Mercury Systems Inc. added 50,000 square feet of manufacturing capability to its Phoenix, Ariz., production facility for aerospace and defense (A&D) equipment and systems. The highly automated new production space is expected to create more than 50 jobs during 2027 to help increase A&D production capacity and efficiency and boost shipping speed.

With over 400 employees, the company’s Phoenix facility is its largest campus. The additional space is well-suited to serve defense system manufacturing challenges. including miniaturized packaging for hostile operating environments.

Mercury Systems, with multiple locations around the world, is headquartered in Andover, Mass.). The Phoenix facility is known for its diversified capabilities in assembling printed-circuit-board (PCB) assemblies for A&D and for use throughout Mercury’s manufactured products.

According to Mercury’s Senior Vice-President of Operations, Tod Brindlinger, “We are excited to expand our presence in Phoenix and bring more capacity online to meet customer demand for high-performance processing capabilities that ensure mission dominance for the warfighter at the edge.”

Brindlinger added, “We see strong demand signals across our portfolio, ending fiscal year 2026 with record bookings and backlog that our expanded production facility will help us to execute against.”