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Reflecting on the power of our Mercury women

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Reflecting on the power of our Mercury women

Coinciding with Women’s History Month, the Mercury team put women at the center of our conversations during the month of March. From participating in the Simmons Leadership Conference to sponsoring our own panel discussion on International Women’s Day, our women leaders took charge, embracing their authentic selves and sharing personal stories of challenges and triumphs.

Mercury Systems

April 13, 2021

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A closer look: Mercury is a case study for business continuity during COVID-19

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A closer look: Mercury is a case study for business continuity during COVID-19

A year has passed since more than half of Mercury employees transitioned to a work-from-home environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the outset, Mercury took a people-centric approach to its COVID-19 emergency response, swiftly implementing several mitigation measures to help protect the health, safety and livelihoods of its employees. Mercury’s fellow chief technologist Karen Haigh, PhD, coauthored a study with Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, and professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco that takes a closer look at Mercury’s COVID-19 response. Read about what Mercury did right to ensure we remained open and productive through the pandemic.

Mercury Systems

April 12, 2021

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Mercury is helping close the gender gap by supporting women in STEM

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Mercury is helping close the gender gap by supporting women in STEM

Despite the rapid growth in STEM occupations around the world in recent decades, women still make up less than half of the global STEM workforce. Mercury is committed to helping close this gender gap by supporting women in STEM both internally and externally through a variety of programs, including the sponsorship of a predominantly female Brigham Young University (BYU) Capstone team. Watch and listen as BYU’s Allyson Gibson joins Mercury’s Sabrina Pina and Chris Opoczynski to discuss this subject and how we can all work together to advance the roles of women in STEM.

Mercury Systems

March 24, 2021

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Empowering female leadership: A conversation with Mercury’s CMO, Stephanie Georges, and SVP Dr. Amela Wilson about resilience and authenticity

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Empowering female leadership: A conversation with Mercury’s CMO, Stephanie Georges, and SVP Dr. Amela Wilson about resilience and authenticity

For 42 years, the Simmons Leadership Conference has engaged, impacted and inspired over 100,000 leaders from around the globe as the preeminent women’s leadership forum. Inspired by this theme, two of Mercury’s female leaders, CMO, Stephanie Georges, and SVP Dr. Amela Wilson, share their personal insights and experiences as they work to cultivate hope, build confidence and raise optimism for other women in business.

Mercury Systems

March 18, 2021

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Women leaders at Mercury: Cultivating hope. Building confidence. Raising optimism.

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Women leaders at Mercury: Cultivating hope. Building confidence. Raising optimism.

For 42 years, the Simmons Leadership Conference has engaged, impacted and inspired over 100,000 leaders from around the world. For 2021, the conference explores resilience and authenticity. Three women leaders at Mercury join us to discuss their experiences and share insights as they work to cultivate hope, build confidence and raise optimism for other women in business.

Mercury Systems

March 15, 2021

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I’ll take my data center to go, please: Celebrating 10 years of deployable data center performance

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I’ll take my data center to go, please: Celebrating 10 years of deployable data center performance

Ten years ago, cloud computing hadn’t yet hit the mainstream. Amazon Web Services was only a few years old, Apple’s iCloud didn’t yet exist, and the “as-a-service” markets (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) were still in their infancy. Since then, however, the commercial market has evolved, and so has Mercury’s HDS server product line and the modular building blocks that operate alongside it.

Shaun McQuaid

March 2, 2021

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Bringing custom capabilities to a standard radar environment simulator: Meet the ARES3100

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Bringing custom capabilities to a standard radar environment simulator: Meet the ARES3100

The ARES3100 is here—an advanced radar environment simulator for testing, training and comprehensive performance evaluation that leverages decades of technological innovation and is a proven, more affordable alternative to flight testing. In this MeruryNOW podcast, we discuss how Mercury is bringing custom capabilities to a standard system with a new advanced radar environment simulator.

Mercury Systems

February 25, 2021

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Strengthening cybersecurity at the edge: Intel and Mercury talk multilayered security

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Strengthening cybersecurity at the edge: Intel and Mercury talk multilayered security

Taking secure computing to the tactical edge requires a built-in multilayered security approach from system startup to system availability. Listen in as experts from Mercury Systems and Intel discuss how they work together to safeguard confidential data and IP against adversarial threats and deliver uncompromised cutting-edge data center-caliber systems that are both affordable and familiar.

Mercury Systems

February 25, 2021

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Taking the Black Magic Out of RF Down Conversion

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Taking the Black Magic Out of RF Down Conversion

Done with finding “surprises” while searching for the ideal microwave frequency converter? The first step is understanding the technology behind this complex topic and the future trend of direct digitization. In this blog, learn about the different technologies available and how you can peel back the layers to discover the best up and downconverter solution suited for your specific needs, while minimizing surprises along the way.

Mario LaMarche

February 4, 2021

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Mitigating Risk With IPC-1791 Qualified Manufacturers Certification

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Mitigating Risk With IPC-1791 Qualified Manufacturers Certification

An IPC-1791 Qualified Manufacturers Listing is quickly becoming a necessity for manufacturers who are committed to delivering the most trusted and secure manufacturing capabilities. Listen as Joe Scalfani, Mercury’s senior manager of quality systems, and Randy Cherry, IPC director of validation services, discuss mitigating risk with IPC-1791 certifications and the value it brings to businesses and customers alike.

February 2, 2021

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Bold. Human. Accessible: Our Journey into 2021

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Bold. Human. Accessible: Our Journey into 2021

As a technology leader on the forefront of digital transformation, Mercury has evolved its brand to reflect its progress. Read what Mark Aslett, president and CEO, has to say about the future-forward mindset Mercury is carrying into the new year.

Mark Aslett, President and CEO

January 22, 2021

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The world is changing and so are we

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The world is changing and so are we

Mercury has evolved as a technology leader. And just as we have evolved, so too has our brand. Human, confident and bold, our new brand voice is symbolic of Mercury today – a technology company dedicated to innovation, a culture that is people-centered and a vision to make the world a safer and more secure place for all.

Stephanie Georges, SVP & CMO

December 14, 2020

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Monty Python and the Search for the TAC-3290

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Monty Python and the Search for the TAC-3290

What can Mercury Systems possibly have in common with a classic Monty Python movie? Meet the “holy grail” of signal intelligence solutions—Mercury’s new TAC-3290 microwave tuner. Small enough to fit in a backpack, this ultra-wideband microwave tuner brings an unprecedented level of flexibility and high-performance microwave frequency conversion to users in space-constrained environments. This ready-for-anything tuner brings broadband quality RF signal processing to edge applications and plays a starring role in Mercury’s family of low-SWaP, multiple-bandwidth downconverter/tuners.

Kelsey Ryon

December 11, 2020

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The Importance of AI in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

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The Importance of AI in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

What’s in store for the future of artificial intelligence (AI)? How is AI currently being used in the aerospace and defense industry to gain operational advantages? How is AI affecting all our daily lives? Mercury’s Karen Haigh, fellow chief technologist, provides answers to these questions and more.

Mercury Systems

December 8, 2020

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Follow-Up Q&As : Open Architectures and Enduring Competitiveness

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Follow-Up Q&As : Open Architectures and Enduring Competitiveness

Back by popular demand, Mercury CTO Dr. Bill Conley, and Dr. Ian Dunn, Chief Scientist and VP, Advanced Technologies, are once again teaming up to answer additional questions raised by customers, suppliers and partners who attended their informative “Open Architectures and Enduring Competitiveness” webinar held last month. Learn more about how the source of research and development has shifted from the federal sector into the private sector over the last decade and the important role of open architecture to the defense ecosystem.

Mercury Systems

December 4, 2020

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Mercury and Intel are Making Mobile Platforms Smarter with Artificial Intelligence for Complex Missions

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Mercury and Intel are Making Mobile Platforms Smarter with Artificial Intelligence for Complex Missions

Mercury and Intel are collaborating to scale a common enterprise data center architecture across fog and edge layers. Learn more about how we are enabling big data and AI-powered processing resources for deployment to complex missions and tasks.

John Bratton

November 13, 2020

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Modern Processing Approaches for JADC2

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Modern Processing Approaches for JADC2

Listen to the latest MercuryNOW podcast as we discuss the challenges for JADC2 implementation and the role Mercury is playing to help make it a reality – from data center processing at the edge to high-performance AI processors and secure processing.

Mercury Systems

November 12, 2020

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Three Ways Mercury and SigmaX are Securing Machine Learning at the Edge with NVIDIA EGX

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Three Ways Mercury and SigmaX are Securing Machine Learning at the Edge with NVIDIA EGX

By utilizing the NVIDIA EGX edge AI platform for edge computing, coupled with open software stacks, machine learning (ML) data can be deployed and accelerated to retain operational advantage. Learn how Mercury and SigmaX are securing ML for multi-domain operations.

Mercury Systems

November 6, 2020

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Bringing AI into the Defense Landscape

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Bringing AI into the Defense Landscape

The inability to field the latest AI technologies at the pace of one’s adversaries often means the loss of tactical or operational advantages. Learn how Mercury’s open and modular design approach is particularly beneficial for the global AI race because it supports the rapid modernization of mission-critical systems and accelerates AI electronics deployment through design flexibility and reduced complexity.

Angela Giles, Prin. Sr. Product Marketing Mgr.

November 4, 2020

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Military & Aerospace Electronics 2020 Innovators Awards

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Military & Aerospace Electronics 2020 Innovators Awards

VODCAST! Why are high-performance embedded edge computing (HPEEC) products receiving so many accolades? Mercury received six Innovator Awards from Military & Aerospace Electronics, including two for its HPEEC products, EnsembleSeries™ SCM6010 storage drive and SFM6126 high-bandwidth switch. Watch to learn how HPEEC is the future of sustainable on-platform processing and get an up close and personal view of our award-winning products from Mercury’s experts.

Mercury Systems

November 3, 2020

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