Viasat has integrated the Inmarsat Global Xpress fleet, its own Ka‑band satellites and partner payloads into a single Ka‑band network for government and military users. The consolidation centralizes Ka‑band capacity and routing to simplify access, improve continuity and operational control across global theaters.
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The move consolidates GX, Viasat and partner Ka payloads into a unified Ka‑band fabric, simplifying terminal interoperability, managed routing and procurement for government and military Ka‑band services (see Viasat routing GX via Space Norway HEO payloads: https://hype.aero/?story=f49cedc4-75ce-498d-b321-197df9771866).
It increases resilience and throughput ahead of next‑generation GEO capacity: Viasat’s ViaSat‑3 program will add >1 Tbps and more than double the company’s global bandwidth, which directly affects available Ka‑band capacity for gov/mil users (https://hype.aero/?story=e8025ca3-36b3-49ec-ba62-c1465c20d3bc).
The consolidation strengthens Viasat’s competitive posture versus LEO and other entrants as it scales capacity—part of a broader >$2B capacity investment to defend its in‑flight and mobility businesses, a material factor in future gov/mil satcom procurements (https://hype.aero/?story=07415456-7b2b-4e20-a563-bd68d2d3aa59).
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• Rachel Jewett