Mercury Computer Systems to Hold Its Thirteenth Annual Investor Conference on November 13, 2012

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. MRCY (www.mc.com), a best-of- breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, announced today that it will host its thirteenth annual investor conference on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 9:00 am EST, at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. Members of Mercury's management team will present an overview of the Company's business, financial results and strategic vision. In addition, guest speaker Pierre Chao, co-founder of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, will share his insights on defense acquisition reform, the DoD budget, today's wars, and potential conflicts of the future.

The event will be webcast live via the Company's website beginning at 9:00 am EST. To listen to a real-time broadcast of the meeting, visit www.mc.com/investor under "Financial Events." A replay of the webcast will be archived for one month on the Company's website under "Financial Events."

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Mercury Computer Systems (www.mc.com) MRCY is a best-of-breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems, software and services for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications. With over 30 years of experience in embedded computing, superior domain expertise in radar, EW, SIGINT, EO/IR and C4I applications, and more than 300 successful program deployments including Aegis, Patriot, SEWIP, Gorgon Stare and Predator/Reaper, Mercury's Services and Systems Integration (SSI) team leads the industry in partnering with defense prime contractors to design and integrate system-level solutions that minimize program risk, maximize application portability, and accelerate customers' time to market.

Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors.

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