Mercury Systems, Inc., a global technology company that delivers mission-critical processing to the edge, today announced it received a $12.3 million development contract from a defense prime contractor to develop an avionics subsystem for a new U.S. military aircraft.

Under the three-year agreement signed in July, Mercury will develop a Communication Management Unit (CMU) control head that consolidates and manages multiple cockpit communications systems and is expected to be deployed on a new fleet of aircraft.

“The Mercury Processing Platform offers unique technologies that enhance the pilot-machine interface to enable faster, better decisions,” said Tom Smelker, Mercury’s Senior Vice President of Processing Technologies. “This award represents a new product from our Displays and Networking product line with a new customer and new end-user, indicating their confidence in our ability to develop and deliver a critical hardware element for this mission.”