Mercury Systems lands order for radar processing subsystems

Mercury Systems has won a USD 22 million order from a major defense prime contractor for high-performance airborne radar processing subsystems .

“As a leading producer of secure radar processing subsystems for the aerospace and defense industries, Mercury Systems delivers the compute density and environmental protection that our customers demand for their next-generation airborne radar systems,” says Brian Hoerl, Mercury’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales, in a press release. These processors were designed using Mercury’s sensor open system architecture (SOSA)-compatible building blocks that feature the latest data center processing power and scalability required by next-generation radars. This multi-year order was received in the Company’s fiscal 2019 fourth quarter and is expected to be shipped over the next few years.

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