Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a technology
company that delivers mission-critical processing power to the
edge, today announced an agreement with the U.S. Navy to develop
manufacturing capabilities that would allow commercial photonics
chiplets to accelerate edge processing in defense applications.
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) Trusted and Assured Microelectronics
(T&AM) Program’s Project KANAGAWA aims to mature the domestic
supply chain and manufacturing processes for multi-chip packages,
where co-packaged optics are integrated with electronic integrated
circuits to enable long-reach and high-bandwidth data transfer.
Compared to conventional copper connections, photonics uses optical
fibers to enable orders of magnitude improvement in data bandwidth
at a fraction of the power needed. The promise of this technology
for defense systems has been well-known for decades, but
demonstrations have relied on expensive and custom approaches that
are not compatible with high-volume production.
Under a $3.9 million, 17-month Other Transaction Agreement (OTA)
with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division, Mercury
gains access to photonics devices developed for the commercial
sector by Intel and Ayar Labs. These chiplet devices use optical
technology to move data through systems such as data centers at
speeds in excess of a terabyte per second. Mercury plans to develop
miniaturized and ruggedized packages using photonics chiplets for
defense applications to allow edge sensor data to be ingested much
faster, enabling faster decision-making in next-generation radar
and electronic warfare systems.
“We are excited to partner with the Navy to bring this
game-changing commercial technology to the defense community,” said
Tom Smelker, Mercury’s GM of Microsystems. “As we continue to drive
innovation in defense microelectronics at the edge and move from
board-scale to chip-scale, photonics chiplets will play a key role
in advanced packaging and benefit a wide range of systems and
platforms.”
“Breaking the data transfer bottleneck is a critical objective
for the RF & Optoelectronics (RF/OE) program,” said Joshua
Hawke, USD(R&E) RF/OE Execution Lead. “This partnership with
Mercury will proliferate co-packaged optics within the Defense
Industrial Base and accelerate adoption of innovative technology by
the warfighter.”
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 BrintonSenior Director,
Corporate Communications Turner.Brinton@mrcy.com
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