-resistant resilience
Engineered to withstand severe electronic interference, keeping your aircraft connected even in highly contested airspaces.
Mission-focused flexibility
Tailored bandwidth allocation, from premium Lband lease services for critical missions to high-throughput intelligence gathering.
40+ years of expertise
A trusted partnership delivering mature, available solutions for multi-domain operations and rapid decision-making.
Always-on mission support
Backed by our operations center and robust service level commitments, providing your teams a direct line to expert assistance whenever and wherever you need it.
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Frequently asked questions
We ensure connectivity through multiple layers of resilience. Through our Hybrid SATCOM Approach (HSA), we utilize an automated Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency (Auto-PACE) system alongside environmental threat monitoring to seamlessly route traffic. Additionally, we offer a wide range of terminals that operate on L-band, allowing missions to leverage the inherent resiliency of that spectrum. Across our portfolio, our networks and terminals are engineered with anti-jam capabilities to withstand severe electronic interference and cyber risks.
SATCOM enables critical beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) communications, providing real-time situational awareness, secure command and control (C2), and high-capacity data transfer for ISR, VIP transport, search and rescue, and tactical missions.
Our solutions are optimized for a wide range of platforms, including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We are fielded and line-fit on a wide range of platforms such as the C295, C-390, C-130J, A400M, and Anka S. We offer SWaP-constrained options for smaller platforms and high-throughput systems for larger command and control aircraft.
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