Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), announced the availability of the Momentum(TM) Series CP3-102 at the 2006 Wind River Worldwide User Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Momentum Series CP3-102 is a 3U CompactPCI conduction-cooled single board computer (SBC) with two PowerPC(R) 7448 processors. The Momentum Series CP3-102 provides twice the processor density of available 3U SBCs on the market. A system fully integrated with Momentum Series CP3-102 boards can deliver more than 400 GFLOPS of processing power in half-ATR chassis.

"The 3U Compact PCI form factor is experiencing dynamic growth in the COTS computer board market and is expected to grow by more than 33% from 2005 to 2007 just in North America," said Eric Gulliksen, Principal Analyst at Venture Development Corp. "Mercury's product offering is well-timed because 3U boards and systems are a perfect fit for the growing list of space-constrained applications, such as small UAVs and airborne pods, as well as avionics and vehicle electronics for smaller vehicles."

The Momentum Series CP3-102 contains two PowerPC MPC7448 microprocessors with AltiVec vector processing technology running up to 1.4 GHz. The two processors are connected in an SMP configuration for easier programming access to the common 1 GB of DDR2-400 memory with error checking and correcting (ECC) logic. Standard I/O connected through the backplane includes two Gigabit Ethernet, two RS-232, and two USB 2.0 ports. The Momentum Series P3-102 is available with board support packages for VxWorks and Linux.

The Momentum Series CP3-102 is available for US$5,950. For more information on the Momentum Series CP3-102, visit Mercury at the Wind River Worldwide User Conference May 16-18, visit http://www.mc.com/momentum, or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951.

About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury's solutions play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.

Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at http://www.mc.com.

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 Momentum Series CP3-102 single board computer. 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, and 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006. 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:

Richard Jaenicke, Systems Technology Director

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

978-967-1727 / rjaenicke@mc.com

Kathy Donahue, Public Relations Manager

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

978-967-1126 / kdonahue@mc.com

Momentum is a trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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