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CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- March 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com), a leading high-tech commercial provider of more affordable secure and sensor processing subsystems powering today's critical defense and intelligence applications, announced that its Mercury Defense Systems (MDS) subsidiary has received $2 million in follow-on orders to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy. The orders were received in the Company's fiscal 2015 third quarter and are part of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) time and material contract award issued in 2010. They are expected to be shipped by the end of the Company's fiscal 2016 third quarter.

"This award is a further acknowledgement of the Company's continuing effort to support the warfighter," said Brian Perry, President, Mercury Defense Systems. "For more than 20 years, our DRFM products have been used for self-protection, vulnerability assessment, training and radar environment simulation. Our successful performance under firm fixed price contracting is the cornerstone of our business."

For more information on Mercury Defense Systems, visit defense.mrcy.com or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mrcy.com.

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Mercury Systems (Nasdaq:MRCY) is the better alternative for affordable, secure and sensor processing subsystems designed and made in the USA. Optimized for program and mission success, Mercury's solutions power a wide variety of critical defense and intelligence applications on more than 300 programs such as Aegis, Patriot, SEWIP, F-35 and Gorgon Stare. Headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury Systems is a high-tech commercial company purpose-built to meet rapidly evolving next-generation defense electronics challenges. To learn more, visit www.mrcy.com or follow us on Twitter at @MRCY.

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CONTACT: Robert McGrail, Director of Corporate Communications

         Mercury Systems

         +1 978-967-1366 / rmcgrail@mrcy.com