Orlando P. Carvalho Elected to the Board of Directors of Mercury Systems, Inc.

ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), announced that Orlando P. Carvalho, former Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics business, was elected to the Board of Directors. With this election, the Board of Directors will consist of nine members, eight of which are independent directors.

“We are very pleased to announce that Orlando has joined the Board of Directors, where his expertise will be a key asset,” said Mark Aslett, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercury Systems, Inc. “Orlando has extraordinary experience from his many years in senior executive roles across numerous major defense programs. We look forward to benefitting from his critical insights and extensive expertise as we continue to execute against our purpose of Innovation That Matters.”

“I am excited to join Mercury’s board at a time when the Company is experiencing rapid growth,” said Mr. Carvalho. “I look forward to working with the board and the management team to help continue to fulfill our vision of making trusted, secure mission-critical technologies profoundly more accessible to Aerospace & Defense.”

Mr. Carvalho has over 38 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry with Lockheed Martin. Before his retirement from Lockheed Martin in 2018, he was Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics business, a 24,000-employee enterprise. Mr. Carvalho held several integral leadership positions with Lockheed Martin, including Executive Vice President and General Manager of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program, President of Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, and General Manager and Vice President of Surface-Sea Based Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. Mr. Carvalho presently serves as the Vice Chairman on the Board of Advisors for the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and he is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Mr. Carvalho earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Fairfield University and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Maryland.