Mercury Systems, Inc. is a technology company serving the aerospace and defense industry. It designs, develops and manufactures open architecture computer hardware and software products, including secure embedded processing modules and subsystems, avionics mission computers and displays, rugged secure computer servers, and trusted microelectronics components, modules and subsystems. Mercury sells its products to defense prime contractors, the US government and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) commercial aerospace companies. Mercury is based in

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, with more than 2300 employees and annual revenues of approximately

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924 million for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

History

* Founded on July 14, 1981 as Mercury Computer Systems by Jay Bertelli. *Went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange on January 30, 1998, listed under the symbol MRCY. * In July 2005, Mercury Computer Systems acquired Echotek Corporation for approximately

49 million. * In January 2011, Mercury Computer Systems acquired LNX Corporation. *In December, 2011, Mercury Computer Systems acquired KOR Electronics for

70 million, * In August 2012, Mercury Computer Systems acquired Micronetics for

74.9 million. * In November 2012, the company changed its name from Mercury Computer Systems to Mercury Systems. * In December 2015, Mercury Systems acquired Lewis Innovative Technologies, Inc. (LIT). * In November 2016, Mercury Systems acquired Creative Electronic Systems for

38 million. * In April 2017, Mercury Systems acquired Delta Microwave, LLC (“Delta”) for

40.5 million, enabling the Company to expand into the satellite communications (SatCom), datalinks and space launch markets. * In July 2017, Mercury Systems acquired Richland Technologies, LLC (RTL), increasing the Company's market penetration in commercial aerospace, defense platform management, C4I, and mission computing. *In January 2019, Mercury Systems acquired GECO Avionics, LLC for

36.5 million. *In December 2020, Mercury Systems acquired Physical Optics Corporation (POC) for $310 million. *In May 2021, Mercury Systems acquired Pentek for $65.0 million. *In November, 2021 Mercury Systems acquired Avalex Technologies Corporation and Atlanta Micro, Inc.

Facilities

Manufacturing centers

Mercury manufactures in

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, New York Metro-area,

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and a trusted DMEA facility in the

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, which has Missile Defense Agency approval and AS9100 certification. Four Mercury sites have been awarded the James S. Cogswell Award for Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the

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(DCSA).

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