Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com), today announced
the start of customer design engagements for its new MISSION-Stor™
ultra-portable secure solid state drive (SSD) with integrated
security and performance-enhancing algorithms. Though similar in
size and function to a commercial USB flash drive, the Company’s
new secure SSD has been precision-engineered to withstand the
harshest military operating environments while simultaneously
protecting the most sensitive data from adversarial attack. The new
product is ideally suited for mission management applications,
where mission instructions must be securely transferred to a
military platform operating in a potentially hostile threat
environment.
The new MISSION-Stor device marries state-of-the-art NAND flash
memory with the Company’s sixth generation ARMOR™ processor in a
SWaP-optimized form factor small enough to comfortably fit in the
pocket of a flight jacket. MISSION-Stor addresses customer
applications that require protection of highly sensitive data, up
to and including the Top Secret designation. MISSION-Stor SSD
devices support encryption, key purge, sanitization and
self-destruct capabilities. Mercury has engineered the new
MISSION-Stor SSD device to the rigorous standards of Federal
Information Processing System (FIPS) 140-2 and the National
Security Administration’s Commercial Solutions for Classified
(CSfC) program. The new product is expected to receive FIPS 140-2
certification approved component listing for the CSfC program in
2018.
The ARMOR processor, the backbone of Mercury’s entire suite of
secure military-grade SSD solutions, enables data at rest
protection using the strength of advanced encryption standard with
256 bit keys in the XTS block cipher mode (AES-256 XTS). Whereas
commercial- and industrial-grade SSD devices typically decrypt data
after entering a simple ATA password, the ARMOR processor supports
the industry’s widest range of encryption key management options,
including re-play attack mitigation and isolated key fill using a
DS-101 serial interface protocol developed by the NSA.
“Today, we openly invite government agencies, defense prime
contractors and other valued customers to engage with us as we
field our new MISSION-Stor device,” said Iain Mackie, Vice
President and General Manager of Mercury’s Microelectronics Secure
Solutions group. “As the preeminent commercial supplier of secure
military-grade SSD devices, our new MISSION-Stor product sets the
bar for removable data storage with integrated security. Our
Phoenix Advanced Microelectronics Center is proud to continue
designing and manufacturing innovative security solutions
purpose-built for government agencies and our military forces.”
The new MISSION-Stor device is available with either a
high-speed non-volatile memory express (NVMe) interface or a serial
ATA (SATA) interface. Additionally, users can configure the device
to operate in either an extended-life or extended-capacity mode
based on mission requirements. Extended-capacity mode enables
approximately 1.5 TB of host-accessible data storage, while
extended-life mode enables enhanced data endurance – up to 7.7
pentabytes (PB) of total data written – with a maximum
host-accessible storage capacity of 512 GB.
The MISSION-Stor product, and all of Mercury’s digital
microelectronics solutions, are manufactured in the Company’s
Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)-certified Advanced
Microelectronics Center in Phoenix, Ariz. As a testament to its
commitment for excellence in all aspects of security, Mercury
protects its design and manufacturing records with an active
cybersecurity program based on the Center for Internet Security
(CIS) critical security controls. Furthermore, critical components
are carefully sourced from a managed supply chain with
manufacturing sites located in the United States.
Mercury’s application engineering team frequently assists
customers seeking to deploy robust security solutions for the most
complex applications. To participate in Mercury’s MISSION-Stor
design program or for more production information, customers can
visit www.mrcy.com/MISSION-Stor or contact Mercury at (866)
627-6951 or secure.ssd@mrcy.com.
Mercury Systems – Innovation That Matters™
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) 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.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, including those relating to the products and services
described herein. You can identify these statements by the use of
the words “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “plans,”
“expects,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,”
“intend,” “likely,” “forecast,” “probable,” “potential,” and
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continued funding of
defense programs, the timing and amounts of such funding, general
economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in
the Company’s markets, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and
regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods
of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing
programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product
mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering
technological innovations, changes in, or in the U.S. Government’s
interpretation of, federal export control or procurement rules and
regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages
in components, production delays or unanticipated expenses due to
performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to
fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and
restructurings, or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in
integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated
synergies, increases in interest rates, changes to export
regulations, increases in tax rates, changes to generally accepted
accounting principles, difficulties in retaining key employees and
customers, unanticipated costs under fixed-price service and system
integration engagements, and various other factors beyond our
control. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional
risk factors as are discussed in the Company's filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017. The
Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which such statement is made.
Contact:Robert McGrail, Director of Corporate
CommunicationsMercury Systems, Inc.+1 978-967-1366 /
rmcgrail@mrcy.com
Mercury Systems, Innovation That Matters, Mission-STOR and ARMOR
are trademarks of Mercury Systems, Inc. Other product and company
names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
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