# Mercury Systems acquires Athena Group and Syntonic Microwave

Mercury Systems announced the acquisitions of Athena Group, a Gainesville, Florida-based provider of cryptographic and countermeasure IP for defense computing, and Syntonic Microwave, a Campbell, California-based provider of advanced synthesizers and microwave converters for SIGINT and ELINT applications. The acquisitions aim to expand Mercury's addressable market in secure processing subsystems for aerospace and defense.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-04-18
- Where: United States
- Status: completed
- Products: cryptographic and countermeasure IP, advanced synthesizers, wideband phase coherent tuners, microwave converters
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Mercury Systems](https://endata.com/companies/19901.md) (acquirer)
- [Athena Group](https://endata.com/companies/39025.md) (target)
- [Syntonic Microwave](https://endata.com/companies/39026.md) (target)

## Sources

- [shephardmedia.com](https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/digital-battlespace/mercury-systems-acquires-athena-group-syntonic-mic/), 2019-04-25: "The acquisitions of Athena and Syntonic continue to enable us to grow the size of our total addressable market and reinforce our strategy of becoming the leading provider of secure and safety-critical processing subsystems for aerospace and defence applications"

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