Mercury to Bring Raytheon’s Advanced Cyber Resiliency and Intrusion Detection Tools to the Mercury Processing Platform

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Mercury Systems is partnering with Raytheon to enhance the security of its mission-critical solutions by incorporating Raytheon's cyber resiliency and intrusion detection tools. This collaboration will strengthen the protection of critical systems against cyber threats.

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• Mercury Systems is working with Raytheon to increase the security of its mission-critical solutions, which could positively impact the stock price. The partnership will incorporate Raytheon's advanced cyber resiliency and intrusion detection tools into Mercury's processing platform. This will provide significantly stronger security controls to protect mission-critical systems. Mercury gains the ability to integrate Raytheon's Electronic Armor and CADS products into its portfolio of mission systems. Raytheon's cybersecurity tools complement Mercury's BuiltSECURE technology, offering comprehensive protection solutions. The combined offerings address emerging cyber survivability endorsement requirements. Electronic Armor prevents reverse engineering and protects data and applications from unauthorized access. CADS is a real-time Intrusion Detection System that provides cyber anomaly detection and bus traffic logging. This collaboration enhances Mercury's ability to deliver secure and resilient solutions, which can positively impact its market position and stock price.

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ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a technology company that delivers processing power for the most demanding aerospace and defense missions, today announced it is working with Raytheon, an RTX business, to increase survivability and resiliency of its mission-critical solutions by incorporating Raytheon’s advanced cyber resiliency and intrusion detection tools into Mercury’s processing platform.

As threats against critical systems continue to grow in scope and sophistication, Mercury and Raytheon recognize the need for significantly stronger security controls to protect mission-critical systems, and both are dedicated to delivering comprehensive and resilient protection solutions to maintain mission effectiveness in cyber-contested environments.

Through this relationship, Mercury gains the ability to integrate Raytheon’s Electronic Armor and CADS products into its portfolio of mission systems, including secure mission processors, communication management units, rugged servers, communication management units, and data recorders. Raytheon’s cybersecurity tools complement Mercury’s BuiltSECURE technology that protects critical data with industry-leading physical security, cryptography, and secure boot features. Mercury and Raytheon are industry leaders in building and securing high-performance, open-architecture products and subsystems for the aerospace and defense industry, including SOSA-aligned mission computers. Their combined offerings provide aerospace and defense programs with an effective approach to addressing emerging cyber survivability endorsement requirements, which are focused on preventing, detecting, responding, and recovering from cyberattacks.

Electronic Armor is a cyber resiliency solution that prevents reverse engineering and protects the confidentiality and integrity of data, as well as applications from attackers who have bypassed traditional information assurance controls and/or gained escalated privilege on a system. Among its many features is the hardening of the operating system, providing data-at-rest and runtime protections, preventing execution of unauthorized applications, and preventing modification/introspection of sensitive applications and data.

CADS is a real-time Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for the standard control buses found in airframes and ground vehicles. CADS provides cyber anomaly detection and complete bus traffic logging for mission- and safety-critical systems. It heightens situational awareness for platform operators and support teams and includes offline analysis tools to provide long-term performance and cross-fleet analysis of cyber trends.

To learn more about how Raytheon’s Electronic Armor and CADS solutions can integrate with Mercury hardware, visit the Mercury booth (#1439) at this week’s AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Mercury Systems – Innovation that matters®
Mercury Systems is a technology company that pushes processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today’s most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Mercury is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and has 24 locations worldwide. To learn more, visit mrcy.com. (Nasdaq: MRCY)

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INVESTOR CONTACT
Nelson Erickson
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Nelson.Erickson@mrcy.com

MEDIA CONTACT
Turner Brinton
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications
Turner.Brinton@mrcy.com 

FAQ

What is Mercury Systems working on?

Mercury Systems is working with Raytheon to enhance the security of its mission-critical solutions.

How will the partnership with Raytheon benefit Mercury Systems?

The partnership will incorporate Raytheon's cyber resiliency and intrusion detection tools into Mercury's processing platform, providing significantly stronger security controls.

What products will Mercury Systems integrate from Raytheon?

Mercury will integrate Raytheon's Electronic Armor and CADS products into its portfolio of mission systems.

What is Electronic Armor?

Electronic Armor is a cyber resiliency solution that prevents reverse engineering and protects data and applications from unauthorized access.

What is CADS?

CADS is a real-time Intrusion Detection System that provides cyber anomaly detection and bus traffic logging.

How will this collaboration benefit Mercury's market position?

This collaboration enhances Mercury's ability to deliver secure and resilient solutions, which can positively impact its market position and stock price.