CHELMSFORD, Mass., Aug. 7 — Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that industry research firms Venture Development Corporation (VDC) and Electronic Trend Publications (ETP) each named Mercury as the market leader in embedded defense electronics in their most recent independent market research reports.
“Our COTS market research includes data from both the supply side; that is, the vendors, and the demand side, which is defense contractors and subcontractors,” said Eric Heikkila, Practice Director for Embedded Hardware at Venture Development Corporation. “Mercury’s position as the board-level VME COTS market leader is clearly established by our data, which shows Mercury making more than 25 percent of the board-level VME COTS shipments.”
Deploying signal processing systems on land, sea, and in the air, Mercury’s open standards-based approach has enabled it to successfully solve data-intensive computing challenges for more than 300 defense-industry programs for customers such as BAE, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, for more than a decade.
“In our analysis of the embedded computing market, we cover a variety of embedded technologies and multiple applications segments,” said Steve Berry, Principal Analyst at Electronic Trend Publications. “Mercury has a 22 percent market share of the military/aerospace applications market, putting them clearly in first position.”
As the leading supplier of signal and image processing systems, Mercury provides its customers with a comprehensive offering that includes leading-edge I/O, single-board computers, A/D products, and RF solutions. Mercury serves on the board of directors of VITA, the governing body of the VMEbus International Trade Association, which provides its members with the ability to develop and promote open technology standards for real-time, modular embedded computing systems. The Company also contributes to the VITA working groups which are actively renewing the VMEbus architecture and ecosystem, and is involved in the following VITA standards efforts:
* VITA 41 VME Switched Serial (VXS)
* VITA 17.2 Serial Front-Panel Data Port (FPDP) Extension
* VITA 42 Fabric Mezzanine Card (XMC)
* VITA 46 VPX
* VITA 48 Ruggedized Enhanced Design Implementation (REDI)
* VITA 49 Digital Interface Standard
For more information on Mercury Computer Systems’ leadership in defense applications, visit www.mc.com/industries/aero.
About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing computer systems. Mercury’s products play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the Company’s systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury’s systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.
Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at www.mc.com.