PLAN-LES-OUATES SWITZERLAND — Cicor will acquire a manufacturing operation as part of a strategic supply agreement with Mercury Mission Systems.

The move supports Mercury’s plan to refocus on core engineering and systems integration by outsourcing part of its European electronics production. Cicor will absorb 34 employees and transition manufacturing to its facilities in Newport, UK, and Bronschhofen within 18 months.

Mercury committed to five years of product purchases from Cicor valued in the high double-digit million CHF range. Cicor said the deal strengthens its pan-European platform for mission-critical aerospace and defense electronics and follows its planned acquisition of MADES S.A.U. in Spain.