[SatNews] AAI and Overwatch, operating units of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, along with ViaSat Inc., will introduce and demonstrate the new Forward Airborne Secure Transmissions and Communications (FASTCOM) system at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 2010 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. on October 25th. Visitors to booth #1405 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center viewed a live demo of the secure, expeditionary cellular network, which supports Secret and below communications. ViaSat, located at booth #4239, also supported the demonstration at AUSA. Powered by an unmanned aircraft, aerostat, or ground vehicle equipped with 3G cellular pods with 4G expansion capability, FASTCOM creates a secure and private, mobile cellular network, or “bubble.” Users within the bubble can receive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data; achieve direct access to intelligence sources such as the AAI/Overwatch Tactical Remote Exploitation (T-REx™) Terminal; and use voice and data backhaul through ViaSat satellite communication sources. In addition, users have access to all of the 3G features of their smartphones, such as Overwatch’s SoldierEyes™ suite of command, control, intelligence and situational awareness applets. SoldierEyes enables interoperability with intelligence databases and uses an open architecture that supports third-party software applications.