FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT



 Exhibit 10.3 
  
 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 
  
 UNDER THE MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 
 2005
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 
  
 Name of Grantee: 
 No. of Shares: 
 Grant Date: 
 Final Acceptance Date: 
  
 Pursuant to the Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as amended through the date hereof, Mercury Computer
Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants a Restricted Stock Award (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Upon acceptance of this Award, the Grantee shall receive the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. 
  
 1. Acceptance of Award. The Grantee shall have no rights with respect to this Award unless he or she shall have accepted this Award prior to the
close of business on the Final Acceptance Date specified above by (i) signing and delivering to the Company a copy of this Award Agreement and (ii) delivering to the Company a stock power endorsed in blank. Upon acceptance of this Award by
the Grantee, the shares of Restricted Stock so accepted shall be issued and held by the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form, and the Grantee’s name shall be entered as the shareholder of record on the books of the Company.
Thereupon, the Grantee shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such shares, including voting and dividend rights, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Paragraph 2 below. 
  
 2. Restrictions and Conditions. 
  
 (a) Any book entries for the shares of Restricted Stock
granted herein shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, to the effect that such shares are subject to restrictions as set forth herein and in the Plan. 
  
 (b) Shares of Restricted Stock granted herein may not be
sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting. 
  
 (c) If Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason
(including death) prior to vesting of shares of Restricted Stock granted herein, all non-vested shares shall be automatically forfeited to the Company. 
  
 3. Vesting of Restricted Stock. The restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates
specified in the following schedule. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 shall lapse only with respect to the number of shares of Restricted Stock specified as vested on such date.











			
	 Number of
Shares of Restricted Stock Vested

	  	 Vesting Date


	 	  	 
	 	  	 

  
 Subsequent to such
Vesting Date or Dates, the shares of Stock on which all restrictions and conditions have lapsed shall no longer be deemed Restricted Stock. 
  
 4. Dividends. Dividends on Shares of Restricted Stock shall be paid currently to the Grantee. 
  
 5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 3 of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning
specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein. 
  
 6. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. 
  
 7. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of
which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on
account of such taxable event. The Grantee may elect to have the required minimum tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued, or (ii) transferring
to the Company, a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due. 
  
 8. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Notice hereunder shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Grantee at the address
set forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing. 
  

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 (b) This Agreement does not confer upon the Grantee any rights with respect to
continuation of employment by the Company or any Subsidiary. 
  

			
	 MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 


  
 The foregoing
Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. 
  

									
	 Dated: 
	 	 ______________________________
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Grantee’s Signature

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Grantee’s name and address:


  

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