ANDOVER, Mass., April 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com) announced that it recently received Aerospace Standard 9100D (AS9100D) certification for its facilities located in Huntsville, Ala., Cypress and Oxnard, Calif., West Lafayette, Ind., and Geneva, Switzerland. These recent certifications add to the existing AS9100C and/or ISO 9001 certifications the Company currently holds at its other sites.

Established by the International Aerospace Quality Group in 1999, the AS9100 Quality Management System (QMS) standard is recognized globally and has been widely adopted across the aerospace and defense industry to promote quality, safety and continuous product and process improvement. Mercury’s AS9100D certification validates that the Company has the necessary processes for the aerospace industry’s demand for safe, reliable products that meet or exceed the requirements of customers and regulatory authorities.

“These recent certifications mark Mercury's achievement in demonstrating the highest level of manufacturing, quality and customer service standards,” said Dean Holman, Senior Director, Global Mission Assurance. "Achieving and maintaining AS9100D certification, with its emphasis on product safety, counterfeit parts and human factors, coupled with our Zero Defect Initiative, will help us continue to deliver quality products on time while mitigating risk. I am pleased to report that we are on track to achieve AS9100D certification at our remaining sites by the end of our fiscal 2018 fourth quarter.”

For a complete listing of quality certifications held by each site, visit mrcy.com/quality-compliance/.

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