Agora 10-K 2009 FY Annual report

Exhibit No. 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Advanced Photonix, Inc. (the“Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the“Report”), I, Richard D. Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 29, 2009

/s/ Richard Kurtz 

Richard Kurtz 

Chief Executive Officer