Mercury Signal Processing Subsystems Support Spectral Dominance

“Today’s electronic battlefield is defined by complex technical challenges,” said Didier Thibaud, senior vice president and general manager of Mercury Computer Systems’ Advanced Computing Solutions business unit. “Signals are elusive and move across a broader range of the spectrum, extending into extremely high frequencies. Mercury’s signal processing subsystems help EW/SIGINT developers address these challenges, enabling a High Probability of Intercept (HPOI) for signals of interest and then the ability to locate, monitor or confuse those signals.”

Mercury’s new subsystem enhancements are based on powerful building-block components in both 3U and 6U OpenVPX standard form factors. Like all of Mercury’s open architecture building blocks, these modules can be can be configured with other components, such as Radio Frequency (RF) tuners, into advanced Application Ready Subsystems™ (ARS™) as part of larger EW/SIGINT systems. Each ARS is a customized design with unique, application-specific capabilities. Examples include a close integration between RF and IF processing, support for wide instantaneous bandwidth, or the ability to directly digitize entire frequency bands. The individual modules can also be adapted by engineering services to specific program needs.