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Together, we can make battlefield intelligence integrated, accurate and actionable

Viasat is uniquely positioned to support JADC2, eliminate the stove-piping of data and streamline communications across all the military services

With over three decades of leveraging commercial innovation into defense applications - data integration, network interoperability and security have been integral to Viasat's mission. Today, that mission is well-aligned with the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative to connect formerly disparate systems into a unified network and enable resilient communications for sensors and shooters across the services. 

A warfighter connected to the battlefied of things using Viasat JADC2 capabilities

JADC2 will revolutionize battlefield communications and keep more warfighters safe

When complete, it will enable warfighters to make high-stake decisions at-speed with the best available tactical information, and greatly increase successful mission outcomes. 

Currently, the U.S. Military’s comms ecosystem consists of “stovepiped” networks and devices designed for individual military services rather than joint warfare. A cloud-based system, JADC2 will collect and integrate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance data from sensors across the U.S. military, and then use AI to identify targets. This creates the potential for a vast, real-time kill chain where targeting data from numerous sensors is relayed, assessed, and distributed across service and theater boundaries, enabling strikes on time-sensitive targets with long-range fires.

Viasat has deep roots in delivering cutting-edge commercial technology to help solve the U.S. Armed Forces’ most challenging problems

See how we've leveraged our experience, expertise and technological “glue” to link data across services and bring the JADC2 vision to reality:

  • 5G at the edge

    Viasat's work with the DoD on the integration of 5G networking for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and the  broader JADC2 strategy will enhance the warfighter’s ability to produce, consume, and make sense of mission-critical data at the point and time of need across highly dispersed forces in congested/contested environments to support EABO and JADC2 enablement.

    Viasat has multiple contracts with the DoD to bring 5G to the tactical edge, supporting both the U.S. Air Force Agile Combat Employment (ACE) and U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) missions.  Viasat is enabling JADC2 through making 5G rapidly deployable in a cyber and electromagnetic contested environment, while also networking 5G together with a variety of other tactical transports to create more resilience and extend the reach of C2/ISR across multiple domains, services and coalition partners.   

  • Hybrid networking

    Viasat’s SATCOM business serves as a model for the integration JADC2 demands. Our GEO satellites cover the Americas and Europe, with partner satellites, providers, and satellite networks to cover other parts of Earth. Even with the planned ViaSat-3 constellation, there will still be a need for integration and interoperability with other networks to help ensure reliable, resilient connectivity.

  • Special operations applications

    With the U.S. Special Operations Command's (SOCOM) need to seamlessly link data across services to enable faster operations, we have helped bring a JADC2 vision to reality by applying our cutting-edge commercial tech and rapidly deploying advanced miltiary operational capabilities for their most critical missions. 

We stitch a network together out of our satellites and their satellites to create a seamless experience. We do it for Viasat Community Internet. We do it for airplanes. We do it for maritime vessels. We do it for senior leaders across the U.S. Government across different modes of transportation. From high-level users to someone with a handheld in a foxhole — we can bring together all those capabilities: the visualization, data processing, and cloud connectivity.

Craig Miller, President: Viasat Government Systems

The Viasat difference

Resilient

Viasat’s networks integrate all warfighting domains – strategic, operational and tactical–offering redundancy and technological agility to maintain information dominance in congested, contested and competitive environments. 

 

Flexible

Interoperability is the foundation of what’s needed to enable enhanced data transport capabilities. Common standards are needed at the network layer to allow users and data to move more freely between disparate systems. However, government and commercial industry alignment is needed to make it happen at scale.

 

Secure

The efficiencies and benefits of a single, military-wide communications system are undeniable, but will create a larger attack surface and a tempting target for adversaries. Fortunately, Viasat has deep experience bringing myriad waveforms together across its networks. Delivering over 500 terabytes (TB) of data across our networks every day, Viasat uses big data analytics on over 2.4 billion daily events enabling advanced visibility into the threat landscape, customized threat intelligence, and remediation. Our network ecosystem is one of the most secure in the world.

 

Future-proof

Viasat can leverage its private sector experience, innovation engine and understanding of defense to bring forward next-gen communications capabilities — whether it's 5G, Free Space Optics, or other Low Probability of Intercept/Detect waveforms - and deliver more reliable connectivity in anti-access/area denial environments.