Mercury Computer Systems to Deliver Software and System Integration Services to Leading Provider of Military and Homeland Security Products

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct 06, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- MRCY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a leading provider of embedded, high-performance computing systems and software for complex image, sensor, and signal processing applications, was awarded a contract from a long-standing customer to enable product and technology leverage in its current and next-generation airborne surveillance products, which are focused on the ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) initiatives approved by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in early August 2008.

The contract calls for Mercury to deliver software driver modifications and an optimized application programming interface (API), as well as PMC (PCI mezzanine card) thermal analysis and system integration services, for Mercury's conduction-cooled MYRIAD-4130 VME Host and Carrier Boards and the Mercury multicore software platform. Ideal for data acquisition applications, the MYRIAD-4130 Host and Carrier Boards support low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfers, and the PMC site can accept a variety of PCI mezzanine cards. Mercury's multicore software platform includes fully integrated software tools and libraries for processor-agnostic multicore programming.

For more than 10 years, Mercury has delivered high-performance hardware and software to this customer, a leading provider of ISR solutions used in military and commercial applications. "This long-time customer continues to turn to Mercury for our technical support, design flexibility, comprehensive software environment and software reuse, and system performance," said Brian Hoerl, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Advanced Computing Solutions at Mercury Computer Systems. "As we continue to focus our technology, products, and service offerings on the ever-growing challenge of data fusion and dissemination, we're pleased to provide a more robust level of service and performance assurance for their airborne surveillance solution."

Visit www.mc.com/CSN for more information on Mercury's revolutionary offering for ISR applications, and www.mc.com/solutions for more customer examples. Contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951, or e-mail your request to info@mc.com.

Company and/or program names are withheld in compliance with agreements as set forth at the time of engagement.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. -- Where Challenges Drive Innovation(TM)

Mercury Computer Systems (www.mc.com, NASDAQ: MRCY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides embedded computing systems and software that combine image, signal, and sensor processing with information management for data-intensive applications. With deep expertise in optimizing algorithms and software and in leveraging industry-standard technologies, we work closely with customers to architect comprehensive, purpose-built solutions that capture, process, and present data for defense electronics, homeland security, and other computationally challenging commercial markets. Our dedication to performance excellence and collaborative innovation continues a 25-year history in enabling customers to gain the competitive advantage they need to stay at the forefront of the markets they serve.

Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors.

Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to the contract as described herein. You can identify these statements by our use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

Contacts: Brian Hoerl, Vice President of Worldwide Sales Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. 978-967-3193 / bhoerl@mc.com Kathy Sniezek, Public Relations Manager Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. 978-967-1126 / ksniezek@mc.com

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