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TECHNOLOGY

Viasat expands Airbus

partnership for C295

SATCOM Viasat enhances Spanish C295 fleet with advanced
Ku- and Ka-band satellite technology.

iasat Inc., a global leader in satel- to strengthen the Spanish military’s trust and confidence in our ability to
Vlite communications, announced an capabilities with robust broadband SAT- deliver enhanced mission connectivity
expansion of its collaboration with Air- COM, specifically supporting sovereign solutions and to help global govern-
bus Defence and Space. The company national security missions. Additionally, ment customers significantly improve
will provide secure, flexible broadband it will facilitate expanded applications reliability and continuity across a range
Ku- and Ka-band airborne technology in command and control (C2) as well as of operational environments.”
for the Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol intelligence, surveillance, and recon- The Airbus C295 excels as a highly
Aircraft (MPA). These aircraft have been naissance (ISR). reliable tactical airlifter known for its
acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Victor Farah, Senior Vice President, versatile multirole and multi-mission
Defence (MoD). Furthermore, Viasat and Viasat Government, said, “We are ex- capabilities. Currently, it is operational
Airbus Defence and Space will collabo- cited to expand our work with Airbus to in 37 countries globally, reaching a
rate on integrating Viasat’s dual-band support the Spanish Ministry of Defence milestone of 300 orders earlier this
(Ku/Ka) broadband terminal, the GAT- with our highly flexible, multi-band year.
5530, into the Spanish C295 MPA fleet. terminal on the C295 Maritime Patrol GAT-5530 enhances operational
Moreover, This integration will provide a Aircraft. Our connectivity solutions are capability by supporting the entire ITU
highly flexible, multi-band and multi- designed to support modern military Ku- and Ka-bands, including 3.5GHz
orbit broadband SATCOM capability. operation requirements with advanced, of commercial and military Ka-band.
Additionally, It will support missions secure and resilient satellite com- Furthermore, This versatile terminal
utilizing the next-generation SpainSat munications. This includes enabling provides substantial operational flex-
NG satellites, enhancing communication seamless roaming between sovereign ibility for the Spanish MoD and other
capabilities. and commercial networks to provide military clients. Additionally, It enables
Viasat’s integrated GAT-5530 terminal superior resilience beyond the capabili- increased resilience through multi-fre-
will provide secure and reliable satel- ties of traditional single-band or single- quency (Ku/Mil-Ka/Commercial-Ka) and
lite connectivity to the Airbus C295 network access solutions. This selection multi-orbit (GEO, MEO, HEO) communi-
MPA aircraft. This enhancement aims by the Spanish MoD underscores the cation architectures

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