ANDOVER, Mass. – March 8, 2018 – Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com) announced the start of customer engagements for its new TRRUST-Stor™ VPX RT family of space-qualified radiation-tolerant secure solid-state drives (SSD) featuring BuiltSECURE™ technology. As the first commercial SSD precision-engineered for the harshest possible operating environments, the Company’s new product line leverages OpenVPX™ standards to reduce customers’ design cycles and mitigate program risk. In addition to commercial satellite applications, the new device can also be adapted for other applications in radiation-intense environments, including high-altitude aircraft, airborne weapons, and mission-critical ground computing systems.
Conventional storage devices for space applications are designed with legacy architectures limiting data transfer rates to less than 1 GB per second. These architectures also fail to include error correction algorithms to counter the effects of ionizing radiation damage to the flash memory storage elements, thereby compromising data integrity. These space-grade storage solutions lock system architects into a costly custom backplane solution, thereby removing the benefits of interoperability and cost savings enabled by open standard architectures.
Mercury’s new space-grade storage device surmounts these limitations using its portfolio of advanced BuiltSECURE error correction algorithms paired with large geometry industrial-grade Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash memory. Designed for fault tolerance with up to six failed NAND devices, the Company’s new device offers long-term data integrity for applications where device repair or replacement is cost-prohibitive. Recognizing that no two mission requirements are identical, customers can tailor power consumption against performance requirements for each unique mission. Mercury’s new storage product is designed for seamless integration with the OpenVPX ecosystem of processing boards and chassis.
“Having supplied commercial RF and microwave devices for more than 30 years for space applications, we are now leveraging the power of Mercury’s next-generation business model to deliver the first commercial SSD ruggedized for space environments,” said Iain Mackie, Vice President and General Manager of Mercury’s Microelectronics Secure Solutions group. “Our innovative fault-tolerant design protects our customers’ high-value investment using our deep domain expertise in secure solid-state drive design and manufacturing.”
Mercury’s resolute commitment to security extends far beyond product design and into the cadence of its daily operations. The Company’s entire portfolio of advanced digital microelectronic solutions are designed and manufactured in a Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)-accredited facility for design, packaging, test and broker services. Mercury’s dedication to excellence in all aspects of industrial security has been recognized with several of its facilities having received a Superior rating from the Defense Security Service (DSS).
Mercury’s application engineering team routinely provides innovation that matters for the most complex application environments. For application assistance, additional product information or purchase inquiries, customers can visit www.mrcy.com/Rad-Tolerant-SSD or contact Mercury at [email protected] or (866) 627-6951.
Mercury Systems – Innovation That Matters™
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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