Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) will showcase its expanded 3D to the Core platform at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 3-7, in Vienna, Austria.

Mercury's 3D to the Core platform for OEMs is composed of the Visage(TM) highly integrated family of products that span the diagnostic workflow. The Visage family is designed from the ground up to be 3D -- significantly accelerating the processing of ever-larger amounts of medical imaging data, and cost-effectively enabling a 3D diagnostic workflow to be completely integrated within a radiology department's existing workflow.

A highlight of the Visage product family is the Mercury Visage 2.0 CS Thin Client/Server. The Visage CS Thin Client/Server solution expands 3D viewing capabilities to multiple users everywhere in a hospital and at remote sites, using existing PCs and laptops. This thin client/server approach is both cost-effective and empowering, as it plugs seamlessly into legacy hospital IT systems and eliminates reliance on a few, expensive 3D workstations. Visage CS 2.0 now includes critical clinical application and workflow capabilities for visualizing 3D medical image data, either tightly coupled with a scanning modality, or seamlessly integrated within a PACS environment.

"In addition to state-of-the-art 3D rendering techniques, Visage CS 2.0 now features hanging protocols and viewing comparison of multiple series/studies side by side, as well as vessel analysis and PET-CT protocols," said Marcelo Lima, Vice President of Commercial Imaging and Visualization at Mercury Computer Systems. "Through the thin client technology, the full set of functions becomes available anywhere, anytime, for any number of users throughout the hospital enterprise, without requiring special hardware on the client side."

At ECR, Mercury will demonstrate for the first time the integration of Visage PACS and Visage CS, which will enable the end user to seamlessly utilize the 3D functionality of Visage CS within the workflow of Visage PACS. Mercury will also demonstrate Visage PACS View, a new client version of Visage PACS. This introductory solution comprises both viewing and basic features for image processing.

"Visage PACS View is suited, for example, to smaller clinics in which the entire scope of Visage PACS Classic or Expert is not needed," said Oliver Lehner, Director of Worldwide Sales PACS at Mercury. "An upgrade to these client versions is also available through Mercury."

Mercury will also highlight a workflow optimization feature for Visage PACS 4.0 for modalities that produce ever-increasing volumes of data, such as CT (computed tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance). Visage PACS 4.0 now enables the user to display "Presentation States," which allow medical image data to be presented to clinicians in exactly the same way it was prepared by the interpreting radiologist or physician, including display parameters and annotations. In addition, Visage PACS 4.0 features improved integration with hospital and radiology information systems by means of IHE profiles and HL 7.

For more information, visit Mercury at the European Congress of Radiology in Hall C, Booth #324, or visit Mercury online at http://www.mc.com/3dcore.

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 computer systems. Mercury's products 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, CT, 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 3D to the Core platform and the Visage product family. 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 Mercury'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 Mercury'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 Mercury's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005. Mercury cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Mercury undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

Contacts:

Gabi Strasser Kathy Donahue

Public Relations Manager, Germany Corporate Public Relations Manager

Mercury Computer Systems AG Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Wuerzburger Strasse 197 Phone: 978-967-1126

90766 Fuerth/Germany E-mail: kdonahue@mc.com

Phone: +49 (0)911 97341-205

E-mail: gabriele.strasser@mc.com

Visage 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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