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CORPORATE CAPABILITIESWELCOME TO
MERCURY SYSTEMS

Dear Customer,
Welcome to our overview of Mercury Systems. Our goal is to be

Mercury Systems has a long history of driving modular open systems

All of these capabilities leverage our growing expertise in embedded

the leading commercial provider of secure sensor and mission

architectures. With thirty five years of technology leadership within the

security. We are currently in our fourth-generation of secure solutions.

As part of creating “built-in” solutions, it is essential to know

processing subsystems.

high-performance embedded computing industry, we have pioneered

Secure solutions that can provide a modular, affordable foundation inwhat the source is and how it is being used. As multiple

many of the defense industry’s current and emerging open standards.

support of secure architectures. We have thoughtfully built our securetechnologies are integrated into a secure platform it iscapabilities around four key elements.

essential that common APIs and software code have a known

The DoD and the entire defense industrial base live in an increasingly
challenging environment. With a backdrop of unrelenting geopoliticaltensions around the globe, a defense industry that is in transition, andThis includes OpenVPX™ and AdvancedTCA®. Most recently welaunched OpenRFM™, an open, standardized and scalable approachand controlled source and can provide clear and known user
• Security solutions must be “built-in” not “bolted on.”that combines digital and RF processing. Within the RF domain, we’ve

The concept is key to making sure technology building blocks

uncertainty, Mercury Systems has adopted a pragmatic Next Generation

invested in modern, scalable and efficient manufacturing by establishing

can be leveraged effectively even as they are integrated andBusiness Model that is in touch with these times. Our Next Generation

Advanced Microelectronics Centers covering both the Eastern andcustomized to meet customers’ needs.

Business Model is simple. We combine three key components to drive

Western United States. We have state-of-the-art DMEA-accredited

towards your success:trusted manufacturing facilities that provide industry leading capabilities

a domestic political environment that adds an additional element ofin custom micro-electronics design and manufacturing. We believe thatFirst, we quickly and affordably adopt commercially-available technology

our engineering, design and manufacturing capabilities give Mercury

in support of critical programs and missions. Second, Mercury innovation

Systems a footprint that allows us to deliver leading embedded secure

is central to our business model as we invest up to 15% of our revenue inprocessing, secure storage, and RF solutions. Our pre-integrated

internal R & D. Third, we leverage this internal R & D and commerciallysolutions support programs and missions that require advanced radar,available technology towards the development of pre-integrated

Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, andsubsystems so that our customers can use open application programming

guided missiles and precision-guided munitions capabilities.

interfaces to easily and quickly configure solutions to meet mission
specific requirements. All while reducing cost and time to market.

We have recently added additional capabilities to better serve our• Secure solutions must be integrated.

authentication, information assurance, tamper monitoring andresistance, and secure run-time operation.
All of our security work is done by a team of skilled professionals that
we believe is among the deepest pool of talent the industry has to offer.

• Secure solutions must be domestic.
Much of the IT industry, which the defense industry has come toI hope you find the information in this brochure helpful. We lookdepend on, is sourced outside of the US, sometimes in countries

forward to partnering with you on the challenges and opportunities

that are potential adversaries. We engineer, develop andthat lie ahead.

manufacture all of our secure solutions domestically.
Sincerely,• Secure solutions must be upgradable.
We provide secure building blocks that are standardized and canbe used, in a repeatable way, by our customers who then canaffordably include them as part of their own secure architectures.

customers in the areas of mission computing, safety-critical avionics
and platform management. Mercury now offers subsystems deployed inapplications certified to the highest levels of design assurance, DAL-A, forboth DO-254 and DO-178. These solutions complement our already broad
portfolio of contemporary technologies in support of the defense industry.

Mark Aslett
President andChief Executive OfficerINNOVATION THAT MATTERS™

To meet our defense objectives, deter our adversaries and defeat

globalized world, these solutions must be secure, trusted and certified

terrorism we need the rapid deployment of agile, capable and trusted

for flight safety. BBP3.0 addresses this by highlighting the need toNEXT GENERATION DEFENSE ELECTRONICS BUSINESS MODEL

commercial technology. Recognized by the DoD, this realignment isleverage the best commercial technology through open architectures.

Mercury is pioneering a next generation defense electronics businessThis model complements the DoD’s drive to modernize and streamline

captured and promoted by the DoD’s Better Buying Power 3.0 (BBP3.0)

It is by leveraging breakthroughs in commercial technology thatmodel. We are the leading provider of secure and safety-criticaldefense procurement and the prime-contractors’ increasing need tounder the overarching theme of “Achieving Dominant Capabilities

defense innovations will be born. This is consistent with Mercury’s

processing subsystem solutions.

be efficient and affordable platform integrators. We pre-integrate ourthrough Technical Excellence and Innovation.”

next-generation defense electronics business model and as stated in a

To remain dominant, our defense solutions need agile and superior

Our next-generation defense electronics business model drives

rapidly customize these solutions for multiple platforms, leveraging(technology) race now depends on who can out-innovate fastest.”

affordability and program velocity that wins our customers morescalable manufacturing resources to lower both cost and risk.

capabilities that are interoperable and affordable. Increasingly, in a
1st VME64x
product
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business. Our business model is built on three foundational elements:
We have driven the creation and leveraged the use of Open Systems

RACE ANSI
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switch fabric
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RACE

solutions to drive down overall platform integration costs. We thenDoD Defense Appropriations Testimony before Congress “Leading the

1st COTS
DRFM

RACE++
1st embedded
GPGPU• Quickly and affordably adopt the best commercial technology in

OpenSAL

MulticorePlus

support of defense programs and missions
POET

OpenRFM• Invest our own funds in R & D to complement the Pentagon’s,
prime contractors’, defense and non-profit labs’ own initiatives

VME/VXS
Software

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ATX
ATCA
OpenVPX

What is OpenRFM?
OpenRFM is a Modular Open Systems
Architecture that standardizes theelectromechanical interfaces and control
planes to drive affordability, ease of
integration and interoperability within the
RF/microwave domain and is ideally suited
to EW applications.

• Create secure pre-integrated processing subsystembuilding-blocks that can be rapidly pre-integrated into criticaldefense programs

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Server balde

1st FPGA
mixed signal
mezzanine

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OpenVPX
ratifiedMVRI

Air Flow-By
1st Intel Xeon
server-classembedded processing

Next-gensecureATCA

LiquidFlow-By

OpenRFM

Secure ATX
rackmountservers

Architectures (OSAs), ushering in the adoption and ANSI/VITA
ratification of OpenVPX™ for digital processing in 2010 and launchingan emerging open architecture, OpenRFM™ for RF/microwave
processing in 2014. We build modularity, usability and security in to allof our processing subsystem building blocks. Today we have the mostcontemporary and largest portfolio of embedded processing solutions
from tactical servers, digital and RF/microwave building blocks,
pre-integrated processing subsystems and new secure-rackmount andAdvancedTCA® server blades.

Mercury is the better
alternative for low-risk,
aﬀordable, commerciallydeveloped processing
subsystems.

• A commercial company within the defense industry• 13% - 15% of revenue invested annually on applied R&D• Collaborative engineering and program management• Open systems architecture for sensor and mission processing• One-stop-shop for trusted, secure and safe processing subsystems• Scalable RF/microwave and microelectronics manufacturing• Quick Reaction Capability and proven high-TRL solutions

CAPABILITIESRadar Solutions

Mercury is the leading commercial providerof secure sensor and mission processing subsystems

Secure Processing and Storage

C4I Processing

Intelligence, Surveillance and 		

Mercury’s rugged and dense Ensemble® 3U and 6U

Reconnaissance Processing

OpenVPX and AdvancedTCA radar compute building

Modern ISR sensors require greater processing powerblocks feature the most efficient cooling technology andand capability. Mercury ISR/IMINT solutions integrate

fastest, software-defined switch fabrics to deliver the

powerful parallel processing GPGPUs and generalgreatest embedded signal processing capability in theserver-class processors to deliver unequalled image

industry today. These building blocks are optimized forprocessing and real-time information exploitation

SWaP performance and processing density, leveraging

capability in low-SWaP packages. Our advanced air/such processing power as Intel® Xeon®-E server-classliquid cooling technology ensures reliable, full-throttle

Security of critical defense platforms and missions

Our rugged secure ATX rackmount servers andprocessors. Scalable Ensemble processing subsystems

has never been more important – it’s a must-have.

AdvancedTCA server blades are designed to drive

deterministic processing from pre-flight groundwith their streaming, low-latency processing power

Mercury’s built-in fourth generation security framework

the most powerful military processing applications,preparation to extended high-altitude loiters.

and performance software are ideally suited toand building blocks complement our customers’ secure

addressing the US defense market’s need for affordable,

next-generation radar’s compute-intense, streaming,

Mercury pre-integrates processing and RF/microwave

architectures, enabling the creation of their own private

reliable and trusted US-made technology. These servers

real-time signal processing requirements.

building blocks to support ISR programs requiringand personalized system-wide security.

have security and ruggedness built in and are ideally

Our processing, memory and storage solutions build in
the industry’s most robust security. These solutions arequick reaction capabilities and special missions. Oursuited for next-generation radar, large mission, ground/

Mercury leverages scalable, highly-automatedcapabilities deliver affordable specialized performance

naval/air C4I processing applications requiring

manufacturing/test resources with advanced RF/

in the domains of SIGINT and EW that augment EO/

system integrity.

microwave simulation and packaging to produce

IR national assets in such roles as target identification.

affordable and SWaP-efficient antenna tiles for

Mercury ISR solutions have low-SWaP profiles, mission

designed, coded and manufactured in secure, domestic
facilities, using trusted devices from managed supply

An open system middleware framework with sustained

next-generation AESA radar arrays. We have applied

chains for the highest level of system integrity.

Mercury support protects customers’ application

agility and are supported by full in-house design,

our DRFM and radar domain expertise to produce

investments. This framework enables our customers

qualification, tuning and manufacturing capabilities.

radar environmental simulators that exercise the mostto easily port their applications to refreshed hardware

contemporary radars and develop new techniques tothereby preserving their most valuable asset, theirthwart emerging tactical threats.

Mission Computing
Mercury Systems brings the highest level of flightsafety assurance to the secure processing domain
for aerospace and defense applications. Our proven,reusable Design Assurance Level (DAL) certified
artifacts for mission computing, avionics, networking
and datalink comms processing save time and cost, andreduce risk.

software. Secure servers are open systems compliant,making them application-ready and an extremely
low-risk adoption proposition for new and current
applications requiring server-class processing androbust system integrity.

RF/Microwave Solutions

Electronic Warfare Solutions
From signal acquisition (tuners, filtering), to digitization(AD/DA converters), processing and electronic
countermeasures (DRFMs), our rugged, coherent EW
building blocks have exceptional SWaP utilization andthe greatest spectral-efficiency. Mercury’s modular

Guided missile and precision-guided
munition solutions
Mercury applies off set technologies to maintain thedominance of our precision-guided munition solutions,mitigating emerging threats. Modern kinetic assets
have to be secure, mission-tailorable, with longer
reaches, and smarter to confidently intercept
threats anywhere.

Our safety-critical processing subsystems are produced

Our Advanced Microelectronics Centers (AMCs)

in AS-9100 facilities and deployed in applications that

open system approach to EW subsystem development

include trusted DMEA facilities to manufacture

Modern munition guidance, navigation and control

are certified to the highest levels of design assurance,

reduces program risk and time-to-solution and market,

our secure RF, microwave and millimeter-wave andsystems require secure, dense mixed-signal processing

DAL-A for both DO-254 (hardware) and DO-178

while promoting affordability.

miniaturized, mixed signal processing solutions.

and high-frequency RF (mm) technology in protective(software). For low-risk interoperability, Mercury’s

Our highly automated, world-class manufacturing

Mercury leverages the best commercial technologies todeterministic safety building blocks are OpenVPX, VME

capabilities enable us to produce highly-repeatablecreate cognitive, low-latency EW solutions across theand CompactPCI compatible.

build-to-print/spec Integrated Microwave Assemblies

spectrum. Our small form-factor building blocks enable(IMAs), components, high-power EW amplifiers, switch

the quick configuration of agile and sophisticated EW

matrices and other RF/microwave devices. In thesolutions. Mercury’s EW pre-integrated solutions spanembedded digital processing domain, Mercury drove

digital and RF/microwave domains including spoofing

interoperability and affordability with OpenVPX - we are

DRFMs, signal jamming and entirely self-contained EW

now doing the same within the RF/microwave domain

LRUs. OpenRFM neatly manages RF/microwave andwith OpenRFM.

digital processing convergence within the EW domain.

packaging. Mercury’s dense system-in-package(SiP) and multi-layer memory stacking technologies
deliver the highest mixed-signal processing densityand performance. Our gun-hardened guided munition
solutions, with built-in security and EW capabilities are
smarter than ever.

SOME MAJOR
PLATFORMS AND
PROGRAMS SUPPORTED:The Only Commercial Company with Capabilities Acrossthe whole Sensor and Mission Processing Chain
We continue to build our capabilities across the entire sensor and mission processing chain,from signal acquisition to dissemination, and everything in between. Mercury processing
subsystems are deployed on some of the world’s most important military platforms, executing
critical sensor, decision and mission processing operations.

• Patriot BMD• SEWIP, AEGIS BMD• B-1B, F-15, F-16, F-22, F-35
• Triton, Global Hawk
• Predator, Reaper, Gorgon Stare• AH-64 Apache• P-8 Poseidon MMA, KC-46• Paveway, MALD-J, SDB-II

Mission Computing

New performance-optimized OSA building block
innovations for the sensor and mission processing chain

Mercury is bringing the highest level of DAL flight-safety assurance to the secure
sensor processing domain. Mercury’s decision-making mission computing solutions
enable the effects grid to connect to the sensor grid using open system architectures.

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ACQUIREDIGITIZEPROCESS• Missile and precision munition
guidance subsystems• Scalable SW-Deﬁned Radios
across multiple form-factors• Secure AdvancedTCA processing
ecosystem for data-center performance• Pre-integrated AESA Rx/Tx modules• Small form-factor, spectrally
eﬃcient ADCs and DACs

• Secure rackmount ATX server processing
ecosystem for aﬀordability• High isolation and switchingfrequency switch matrices• Industry leading air and liquid coolingfor dense, reliable and unrestricted
processing power• Fastest, high-dynamic range andmost agile wideband tuners

STORE

EXPLOIT• Secure, rugged Solid State Drives• Secure, rugged, high-density memory• Safety-certiﬁable building blocks foravionics, platform management andmission processing• Rugged, System-in-Package
miniaturization• Guided missile solutions with EW
capability• Software framework for customer
technique generation

DISSEMINATE• Safety certiﬁable building blocks for
networking and datalinks• Broadband high-power GaN-based
power ampliﬁers• High-dynamic range, low-latency DRFMs

ANATOMY OF A SUBSYSTEM
Mercury is the only commercial company that designs and builds rugged, pre-integrated
processing subsystems for sensor and decision making applications with proven built-in security.

SPEED• Server-class processing• Uncompromised server-class capability and performance at the tactical edge

• Fastest network fabrics• Guaranteed and consistent 40Gb/s switch fabrics for the fastest networking• Broadband RF/microwave processing• Low-risk, proven RF/microwave pre-integration with OpenRFM

PRE-INTEGRATEDPROCESSINGSUBSYSTEMS

Low-SWaP, Air Flow-By™ development chassis
Full-throttle server-classprocessing power

Guaranteed fabric performanceacross broad temperature range

High-dynamic range andlowest latency DRFMs

Fastest, most agile
wideband tuners

Mercury is the only commercial• Maximize SWaP performance

SWAP• Best cooling technology• Dense packaging• Innovative packaging for the greatest rugged SWaP performance• Industry leading air and liquid cooling for reliable, unrestricted processing• Agnostic and proven packaging technology for low-risk program scalability

company with domain expertise for the

Dense packaging

whole sensor and mission processing• Stacked substrates• Subsystem-in-Package• Multiple OSA’s and form-factors

chain. Our pre-integrated, ModiﬁedOﬀ-The-Shelf processing subsystems
are made from performance-optimized
Open System Architecture (OSA) digital

Rugged, 3D stacked substratefabrication for density

System-in-Package for highest
mixed signal processing density

Convergence of digital andRF/microwave processing OpenRFM™

High-Performance agnostic coolingscales OSAs and form-factors

and RF/microwave building blocks.

SOFTWARE• Investment preservation• Open Middleware framework for investment preservation and low-risk tech refresh• Performance software• Optimized software for low-risk and high program velocity• Ecosystem integration• System management for ecosystem integration and mission tailorable power delivery

Each Mercury processing subsystem is

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to-end performance of the software
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Our next generation defense
electronics business model champions

Tech RefreshOpen middleware protects our customer’s most valuable
investment - Their software

Versatile and upgradable
software-defined fabrics

OSAs that leverage the best, most

• Trusted• Trusted Mercury infrastructure for investment integrity

and makes it aﬀordably available

STfor defense applications. Mercury’s
processing subsystems have a provensecurity framework that enables our

Built-in, customer-private andpersonalized system-wide security

customers to build in robust, private,

SAFETY• Connecting the eﬀects grid to the sensor grid with open systems• Safety by design• Broad agency experience, embedded DAL culture and most comprehensive software• Safest avionics busses and fabrics• More safety certiﬁable I/O interfaces and fabrics

System-wide management
and monitoring
Safe and secure I/O
Safety certiﬁable EthernetED

Designed, built and supported in
USA from secure and trusted DMEA
certified facilities

Managed supply chainsfor trusted devices

Fullest board support and software
packages for ease of integration

Only flight safety-certified
MIL STD 1553 data bus

BIOS and network stackowned and coded in USA

Guaranteed fabric performancecustomized system-wide security.

• DO-178 (Software) DO-254 (Hardware)

Trusted BIOS andnetwork stackBest air andliquid coolingED• Secure facilities for personalized security development

Standardized system-wide
management and monitoring

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interoperable commercial technology
U• Customizable and private

Server-class capability
DRFMs
Wide-band tuners
Software-defined switches
Digital and R/F - OpenVPXTR

SECURITY• System integrity• Industry-leading, pre-integrated security features for system integrity

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Open Middleware
HardwareProcessing building blocks

Mercury solutions are designed, built,
coded and supported in the USA fromtrusted DMEA certiﬁed facilities
More EASA and FAA
certification experience

More I/O interfaces and safety
certifiable COTS building blocks

MISSION COMPUTINGSYSTEM INTEGRATION
AND SOFTWARE

Mercury Systems designs and manufactures deterministic processing

Mercury is the only commercial company with domain expertise acrossmodules and subsystems that have been deployed in applications certified to

the whole sensor and mission processing chain. Our investments havethe highest Design Assurance Level, DAL-A, for both DO-254 (hardware) andproduced the largest, most contemporary portfolio of embedded processing

DO-178 (software). Our mission computing solutions are found in commercial

building blocks powered by the best commercial technology. These proven,and military, manned and unmanned platforms.

interoperable digital and RF/microwave/mm-wave processing elements
have a common robust built-in security foundation which spans 3U and 6U

Our real-time flight-safety building blocks are made to rugged 3U and 6U

OpenVPX, secure AdvancedTCA and rackmount ATX architectures.

VME/VXS, OpenVPX and CompactPCI Open Systems Architectures (OSAs).
Solutions may be modified (MOTS) or right off the shelf (COTS). Both are

The key to program success and winning the innovation race is to be able

supported by our teams of experienced engineers who number over half ofto leverage the best, trusted commercial technology, quickly. Mercury’s

Mercury Mission Systems’ staff.

pre-integrated processing subsystems are agile configurations of proven,high-TRL Modified-Off-The-Shelf processing building blocks. Their built-in

Our expertise and experience has been acquired over three decades andsecurity framework creates higher product differentiation, drives greateris built-in to our Avionics Series of flight-safety certifiable building blocks

program velocity, while lowering risk.

for processing, avionic I/O, video, avionics-certifiable Ethernet and rugged
packaging. These safety building blocks are in their third generation

We guarantee and optimize the functionality of software over our pre-(with backward compatibility) and designed with a top-down approach

integrated digital and RF/microwave/mm-wave processing subsystems.

for interoperability and ease of pre-integration in to our safety certifiable

Trusted devices and built-in, customer private and personalized security

processing subsystems.

enables our customers to deploy their solutions anywhere.

Key components used with our Avionics Series of safety building blocks are

Mercury’s open middleware preserves our customers’ valuable software.

carefully selected for determinism, performance, reliability and sustainability.

Our open approach and Mercury’s consistent, multi-decade middleware

CPUs and other critical devices that may evolve quickly over time aresupport enables our customers to refresh their applications at the speed

mounted to mezzanines to ease future tech refreshes and recertifications.

of technology. Further, our suite of software is optimized for low-latency

We commit to maintain and support established products and facilitateprocessing applications and includes such innovations as software-definedmigration to new product generations with full backwards-compatibility.

switch fabrics for ease of upgrade.

To extend product life we have developed multiple management techniques
including stocking, multi-sourcing and utilizing FPGAs to mitigate specificdevice dependence. Whatever your strategy, we are at your side to extend
the lifetime of your solutions.

DAL-certiﬁable development chassis

Low-SWaP, Air Flow-By chassis• Certifiable to DAL-A• Secure, rugged OpenVPX architecture• Multiple safety-segmented zones for program velocity• Best cooling – Fastest, SW defined fabrics• COTS safety-certifiable processing and I/O modules• Largest portfolio of processing modules• Safety-certifiable fabrics and avionics busses• System-wide management and monitoring

SECURITY

The issue of security in support of critical defense platforms and• Designed-in security: First and foremost, for defense platforms• Extensible: While the security community can attempt tomissions has never been more important - today security is a “needto be secure against today’s advanced threats, the security must“future proof” architectures through rigor and expertise, theto become more complex. Today security is a “must have” to theto have” as the very effectiveness of the defense platform becomesbe “built-in” and not “bolted-on.” This is necessary to addressunpredictable nature and deployment speed of threats against

effectiveness of defense platforms and must be prioritized as such todependent on the level of security afforded it.

the seams in security implementations that form within a single

defense platforms require that ways to quickly update andmeet the increasingly challenging demands of the warfighter. Mercury

platform due to the interplay between legacy and contemporary

improve security capability are designed in. Mercury’s secure

has the broadest, deepest commercial portfolio of embedded security

Systems have been and will continue to become interconnected atsecurity policies as well as between the various security

building blocks are standardized and can be used, in a repeatablebuilding blocks, extensible framework and customizable mechanisms

an astonishing rate. Sometimes the connections are by design anddisciplines. Mercury’s fourth-generation secure building blocks

way, by our customers who then include them in their securethat enable our customers to build in robust, private and personalized

sometimes they happen in an ad hoc manner. These interconnections

can be stitched together to defeat new threats, even as they arearchitectures. This approach allows our customers to be in control

security for the highest level of system integrity.

pose a security risk due to data aggregation/linking, threat/vulnerability

integrated and customized during subsequent stages

as they build their secure processing platforms using and re-using

mismatches (or “seams”), and a lack of defensive countermeasureof integration.

our technologies as needed. It also enables the replacement of

Mercury’s secure processing subsystems are built using trusted devices

building blocks as new security methods become preferred and/orfrom managed supply chains and run trusted software, where our fabric

new building blocks to be added as threats emerge.

network stacks and Basic Input/Output System (BIOSs) are coded withininteroperability and integration. Even the best designed and scrutinized
secure defense platform may become vulnerable because of an• Domestic solutions: Domestic supply chains come with

Systems and networks in support of key defense platforms continueinterconnection created outside of the parameters of the original

the enforceable regulation and oversight of the suppliers anddesign. For this reason, electronic systems deployed for use in military

the consequence of US law should participants in that supply• Interoperable and integrated: The challenge with the maturing

applications should employ built-in security including encrypted

chain misbehave. Much of the broader IT industry, which thesecurity disciplines of information assurance, anti-tamper, cyber-data-at-rest, secure start-up, user authentication, tamper monitoring and

Department of Defense has become dependent on, is now

defense, and supply chain risk management is that adversaries

reporting, and secure run-time operation. Built-in security is the mostmanufactured and sourced outside of the US, either in places

will seek to attack the seams in these disciplines. This becomes

effective and versatile approach to meeting these evolving requirements

where supply chains are hard to track, or even worse, in locations

more pronounced as policies in these disciplines are tailored• Built-in, not bolted-on

and is the approach Mercury uses with our system-wide, extensible

where there is the risk of a compromised solution. The potential

across user communities and implemented to varying degrees• Domestic for uncompromised supply

security building blocks that further reduces risk and supports

for bad actors is significantly reduced when the supply chain has

across defense platforms. The attack vectors are uninhibited

greater affordability.

motivation to police itself at a high standard as it does in the US.

by the siloed walls of any particular security discipline andWe engineer, develop and manufacture all of our secure solutions

hence security practices should overcome these confines. As

domestically.

multiple technologies are integrated into a single interconnected

For over a decade, Mercury has been developing security building blocks

secure Mercury facilities.

across the whole sensor processing chain that is complementary toplatform it is essential that standard interfaces are utilized forour customers’ secure architectures. Our building blocks and security

interoperability in areas of encrypted data-at-rest, secure start-up,

principles are grouped in to four fundamental domains:user authentication, tamper monitoring and reporting, and securerun-time operation. Mercury’s built-in approach facilitates systeminteroperability and integration.

Secure Solutions must be:• Extensible for customer control• Interoperable and integrated for seamless protection

ONE MERCURY
Headquarters

Advanced Microelectronics Centers (AMCs):

Mercury Systems is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts within a secure and Defense

To meet our customers’ need for precise, repeatable RF and microwave and digital processing

Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) accredited, state-of-the-art facility. Our headquarters

solutions, Mercury has invested in redundant, scalable Advanced Microelectronic Centers

incorporates a world-class design and engineering capability and Innovation Center that

(AMCs). Our AMCs are dedicated to the production of defense industry subsystems withindemonstrates sensor and mission processing innovations to customers.

world-class, domestic manufacturing environments. We operate scalable AMCs in New England,
New York metro area, Southern California and a trusted DMEA facilities in the Southwest, which

It is from our headquarters that we drive our One Mercury next-generation defense businesshas Missile Defense Agency approval and AS9100 certification. Each AMC offers onsite Program

model that efficiently leverages our capabilities across the whole sensor and mission processing

Management and co-located product and process engineers for the smooth on-boarding of build-chain, delivering innovation at the speed of technology. Our business model enables our

to-print, build-to-specification military processing subsystem production.

customers to leverage the best commercial technology for performance, confident that security
and trust is built-in. Mercury’s flight safety and sensor processing capabilities are enabling our

Mercury consistently makes investments in our state-of-the-art manufacturing and test

customers to connect their effects grid to their sensor grid through affordable open

capabilities enabling our customers to benefit from the most efficient and contemporary

systems architectures.

processing technologies for greater solution performance and lower program risk. Our rigorous
Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) processes assure our solutions, which areengineered with extended temperature, stock and vibrational resilience, function unconditionallyright of out of the box.
From simulation to fully automated manufacturing, to precise RF and Microwave tune andtest, Mercury’s AMCs are the better alternative for trusted, secure defense processing
subsystem manufacturing.

Mercury has been
awarded two CogswellAwards for Industrial
Security and ExcellenceInnovation Centers
Mercury’s Innovation Centers located in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, California
and Switzerland showcase our solutions across the sensor and mission processing chain.
Each Innovation Center also displays specific facility expertise, be it RF and microwave digitalprocessing or solution pre-integration. We encourage our customers to visit an Innovation
Center, to see firsthand why Mercury solutions are Innovation that Matters.

Trusted Mercury infrastructure for investment integrity• Best security practices applied across enterprise• Trusted board support and development• World-class infrastructure and IT security posture