SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004--REMEC, Inc. (NASDAQ: REMC) today announced it was awarded a contract for development of low cost transmit/receive (T/R) Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMIC) for application to X and Ku band modules for the U.S. Government.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Components and Subsystems Concepts Division, Sensors Directorate has awarded a $675,000 contract to the MMIC division of the REMEC Defense & Space Group, to develop engineering prototype X-band and Ku-band T/R MMICs/modules and power amplifiers as low cost building blocks for future phased array radar systems that require large quantities of modules.

"This development contract is a direct result of our previously announced prototype contract to show feasibility of our miniaturized technology for application to L-band T/R MMICS," stated Jack A. Giles, President of the REMEC Defense & Space Group. "This award is another critical step in our strategy to be a low-cost supplier of T/R MMIC modules. We are very pleased that AFRL has selected the REMEC MMIC design team to be an important part of this technology development expansion to Ku and X-band modules. REMEC's leading edge MMIC technology is expected to provide affordable designs for many future applications where size and cost are important considerations."

Steve Kiss, Technical Director of the AFRL Components and Subsystems Concepts Division, stated, "We continue to be impressed with the compact highly integrated chip design work underway at REMEC for affordable phased array radar systems that require large quantities of T/R modules for system performance requirements. The positive results of the recent REMEC/AFRL L-band development effort were presented to the Government/Industry "GOMAC" conference last month in Monterey, California."

This work will be performed this fiscal year by the REMEC Defense & Space Group with headquarters in San Diego, California. The REMEC Defense & Space Group employs over 1,000 people developing and producing advanced microwave products for defense, space, and avionics systems for radar, electronic warfare, communication, navigation, and identification purposes.

About REMEC

REMEC designs and manufactures microwave and millimeter wave subsystems used in the transmission of voice, video and data traffic over wireless communications networks and provides advanced integrated microwave subsystem solutions for defense and space electronics applications. REMEC is located at 3790 Via de la Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.remec.com or call (858) 505-3713.

REMEC is a registered trademark of REMEC, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

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