July 13, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been awarded a contract for around $10 million from the National Security Administration Maryland Procurement Office to implement Version 4 of the High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification on ViaSat AltaSec inline network encryptors.

The multi-year contract continues the development of HAIPE toward a more mobile, interoperable standard, including Suite B cryptography, a newly-redefined standard that promotes wider use of information assurance products to secure information to the Secret level.

According to the company, the interoperable, Suite B products will grow in demand as NSA adopts a new strategy to make it easier and more affordable to secure network communications among the U.S. and its partners in government operations.

Through the HAIPE v4 program, ViaSat will extend its line of encryption and cyber security products to new markets and users, expanding its presence in satellite communications, UAV/airborne, infrastructure, and edge markets.

The development is centered on smaller, lower-cost versions of AltaSec products, and the next generation of ViaSat PSIAM, a re-programmable, high-assurance crypto system designed to specifically address network-centric architectures and Cryptographic Modernization initiatives. PSIAM  is at the core of all ViaSat information assurance products and embeddable crypto technology. 

HAIPE v4 is part of the NSA Cryptographic Interoperability Strategy, which is focused on ways to increase assured sharing of information both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and its partners.

CIS is promoting development of a common suite of public crypto standards, protocols, algorithms and modes referred to as the "Secure Sharing Suite." Some operational examples include enabling the U.S. government to securely share intelligence information with State and local first responders and for warfighters to securely share information on the battlefield with non-traditional coalition partners.

California-based ViaSat produces satellite and other digital communication products.

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