What Pentek does

Pentek is a privately held provider of embedded computing solutions, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, with 51–100 employees. Its stated mission is to provide the embedded community with leading-edge system- and board-level solutions. Within the broader corporate structure, the legal entity is identified as Mercury Systems, Inc., the publicly traded parent (NASDAQ: MRCY) — implying Pentek operates as a subsidiary contributing board-level embedded and FPGA-based signal processing capability to Mercury's broader defense electronics portfolio. Detailed product and technology information available in the input is drawn from the parent Mercury Systems catalog rather than Pentek-specific marketing material.

Pentek's product surface, as situated within the Mercury Systems portfolio, centers on FPGA-based signal processing and digitization hardware, including A/D and D/A converter boards, DRFM (Digital Radio Frequency Memory) modules for electronic warfare, Direct RF processing products that eliminate intermediate frequency analog stages, and GaN-based RF components. Products are built on leading commercial silicon — AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC and Intel Agilex 9 SoC FPGA — and packaged in defense-qualified SOSA and OpenVPX form factors, with secure processing, anti-tamper, and cross-domain security capabilities layered on top. The end-to-end stack spans RF front ends, mixed-signal digitization, embedded compute, secure processing, data management, and rugged displays, addressing radar, electronic warfare, EO/IR processing, joint all-domain operations, and AI-at-the-edge applications across land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains.

The commercial model is classic defense electronics: quote-based direct enterprise sales to aerospace and defense customers — primarily government agencies and defense prime contractors — through a field sales motion with no public pricing and multi-year contract cadences. Revenue is hardware-driven (boards, modules, integrated subsystems), with potential add-on professional services for system integration. Distribution is global through Mercury Systems' direct sales force, augmented by strategic silicon partnerships with Intel, AMD, and Micron that provide early access to commercial semiconductor innovation adapted into defense-qualified form factors.

Name

Pentek

Legal name

Mercury Systems, Inc.

Website

https://pentek.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pentek is a privately held embedded computing company, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Upper Saddle River, NJ, that provides FPGA-based system- and board-level signal processing solutions to the aerospace and defense embedded community as part of the Mercury Systems portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Upper Saddle River

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Defense Electronics and Signal Processing Products: Mercury Systems generates revenue through the sale of specialized signal processing boards, FPGA modules, A/D and D/A converters, RF components, and integrated systems for aerospace and defense applications. Products are sold as both individual boards and integrated subsystems. Revenue is primarily from hardware sales with potential for professional services related to system integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pentek designs and manufactures system- and board-level embedded computing solutions for the embedded community. The company's offerings include integrated embedded systems and individual computing boards that serve as building blocks for OEMs, system integrators, and developers building signal processing, data acquisition, and FPGA-based applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IntelcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntel is listed as a strategic relationship partner. Mercury Systems develops products featuring Intel Agilex 9 SoC FPGA Direct RF-Series technology for high-speed signal processing applications. Products include DRF2270, DRF5270, DRF2580, DRF5580, DRF7580, DRF4580, DRF4580L modules and boards.
• AMDcoreTechnology or IntegrationAMD is listed as a strategic relationship partner. Mercury Systems develops products featuring AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC and AMD Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA technologies. Multiple product lines (Quartz family) utilize AMD RFSoC technology for digitizing RF signals.
• MicroncoreTechnology or IntegrationMicron is listed as a strategic relationship partner. Micron provides memory technology used in Mercury Systems' signal processing boards, storage systems, and embedded computing modules for defense applications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Abaco Systems (AMETEK): Abaco Systems designs ruggedized FPGA-based embedded computing boards and subsystems for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications — directly overlapping Pentek's core board-level signal processing and embedded computing offering.
• Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions: Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions segment produces ruggedized COTS signal processing, EW, and embedded computing modules for defense primes in OpenVPX and SOSA form factors — a near-direct overlap with Pentek's defense electronics portfolio.
• Kontron: Kontron manufactures embedded computing modules, single-board computers, and ruggedized systems for defense, transportation, and industrial markets, competing with Pentek in the board-level embedded computing category.
• National Instruments (NI): NI produces modular data acquisition, RF instrumentation, and FPGA-based signal processing hardware used in test, measurement, and embedded applications — directly comparable to Pentek's data acquisition and software radio boards, with overlap in Pentek's commercial (non-defense) business.
• WOLF Advanced Technology: WOLF Advanced Technology builds ruggedized FPGA and GPU-based signal processing boards for aerospace and defense, including SOSA-aligned modules — a smaller-scale direct competitor to Pentek in defense-grade board-level products.
• Aitech: Aitech manufactures ruggedized embedded computing boards, single-board computers, and subsystems for defense and space applications, overlapping Pentek's board-level embedded computing and signal processing offerings.
• ADLINK Technology: ADLINK produces embedded computing modules, COMs, and data acquisition boards for industrial, medical, and defense applications, competing with Pentek in board-level embedded computing and modular signal processing.

Broad incumbents

• Mercury Systems: Mercury Systems is Pentek's parent company and the source of the product data in this profile. As a $1B+ revenue public defense electronics company, Mercury is a much broader incumbent offering the same SOSA/OpenVPX signal processing portfolio plus compute, secure processing, and displays at scale.
• General Dynamics Mission Systems: General Dynamics Mission Systems is a large defense prime that designs and integrates C5ISR, EW, and signal processing subsystems — a broad incumbent that competes with Pentek indirectly as both customer and prime contractor on board-level subsystems.

Others

• AMD (Xilinx): AMD (via Xilinx) supplies the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC and Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA silicon that Pentek integrates into its boards. As a key upstream supplier and increasingly active downstream reference design competitor, AMD is a strategically adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct head-to-head peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pentek
• Instagraminstagram.com/mrcysystems

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Investors

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Investments

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