MRCY Mercury Systems Inc

Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com), announced today that its Ensemble® LDS6526 server blade received a silver award by the judges of the annual Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards program. This program recognizes the most innovative solutions in military and aerospace technology products and systems, as judged by a panel of senior third-party expert professionals.

“We’re honored that our innovative LDS6526 server blade was recognized by the Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards program,” said Shaun McQuaid, Mercury’s Director of Product Management. “LDS6526 blades are powerful, signal ingestion engines that are ideally suited to streaming low-latency signal processing applications including next-generation radar, complex image intelligence (IMINT), multi-functional sensor chain and advanced situational awareness applications.”

The Ensemble LDS6256 is a rugged OpenVPX™ processing blade that seamlessly integrates the Intel® Xeon® processor D system-on-a-chip (SoC) product family, the versatility of software-defined off-load processing, double-bandwidth sensor I/O capability and built-in private and personalized security features into a powerful 6U form factor blade for streaming signal processing applications.

Alan Bergstein, publisher of Military & Aerospace Electronics, said “This prestigious program allows Military & Aerospace Electronics to celebrate and recognize the most innovative products and services in the military electronics industry. Our 2016 Honorees are an outstanding example of companies who are making an impact.”

The 2016 Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards Honorees are featured in the November issue of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine as well as on www.militaryaerospace.com.

About Military & Aerospace Electronics

Published since 1990, Military & Aerospace Electronics delivers time-sensitive news, in-depth analyses, case studies, and real-world applications of new products, industry opinion, and the latest trends in the use of mil-spec, rugged and commercial off-the-shelf components. The Military & Aerospace Electronics brand includes the magazine, website (www.militaryaerospace.com), email newsletters and webcasts.

About The Military & Aerospace Electronics 2016 Innovators Awards program

The Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovation Awards celebrates the most innovative applications of aerospace and defense electronics technology products and systems. Awards are presented to organizations that demonstrate excellence in the use of a product or system. Submissions are accepted from designers and integrators. Users of military and aerospace electronics systems are also permitted to nominate products.

Mercury Systems – Innovation That Matters™

Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) is a leading commercial provider of secure processing subsystems designed and made in the USA. Optimized for customer and mission success, Mercury’s solutions power a wide variety of critical defense and intelligence programs. Headquartered in Chelmsford, 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 CommunicationsMercury Systems, Inc.+1 978-967-1366 / rmcgrail@mrcy.com

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