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5 The final missing element is to ensure that we, as a small part of the overall defense industrial base, provide additive, not competitive capabilities to the primes and the DoD. Our approach to developing and building EW solutions recognizes this. We understand the full spectrum of EW challenges. As outlined in the visual below, we recognize a holistic approach needs to be taken when designing and building advanced EW solutions. This holistic view is essential because any fur- ther advances in contributing to your success within Electronic Warfare require a partner that has a full understanding of the EW domain. We are not the ultimate mission owner of solutions that require EW capabilities, nor are we the platform owner. Our unique capabilities within the EW space are in developing and building pre-integrated solutions and subsystems that can provide capabilities for key missions that include: Test and Evaluation, Stand-in/Close Air Support, and Manned Special Missions. We provide subsystems that can be used in unmanned aerial systems, small manned systems and decoys/pods. Programs can vary widely and we have extensive program experience working with Primes and direct to the DoD. Our pre-integrated subsystems leverage our 30 year heritage in SWaP optimized technologies and DRFM solutions. This includes recent developments in both Air Flow-By and Liquid Flow-By innovations. We also are now leveraging our long standing experience and leadership, as mentioned earlier, in open systems architectures. OpenRFM can drive affordable, flexible, and scalable solutions within the EW domain. Finally, we have extensive experience in validated Electronic Support Measures (ESM) to offer threat detection technologies that can become part of a larger EW based platform. All working in support of a specific mission requiring the use of EW technologies. In short, Mercury Systems, consistent with our rigorous business model based on offering affordable, open, customizable defense electronic solutions, is an extension of your own capabilities. We have supported many platforms, programs and missions that require advanced EW solutions. Our model is to act in a well defined supporting role. A role that, while important, stops well short of ultimate platform and mission ownership. Conclusion- There Is A Better Alternative in EW • The multi-generation cycle of how we build EW solutions needs to be broken • EW threats will only increase- the world isn't standing still • Mercury Systems has built a business model and integrated One Mercury system for getting things done • We have a legacy of open systems leadership and are applying this legacy to the foundational technologies needed for EW applications • We have an EW "way forward" and roadmap that's already well underway • We have specific EW solutions already in production with a detailed plan on more to come • We have created a framework that compliments what you are already doing in EW ELECTRON I C PRO TECT I ON C O GN I T I V E/ ADA PT I V E D I STR I B U TE D / C OO RD I NA TE D M ODU L AR / O PE N BR OADB AND / M U LT I S PE CT R A L PRE - E M PT I V E / PR OA CT I V E Effectively outpace adversary decision and technical options Spatially and temporally diverse awareness, action and response Prevent or disrupt the adversary's ability to engage our forces EO/IR/RF receivers & transmitters with wideband and extended spectral coverage Software defined; unrestricted waveforms; standard interfaces Allow unfettered ops in the dense/contested EM Spectrum environment Source: 2014 EW S&T Roadmap, Dr. Peter N. Craig, The EW COI Technology Challenge (TC) Areas

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