ViaSat Delivers A Higher Level Of Communication

ViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ:VSAT] has signed new distribution agreements with Rockwell Collins and ARINC. The company will supply business jets with ViaSat airborne broadband terminals and satellite services. The agreements maintain the four-year relationship with ARINC SKYLink and adds Rockwell Collins eXchange as a distribution partner for ViaSat. Under these new agreements, Rockwell Collins ordered additional airborne broadband systems to be delivered over a five year period. ARINC has extended its satellite services contract with ViaSat from three years to five. These contract actions represent additional orders for ViaSat of just over US$26m.



With more than 60 aircraft flying in North America, Europe, Trans-Atlantic, and Caribbean, plus over 180 additional systems on order, ViaSat offers the only mobile broadband Ku-band system commercially licensed by the FCC. Using ViaSat ArcLight spread spectrum modems and gateways, Ku-band service offers much higher data rates at a lower cost than competing airborne broadband systems. The system enables travelers to access their e-mail, Internet applications, corporate virtual private networks, and voice over IP (VoIP) service at speeds comparable to terrestrial cable modem service from the moment they board the plane—Carlsbad, California