<s>
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
serving	O
the	O
aerospace	O
and	O
defense	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
1981	O
as	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
by	O
Jay	O
Bertelli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
Nasdaq	O
stock	O
exchange	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
listed	O
under	O
the	O
symbol	O
MRCY	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Echotek	O
Corporation	O
for	O
approximately	O
US$49	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
LNX	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
KOR	O
Electronics	O
for	O
US$70	O
million	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Micronetics	O
for	O
US	O
$74.9	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
Mercury	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
to	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Lewis	O
Innovative	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
LIT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Creative	O
Electronic	O
Systems	O
for	O
US$38	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Delta	O
Microwave	O
,	O
LLC	O
(	O
“	O
Delta	O
”	O
)	O
for	O
US	O
$40.5	O
million	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
Company	O
to	O
expand	O
into	O
the	O
satellite	O
communications	O
(	O
SatCom	O
)	O
,	O
datalinks	O
and	O
space	O
launch	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Richland	O
Technologies	O
,	O
LLC	O
(	O
RTL	O
)	O
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
Company	O
's	O
market	O
penetration	O
in	O
commercial	O
aerospace	O
,	O
defense	O
platform	O
management	O
,	O
C4I	O
,	O
and	O
mission	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
GECO	O
Avionics	O
,	O
LLC	O
for	O
US	O
$36.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Physical	O
Optics	O
Corporation	O
(	O
POC	O
)	O
for	O
$310	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Pentek	O
for	O
$65.0	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
2021	O
Mercury	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
acquired	O
Avalex	O
Technologies	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Atlanta	O
Micro	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
