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5 As we develop, engineer and build secure processing solutions, we leverage our scalable, redundant manufacturing capabilities to provide a full suite of secure solutions that can be "mixed and matched" to customers' secure architecture to suit the program and mission. Our customers own the program and mission. Mercury provides the secure building blocks to help ensure a predictable and affordable result. Conclusion Mercury has married its 30 year embedded processing heritage with the maturing requirements around secure processing solutions: • We have applied our embedded processing subsystem expertise and delivered customizable, scalable and af- fordable secure building blocks that enable personalized security approaches for DoD programs and systems. • We remain highly engaged with the DoD and prime customers in the creation and implementation of emerg- ing requirements in program protection, supply chain integrity and system integrity. • Our "building block" approach leaves our customers in control and provides a foundational secure processing set of solutions that can be extended, reused and scaled. • Our secure solutions are built-in, not bolted onto custom- ers' secure architecture approach. • We only manufacture in the USA with scalable, redun- dant facilities to support our customers. • We are not new to embedded processing nor are we new to secure processing and internally we are working on our third generation of secure solutions. • The supporting security architecture and customizable security elements are inherent in the DNA of all our secure processing solutions to give the customer full control over the development of their security approach. About the Author Scott Orton is Vice President of Secure Processing Solutions for Mercury Systems. He brings in-depth defense industry experience in the acquisition, development, applica- tion and fielding of militarily critical weapon systems. Mr. Orton has an extensive back- ground in Anti-Tamper (AT), including establishing the AT Executive Agent, carrying out the original AT directive from USD (AT&L) and authoring Department of Defense (DoD) AT guidance. He has managed multiple programs supporting government and industry specializing in advanced technologies supporting Foreign Military Sale (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) exports. As a subject matter expert, he has held various roles involved in the development, production and fielding of export-compliant military critical systems for FMS and DCS. Prior to joining Mercury Systems, Mr. Orton worked for Raytheon for 13 years, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently Program Director, F-16 RACR. Prior to Raytheon, he supported Special Programs and Space & Nuclear Deter- rence Directorates in SAF/AQ. Mr. Orton has a Master's degree in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins Universi- ty and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. He received the Business Development Excellence Award from Raytheon, the Joseph B. Platt Award from ANSER and the Outstanding Industry Partner award from the USAF. About Mercury Systems, Inc. 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. "Secure solutions are now a requirement not an aspiration in modernizations and new programs." "I cannot afford the risk of a solution that is not domestically engineered and sourced regardless of the technology. When it comes to secure technologies the stakes are even higher."

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