{"id":32924,"date":"2023-01-03T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/03\/l3harris-completes-2-billion-purchase-of-viasat-link-16-assets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:49:25","slug":"l3harris-completes-2-billion-purchase-of-viasat-link-16-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2023\/01\/03\/l3harris-completes-2-billion-purchase-of-viasat-link-16-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"L3Harris completes $2 billion purchase of Viasat Link 16 assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 L3Harris Technologies completed a $1.96 billion purchase of Viasat\u2019s tactical data link business, an acquisition expected to better position the 10th largest defense contractor to win orders tied to the Pentagon\u2019s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies announced the closing Jan. 3, some three months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/10\/03\/l3harris-to-buy-viasats-link-16-portfolio-expand-jadc2-offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\">after the arrangement was first disclosed<\/a>. L3Harris on Dec. 20 said regulators gave it the green light, accelerating a purchase that was initially thought to wrap later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buy consists of Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System platforms, their associated terminals, which are installed in tens of thousands of U.S. and allied systems worldwide, and space assets. After taxes and other fees, Viasat will net some $1.8 billion for a business that generated $400 million in sales annually. The money is slated to be used to pay down debt and buttress efforts already underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2022\/12\/12\/us-army-ponders-radio-as-a-service-to-keep-communications-up-to-date\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4936885.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army ponders \u2018radio as a service\u2019 to keep communications up to date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cIt is ironic to me that we would actually come up with any IT program where we think we\u2019re going to be fielding the same capability for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brendan O\u2019Connell, the president of the broadband communications division at L3Harris, told C4ISRNET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2022\/06\/08\/house-cyber-panel-seeks-review-of-delayed-air-force-link-16-upgrade\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Link 16 assets<\/a> are \u201ca very natural fit\u201d for the company, which he billed as a \u201cleading defense and electronics provider, really for a global customer base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link 16 is a secure, jam-resistant and high-speed line of communication used across domains and by international players, including NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking, as a trusted disrupter, to really enable our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2022\/12\/14\/pentagons-ai-ambitions-require-high-quality-data-cdaos-martell-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Defense customers<\/a> and international partner customers to modernize and really build a whole connected, interoperable force, to allow them to operate in contested environments,\u201d O\u2019Connell said Dec. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensuring forces across land, air, sea, space and cyber get the information they need when they need it is among the Defense Department\u2019s top priorities as it prepares for potential conflict with China and Russia, two world powers capable of intercepting, jumbling and terminating communications. The department\u2019s push to seamlessly link disparate databases and make compatible old tech with new is known as Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The endeavor includes specific contributions from the Army, Air Force and Navy: Project Convergence, the Advanced Battle Management System and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2022\/12\/05\/project-overmatch-us-navy-preps-to-deploy-secretive-multidomain-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Overmatch<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris in mid-September was named to the ABMS Digital Infrastructure Consortium alongside four other companies: Leidos, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies and Science Applications International Corporation. The collective is meant to accelerate development of ABMS, a next-generation of command and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"9999\" height=\"6126\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg 9999w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg?resize=768,471 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,627 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,941 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ViaSat_RCN_C4ISRNET.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1255 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 9999px) 100vw, 9999px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viasat CEO and Chairman Mark Dankberg in an October blog post said the sale of the data links business, among other things, will help the company &#8220;transform our balance sheet dramatically.&#8221; (Photo provided\/Viasat)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Link 16 portfolio will only increase the competitiveness of L3Harris, O\u2019Connell said, and will extend its reach to nab contracts.<b> <\/b>JADC2-related opportunities are lucrative; L3Harris, Viasat and others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Contracts\/Contract\/Article\/2202498\/\" target=\"_blank\">were in 2020 selected by the Air Force<\/a> for a $950 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re really in a great position as a key JADC2 provider, especially when you add to that fact that we\u2019ve done a lot of investments here in the last 10 years to develop resilient networking capabilities,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cI think we inject a whole new set of ideas and capabilities to the current Link 16 portfolio we are acquiring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next for Viasat?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viasat plans to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.viasat.com\/blog\/corporate\/mark-dankberg-on-link-16-tdl-divestiture-news\" target=\"_blank\">proceeds from the sale<\/a> to accelerate and fortify ongoing projects. Link 16 accounted for one-third of its government business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe $2 billion purchase price gives us a lot of flexibility to do things we\u2019d like to do. It gives us a better cash flow. We can manage our debt more effectively. And, most importantly, it gives us a really strong reservoir to invest,\u201d Craig Miller, the president of Viasat\u2019s government systems branch, told C4ISRNET on Dec. 5. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things we want to do in terms of really bringing our broadband network to global capability as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2022\/11\/17\/how-the-pentagon-knows-when-jadc2-innovations-are-working\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6785357.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the Pentagon knows when JADC2 innovations are working<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeffery Valenzia dismissed the idea that the services aren\u2019t closely collaborating on JADC2, calling it a &quot;convenient argument.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viasat, the No. 73 largest defense contractor in the world ranked by revenue, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense News analysis<\/a>, has no plans to exit the defense ecosystem. Rather, the satellite giant is consolidating and refocusing and paying particular attention to its multibillion-dollar takeover of Inmarsat, a British outfit that furnishes communications and data services worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viasat officials believe the Link 16 portfolio \u2014 described in October as a JADC2 \u201caccelerant\u201d \u2014 will serve L3Harris well. The two have a long-standing relationship; Viasat CEO and Chairman Mark Dankberg in an October blog post described L3Harris as \u201cour long-time data link partner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re a very complementary company. There are places where we compete, but they\u2019re kind of few and far between,\u201d said Miller, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craig-miller-viasat\/\" target=\"_blank\">worked at Viasat for nearly three decades<\/a>. \u201cThis is a very good business. 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