Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com) announced the
start of customer engagements for its second generation of the
TRRUST-Stor™ VPX RT family of radiation-tolerant solid state drives
(SSD) featuring up to 940GB user capacity in a 6U SpaceVPX™ form
factor. The new device delivers enhanced versatility with improved
error correction code (ECC) and both Serial RapidIO® and Peripheral
Component Interconnect Express (PCIe ®) host interfaces. As the
first space-qualified storage devices leveraging the SpaceVPX
standard for agile interoperability, the TRRUST-Stor VPX RT family
enables accelerated system design directly addressing the growing
demand for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and mission critical
systems operating in radiation-intense environments.
In terrestrial environments, the NAND flash memory devices used
in a traditional SSD device are prone to data corruption without
the use of ECC. In radiation-exposed environments, data corruption
is vastly accelerated due to the occurrence of single-event effects
(SEE) and total ionizing dose (TID) degradation which negatively
impact the functionality of the NAND flash memory used in the
device.
To counter these damaging effects, Mercury has improved the ECC
performance of the original 3U TRRUST-Stor VPX RT device. With 30%
more error corrections built-in, the Company’s new 6U device
integrates high-reliability defect mitigation thereby enabling
normal read and write operations in the presence of harmful
ionizing radiation. Additionally, the new SSD features redundant
NAND flash to further improve long-term reliability and data
integrity.
Recognizing that no two missions have identical requirements,
Mercury’s new device is built on a platform to readily enable cost
versus performance customization. New product variants can be
quickly realized where the ECC, spare device count, user capacity
and power consumption are optimized for specific programs. The
scalable manufacturing and test resources of the Company’s Advanced
Microelectronics Centers assure a seamless transition of custom
product variants through volume production.
"With the successful adoption of our 3U TRRUST-Stor VPX RT SSD
for multiple LEO satellite applications, we are proud to introduce
the next generation of commercial SSD technology optimized for
space and other radiation-intense environments while sustaining
greater than 1 GB/s data transfer rates,” said Iain Mackie, Vice
President and General Manager of Mercury’s Microelectronics Secure
Solutions group. “Whether our valued customers are designing a
single satellite, a constellation of satellites or a terrestrial
computing system exposed to radiation, Mercury is committed to
reducing our customers’ program risk by leveraging the scalable
manufacturing and test capabilities of our Advanced
Microelectronics Centers."
Today’s product announcement exemplifies Mercury’s commitment to
expanding the breadth of its space-qualified product portfolio for
defense prime contractors and commercial satellite manufacturers.
As a further testament to this commitment, the Company is also
developing new architectures to provide feature-rich space-grade
SSD devices of up to 32TB user capacity for space radar
applications. Mercury also offers a comprehensive portfolio of
space-qualified RF and microwave solutions that have been trusted
on every mission to Mars without device failure.
Mercury designs and manufactures its entire portfolio of
space-qualified SSD devices in a Defense Microelectronics Activity
(DMEA)-accredited facility for design, packaging, test and broker
services. The Company’s dedication to excellence in all aspects of
industrial security has been recognized by the Defense Security
Service (DSS) with Superior ratings of several of its sites,
including this DMEA-accredited facility.
Mercury is now accepting orders for TRRUST-Stor VPX RT 6U flight
units for delivery in the last quarter of calendar year 2019.
Additionally, Mercury welcomes inquiries from customers whose
system designs may benefit from a 3U form factor variant of the
second generation product, which is currently under development.
For application assistance, additional product information or
purchase inquiries, customers can visit
http://www.mrcy.com/Rad-Tolerant-SSD or contact Mercury at
Secure.SSD@mrcy.com or (866) 627-6951.
Mercury Systems – Innovation That
Matters®Mercury Systems 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 and follow us on
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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 fiscal 2019 business
performance and beyond and the Company’s plans for growth and
improvement in profitability and cash flow. You can identify these
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“should,” “would,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “continue,”
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“potential,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking
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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 any U.S.
Federal government shutdown or extended continuing resolution,
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 cyber-security regulations and
requirements, changes in tax rates or tax regulations, 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, 2018. 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 and Innovation that Matters are registered
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SpaceVPX is a trademark of VITA. Other product and company names
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