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ViaSat Receives New Orders For MIDS-LVT

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Friday, September 25th, 2009

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ViaSat Inc. (VSAT) has been awarded two additional orders valued at more than $10 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals and spare components from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego. These orders augment the $21 million Lot 10 delivery order previously announced by ViaSat as part of the MIDS annual Lot procurements. The new Lot 10 add-ons are for LVT(1), LVT(2), LVT(4) and LVT(11) Low Volume Terminals along with Shop Replaceable Units (SRUs) to…

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