Mercury Computer Systems Announces Availability of Ensemble 5000 Series VXS Embedded...

Mercury Computer Systems Announces Availability of Ensemble 5000 Series VXS
Embedded Computing Module for Radar, SIGINT/EW, and Industrial Applications

New, powerful product family to provide enhanced protection for software
algorithm investment, multi-platform code portability, and rapid deployment on
multiple form factors

Initial offering combines multicore Freescale processors with advanced
switched-fabric topologies to enable 2x increase in SWaP performance for image
and signal processing

CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 29 /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 availability of the Ensemble(TM) 5000 Series VXS HCD5220 Dual 8641D
Dual-Core Processing Module. The HCD5220 is the first of several new products
from the VXS Ensemble 5000 Series product family designed to extend embedded,
high-performance computing to a sensor-networked environment, enabling rapid
access to critical information from distributed sensors via the Converged
Sensor Network(TM) (CSN(TM)) Architecture.

The Ensemble VXS HCD5220 is rich with architectural innovations and industry
firsts. The HCD5220 combines the high-performance computing power of two
Freescale(TM) 8641D PowerPC processors with dual PMC/XMC mezzanine sites,
creating the ultimate balance of I/O and processing per slot. For example,
signals intelligence/electronic warfare (SIGINT/EW) applications are typically
optimized for size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints. The HCD5220, when
configured with the industry-leading Echotek(R) Series Digital Receiver
modules, allows up to eight channels of processing per HCD5220, doubling the
channel count per slot compared to previously available systems. Additionally,
the innovative thermal design of the HCD5220 supports the faster 1.33 GHz
8641D processor in a standard 0.8" inch VXS slot. These improvements result in
an overall 2x increase in performance relative to currently available
SIGINT/EW processor-digital receiver subsystems.

For SAR/MTI (synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator) radar
applications, the HCD5220 brings new heights to system-level processing
performance while simultaneously simplifying application development. Scaling
a chassis to 18 HCD5220 modules and two Serial RapidIO(R) switch modules, the
system offers two to three times more bisection bandwidth than mesh topologies
of similar sizes, such as Mercury's previous generation of VPX products. For
large systems, this increase in bisection bandwidth enables new and faster
radar algorithm processing, as well as reduced system size, weight, and cost.

"While a number of embedded computing suppliers, including Mercury, are
aggressively working to improve system-level capabilities in VPX, Mercury's
VXS processor-based designs leverage those capabilities today. We created the
Ensemble 5000 Series for new VXS designs in radar, SIGINT/EW, and industrial
control, as well as for customers looking for development platforms for future
VPX switch-enabled systems," said Steve Patterson, Product Group Manager for
6U VPX and VXS Systems at Mercury Computer Systems. "Unlike mesh-based
designs, switch-based topologies simplify the customer's system design by
making the application independent of the slot location in the chassis, while
simultaneously providing 2x to 3x improvement in key system performance
parameters."

As the first of several products in development for the VXS Ensemble 5000
Series, the HCD5220 includes key architectural elements from Mercury's CSN
Architecture. Each PowerPC processor in a large multi-board system is paired
with several internal and external Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, allowing any
processor to communicate with any other processor for system control, as well
as with customer-configured external networked resources. The Ethernet network
is in addition to the 3.125 Gbaud Serial RapidIO switch topology for
application data. Future offerings in the VXS Ensemble 5000 family under the
CSN umbrella are planned to include a 10 Gigabit Ethernet real-time gateway
for system connection with external Ethernet backbones, similar to Mercury's
SR-110 10GE VXS Gateway module in production today.

Ensemble Series software enables rapid deployment of customer applications
across 3U VPX, 6U VPX, and VXS form factors. Moreover, with identical hardware
building blocks, the Ensemble products share identical Linux(R) and VxWorks(R)
development and runtime environments. Customer applications for the HDC5220
can be easily retargeted for other Ensemble products. This allows users to
have a single software code base, a protected investment in software
algorithms, code portability, performance predictability, and rapid deployment
across multiple form factors.

The VXS HCD5220 module is available now. For systems with low power
requirements, the HCD5220 is available with the 1.06 GHz 8640D processor, a
lower-power version providing the identical PowerPC processing architecture.
Entry-level versions in volume start at under US$10,000. For more information
on the Ensemble 5000 Series VXS HCD5220 Module, visit www.mc.com/ES, 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, NASDAQ: MRCY) 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 Ensemble 5000 Series or the VXS HCD5220 Dual 8641D
Dual-Core Processing Module. 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.

Contact:
Kathleen Sniezek, Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
978-967-1126 / www.mc.com

Challenges Drive Innovation, Converged Sensor Network, CSN, and Ensemble are
trademarks, and Echotek is a registered trademark of Mercury Computer Systems,
Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.

SOURCE Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Kathleen Sniezek, Public Relations Manager, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.,
+1-978-967-1126