“Antenna technologies all revolve around trying to collect the signal, make it strong so that receivers and modems and networking equipment can pass that signal along so that the end user gets a high-speed internet experience, even while moving. One of the great things about the phased array antenna is that it can electronically - in very fast terms - repoint the antenna. This ensures that it stays on target and keeps high-speed internet data going through it without interruption. In the past, phased arrays have been very expensive. One of the unique things Viasat has done is, in a very efficient and cost-effective way, build up this sandwich of the antenna elements, the electronics and the beam formers to make the antenna do what it needs to do, in a very compact package.”