ANDOVER, Mass., July 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com), announced it received a $5M order from a leading defense prime contractor for
airborne tactical mission computers in a maritime patrol aircraft. This is a follow-on to previous orders for systems
destined to different countries. The order was booked in the Company’s fiscal 2017 fourth quarter.
The mission computers will perform a variety of functions ranging from video capture and graphical display to Ethernet
switching. Based on open systems architecture and standard interfaces using 6U OpenVPX modules and Intel CPUs, the computer
systems provide the flexibility to integrate the different sensors needed for variations in platform by end user countries.
“Mercury enjoys a strategic relationship with this avionics customer based on our innovative, pre-integrated avionics building
blocks for mission processing solutions,” said Ian Dunn, Vice President of Sensor and Mission Processing at Mercury Systems. “The
pre-integration of open system architecture hardware and software components enhances affordability and reliability while reducing
program risk.”
For more information on Mercury’s Avionics series mission computing solutions, visit www.mrcy.com/mission-computing-safety-dal/ or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mrcy.com.
Mercury Systems – Innovation That Matters™
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) is a leading commercial provider of secure sensor and mission processing subsystems. Optimized for
customer and mission success, Mercury’s solutions power a wide variety of critical defense and intelligence programs. Headquartered
in Andover, Mass., Mercury is pioneering a next-generation defense electronics business model specifically designed to meet the
industry’s current and emerging technology needs. To learn more, visit www.mrcy.com.
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geopolitical unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing
engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in
technological advances and delivering technological innovations, changes in, or in the U.S. Government’s interpretation of, federal
export control or procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components,
production delays or unanticipated expenses due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully
realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and restructurings, or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating
acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, increases in interest rates, changes to export regulations, increases in
tax rates, changes to generally accepted accounting principles, difficulties in retaining key employees and customers,
unanticipated costs under fixed-price service and system integration engagements, and various other factors beyond our control.
These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The Company
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Contact: Robert McGrail, Director of Corporate Communications Mercury Systems, Inc. +1 978-967-1366 / rmcgrail@mrcy.com
