Mercury introduces Direct RF system-on-module powered by Intel Agilex FPGAs

Mercury Systems (MRCY) introduced a Direct RF system-on-module that uses Intel (INTC) Agilex FPGAs to detect and process adversary emissions from a wide portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Direct RF components and modules directly digitize radio frequency signals at the antenna signal frequency, eliminating the analog signal down conversion stages required by legacy hardware. This approach requires extremely fast converters, high bandwidth digital data links, and powerful real-time digital signal processing. The results are reductions size, weight, power, cost, and latency that can benefit a variety of radar, communications, electronic warfare, SIGINT, and industrial applications. Mercury offers industry-leading Direct RF products including system-in-package and multi-chip modules and 3U VPX processing boards.