Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.

[6] The company acquired Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications' products unit, Comsat Laboratories in 2001 for an undisclosed amount.

[12][13][14] In 2001, Viasat also purchased US Monolithics, a company focused on designing high frequency broadband circuitry, for around $30 million.

[7][15][16] Eutelsat entered an agreement in 2001 to use Viasat's LinkStar high performance IP terminals for their broadband multimedia network over Ku-based FSS satellites.

[20] WildBlue launched its internet service in October 2004 after gaining Ka-band transponder capacity on the Telesat Anik F2 satellite.

[26] In 2010, Viasat bought Stonewood Group of Dorset, England, an encryption company, for $20 million in cash and stock.

[27] In January 2013, Viasat broke ground for its expansion in Duluth, Georgia, the second largest location after the company's headquarters in Carlsbad, California at the time.

[28] The Arizona campus focuses on design and manufacturing of advanced microwave communication and radar products, radio frequency systems and cybersecurity.

Focused on government and enterprise customers, NetNearU has a wifi management system called TRACKOS, a cloud-based software.

[41][42][43] ViaSat acquired Gray Labs, a company that specialized in satellite-to-earth communications for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in July 2014.

[52] In December 2020, Viasat acquired RigNet, a secure managed networking solutions and specialized applications developer.

Viasat alleged that the Federal Communications Commission's decision did not comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and said that SpaceX launches should be halted due to "environmental harms when satellites are taken out of orbit; light pollution that alters the night sky; [and] orbital debris."

[58] Provisional approval for the merger was given by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority in March 2023[59] with 25 May 2023 set as the date for a formal decision.

[63] On Jan 3rd, 2023, the acquisition was completed[64] On January 7, 2024, Viasat was sanctioned by the Chinese government due to its participation in the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

[67] On 31 March, 2022, SentinelOne researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Max van Amerongen announced the discovery of a new wiper malware codenamed AcidRain designed to permanently disable routers.

[69] AcidRain shares code with VPNFilter, a 2018 cyber operation against routers attributed to the Russian military by the FBI.

[102][103][104] Initially the satellite broadband internet was launched as a response to the lack of coverage provided by terrestrial services.

[94][108] Between 2012 and 2015, the Federal Communications Commission has reported that Viasat's Exede Internet met or surpassed advertised speeds.

[123] Facebook also began investing in Community Wi-Fi in 2019 to continue providing high-speed, satellite-powered internet to rural locations across the world.

[124][125] In July 2020, Viasat launched a high-speed residential internet service for Brazil, using bandwidth from the Telebras SGDC-1 satellite.

[128] The process adds encrypted sensors to the critical national infrastructure networks and monitors all abnormal activity through a security operations center.

The company has an airborne mobility program for C-17 jets and encrypts the satellite to hub link connections for the government.

[134] Viasat's Satellite Access Manager (SAM) supports Department of Defense missions through airborne intelligence for surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

SAM increases bandwidth utilization and efficiency through real-time network monitoring systems for the ArcLight2 broadband terminals.