Mercury Computer Systems Earns Lockheed Martin STAR Supplier Award

Company is recognized for exceptional quality and performance in Electronic
Systems Business Area

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a leading provider of embedded, high-performance
computing solutions for image, sensor and signal processing applications,
announced it has received the coveted STAR Supplier Award from Lockheed
Martin.
The award, which signifies exemplary performance in providing goods or
services that contribute to the success of the Lockheed Martin mission, marks
a decade in the ongoing alliance between Lockheed and Mercury to deliver
advanced computing solutions to the embedded defense systems market.
"We're honored to be recognized as a STAR Supplier to Lockheed," said
Brian Hoerl, Vice President of ACS Worldwide Sales and Business Development at
Mercury. "Like Lockheed, Mercury is committed to delivering innovative
solutions that provide both a strategic and tactical advantage in the capture
and dissemination of mission-critical data."
For information on Mercury's image, sensor, and signal processing
solutions, visit www.mc.com/solutions, or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or
info@mc.com.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. -- Where Challenges Drive Innovation(TM)
Mercury Computer Systems (www.mc.com) provides specialized,
high-performance computing systems and software designed for complex HPC and
embedded applications in a range of industries that include aerospace and
defense, telecommunications, medical imaging, semiconductor, EDA, and more.
Our products blend unmatched expertise in algorithm optimization and silicon
design with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies.
Mercury's comprehensive, purpose-built solutions capture, process, and present
data for the world's largest medical imaging companies, 8 of the 10 top
defense prime contractors, and other leading Fortune 500 and mid-market
companies in semiconductor, energy, telecommunications, and other industries.
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. We are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ: MRCY).
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 Company's alliance with Lockheed Martin. 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,
2007. 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.
Contact:
Kathy Sniezek, Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
978-967-1126 / ksniezek@mc.com

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Kathy Sniezek, Public Relations Manager of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.,
+1-978-967-1126, ksniezek@mc.com