Mercury Computer Systems Selected by Integrated Sensors, Inc. for U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Development Program.

Business/Technology Editors

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001

Mercury's RACE++ Series Multicomputer Systems to Provide Accurate,

Real-Time Surveillance and Tactical Mission Support

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a leading provider of embedded real-time digital signal and image processing systems, today announced that it has been selected by Integrated Sensors, Inc. (ISI) for a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) development program to provide surveillance and tactical mission support.

"We selected Mercury's RACE++(TM) Series multicomputers for their superior digital signal processing performance and their potential to be easily upgraded in later stages of the program development," said Steven Mercurio, manager of Systems Development Engineering for Integrated Sensors. "These systems will be employed to develop statistical signal processing algorithms that will improve electronic intelligence data correlation and emitter identification processes."

RACE++ systems, incorporating "G4" PowerPC processors with AltiVec technology, will be used in conjunction with ISI's RTExpress(TM) software environment to rapidly convert MATLAB(R) script files into parallel C language programming code that takes advantage of Mercury's optimized Scientific Algorithm Libraries (SAL). RTExpress is a software development tool for real-time parallel computing systems that converts uniprocessor MATLAB code to a format that can be used with multiprocessor architectures such as Mercury's RACE++.

Converting MATLAB files eases the burden of real-time implementation by enabling programmers to implement without recoding from scratch. Furthermore, the algorithm developer can perform a real-time test of the algorithm running on a multicomputer system before handing it off to the real-time programmer for further optimization. Also, speed is enhanced as a result of using compiled parallel C code rather than a script language, which interacts continuously with the computing system's operating system during run time.

"Several of the major programs in which we are deployed began with our systems being used for research, such as this effort with Integrated Sensors and the Air Force Research Laboratory," said Vince Mancuso, vice president and general manager of Mercury's Government Electronics Group. "We are committed to the research and development of real-time, state-of-the-art signal image processing applications and to supporting developers of these cost effective platforms."

Additional information about Integrated Sensors and RTExpress is available at www.sensors.com and www.rtexpress.com.

About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading independent producer of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing computer systems that transform sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. Mercury's products play a critical role in a wide range of defense electronics and medical imaging applications. In air-, sea-, and land-based military platforms, these systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic devices, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and the rapidly growing field of digital X-ray.

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.

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