ANDOVER, Mass. – Jan. 15, 2018 – Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com) announced it received a $2.5M order from a leading defense prime contractor for custom storage appliances built with the Company’s TRRUST-Stor® secure solid-state drive (SSD) devices for an undisclosed military application. The order was booked in the Company’s fiscal 2018 second quarter and is expected to be shipped over the next several quarters.
Designed and manufactured in its Phoenix, Ariz. Advanced Microelectronics Center, the Company’s portfolio of commercial self-encrypting SSD devices are built on its powerful ARMOR™ processor. By combining performance-enhancing algorithms with the industry’s most advanced cryptographic engine, Mercury’s secure SSD portfolio sets the defense industry standard for commercial data-at-rest solutions delivering uncompromising security and performance for government agencies, military forces and defense prime contractors.
“We are proud to supply defense prime contractors and the US warfighter with the most secure commercial technology for military data storage applications,” said Neal Austin, Vice President of Sales for Mercury’s Advanced Microelectronics Solutions group. “Having successfully pioneered the deployment of agile security technologies in a commercial SSD, Mercury is fully committed to simplifying the implementation of the highest levels of security for our valued customers and military forces deployed around the globe.”
The Company offers its secure data storage technology in a wide range of form factors, including 2.5” heavily ruggedized enclosures, ultra-portable removable modules, mini-SATA (mSATA) cards, express mezzanine cards (XMC) and ball-grid array (BGA) devices. Mercury offers the industry’s only commercial SSD device to be listed on the National Security Administration’s Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) component index.
For more information, visit www.mrcy.com or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or [email protected].
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Mercury Systems is a leading commercial provider of secure sensor and safety-critical 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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Contact:
Robert McGrail, Director of Corporate Communications
Mercury Systems, Inc.
+1 978-967-1366 / [email protected]
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