HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Viasat Inc has teamed with MDA to establish a repair, maintenance, and upgrade service facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Viasat's Link 16 military communication terminals.
The Halifax facility will be located near the largest East Coast bases of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), which will allow Viasat and MDA to provide enhanced technical support for Viasat's Small Tactical Terminals (STT) and other small Link 16 devices. This support will include a range of services, including software upgrades and crypto modernization initiatives. It will also include the retrofitting of Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Block Upgrade 2 devices to RCN and RCAF platforms, including Halifax class frigates and Aurora aircraft, among others.
"This new Halifax facility represents Viasat's growing strategic footprint across Canada and our continued commitment to supporting the Canadian Armed Forces' (CAF) evolving mission needs," said Ken Peterman, Viasat president of Government Systems. "MDA has been an important partner, enabling us to rapidly deliver the latest advancements in Link 16 technology to a variety of CAF customers across Canada."
Mike Greenley, MDA group president, said, "As one of the largest Canadian-based aerospace and defense companies, we have a long-term commitment to developing comprehensive Canadian capabilities that will enhance a variety of mission sets and benefit local economies. The MDA and Viasat Halifax facility will not only improve Link 16 advancements for CAF customers, it will also bring substantial economic benefits and job opportunities to the region."
Viasat said that its tactical Link 16 radio communications systems provide U.S. and international allied warfighters with greater situational awareness by exchanging digital data over a common communication link that is continuously and automatically updated in real-time, reducing the chance of fratricide or duplicate assignments, while enhancing mission effectiveness.
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