Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a technology
company that delivers mission-critical processing power to the
edge, today introduced the first commercially available flight
testing simulator for air-to-ground synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
systems. The ARES-SAR product builds on more than 25 years of test
and train technology from the Mercury Processing Platform to enable
government and commercial organizations to save time and costs by
reducing the need for actual flight testing through the simulation
of realistic SAR scenarios on the ground.
SAR systems have become an integral tool for crewed and uncrewed
airborne and space-based systems. These systems allow pilots of
fifth-generation fighter jets to navigate safely, target munitions,
and perform battle damage assessments in all-weather conditions,
day or night. They allow satellites to conduct environmental
monitoring, mapping, and surveillance missions. A significant
portion of the time and cost of developing these systems is
consumed by real-world testing, which today can cost millions of
dollars and require many flight tests over months or years.
ARES-SAR builds on Mercury’s heritage of digital RF memory
(DRFM)-based electronic warfare training, test, and evaluation
solutions. In 2020, the company introduced ARES3100, an advanced
radar environment simulator for testing and training air-to-air
radar capabilities in a laboratory environment or an anechoic
chamber.
ARES-SAR can be employed by itself or alongside ARES3100, as
both use Mercury’s software interface that makes it easy to quickly
configure multiple test scenarios that include various geographies,
imaging modes, targets, environmental effects, and countermeasures.
Development of ARES-SAR was funded by the U.S. Army’s Program
Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, and the
product is in use by several Air Force and Navy customers.
“To ensure technological superiority on the battlefield,
organizations responsible for fielding air and space systems must
develop and deploy advanced capabilities in a more timely and
cost-effective way,” said Roya Montakhab, Mercury’s GM of Platform
Systems. “ARES-SAR allows radar systems to undergo robust
qualification programs without ever leaving the ground.”
For more information, visit mrcy.com or contact Mercury at
info@mrcy.com.
Mercury Systems – Innovation that
matters®Mercury Systems is a technology company that
delivers mission-critical processing power to the edge, making
advanced technologies profoundly more accessible for today’s most
challenging aerospace and defense missions. The Mercury Processing
Platform allows customers to tap into innovative capabilities from
silicon to system scale, turning data into decisions on timelines
that matter. Mercury’s products and solutions are deployed in more
than 300 programs and across 35 countries, enabling a broad range
of applications in mission computing, sensor processing, command
and control, and communications. Mercury is headquartered in
Andover, Massachusetts, and has 24 locations worldwide. To learn
more, visit mrcy.com. (Nasdaq: MRCY)
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INVESTOR CONTACTNelson EricksonSenior Vice
President, Strategy and Corporate
DevelopmentNelson.Erickson@mrcy.com
MEDIA CONTACTTurner BrintonSr. Director,
Corporate Communications Turner.Brinton@mrcy.com
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