Ex-Im Loan Near

摘要

Satellite broadband hardware and services provider ViaSat Inc. on Nov. 7 said it is in final negotiations with the U.S. Export-Import Bank on a direct loan for up to $525 million to support the construction, launch and insurance of the ViaSat-2 broadband satellite. The loan is notable for the fact that ViaSat-2 is being built by a U.S. company, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems of El Segundo, California, and is slated to launch aboard a rocket built and operated by Space Exploration Technologies of Hawthorne, California. In a conference call with investors, Carlsbad, California-based ViaSat said the final terms of the loan were still being negotiated but that the loan itself was agreed.