Mercury Computer Systems Delivers Radar Subsystems to Raytheon for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System Upgrade

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. MRCY announced that it will deliver OpenVPX™-based radar subsystems to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, to support its recently announced contracts for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System upgrades for Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. “These upgrades leverage Mercury's best of breed technologies and rapid deployment services to help Raytheon improve nearly every aspect of the Patriot system, ensuring it remains the most technologically advanced air and missile defense system in the world,” said Didier Thibaud, senior vice president and general manager of Mercury Computer Systems' Advanced Computing Solutions business unit. “We continue to work closely with Raytheon to deliver solutions that meet stringent platform requirements and provide significant portability and performance in an open architecture.”