Bruce Cathell
Vice President of Government Operations, Viasat Inc.
With experience serving in senior positions in government and industry, Bruce Cathell is no stranger to dealing with complex issues and managing challenging programs.
As the principal senior executive interfacing with the U.S. government, Cathell brings strategic, technical, policy, regulatory, budgetary and trade compliance leadership across all aspects of Viasat’s $1 billion-plus government business, with continual annual growth.
With knowledge of Defense Department programming, budgeting and acquisition challenges, Cathell’s team works now — and during the pandemic challenges of 2020 — to ensure Viasat’s technology capabilities are understood and get to the warfighter as fast as possible. Cathell’s market expertise has identified new pipelines of opportunities for Viasat to support government customers, driving significant growth.
Why Watch
Within the next year, Viasat will launch its ViaSat-3 global satellite communications constellation, a move company leaders said will further position Viasat as a leader in space communications and a valuable partner for advancing government and military operations in contested, degraded and operationally limited environments.
To support key federal agency and DOD programs and initiatives, Cathell and Viasat’s teams are delivering what they describe as highly resilient satellite broadband communications services and products that utilize multi-orbit/band/domain, technical and operational capabilities with innovative business models for warfighters today and in the future.
By leveraging Viasat’s commercial innovation and novel technologies in space, cybersecurity, free space optics, advanced tactical data links and advanced hybrid networks — DOD and allied nations can quickly deliver advanced solutions to warfighters, company leaders said.
Viasat, the company said, is leading the new defense industrial base and realizing the vision of an enterprise of military and commercial satellite networks in all orbits, accessible to all troops, vehicles, ships and aircraft for agile and seamless communications across the battlespace.