EXHIBIT 99.1

                      CalAmp Appoints Steve L'Heureux
                    New President of Solutions Division


Oxnard, CA, December 13, 2004 -- CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced
today that Steve L'Heureux has been appointed President of the Company's
Solutions Division.  Tracy Trent, who formerly served in the role, is leaving
CalAmp to pursue other interests.

Mr. L'Heureux brings to CalAmp over 25 years of sales, marketing and general
management experience in technology companies.  Prior to joining CalAmp, he
served as President of the Automation Solutions Group at Encoda Systems,
Inc., a $125 million leader in end-to-end enterprise software solutions to
the mediaindustry.  Encoda was acquired by Harris Corporation last month.
While with Encoda, Mr. L'Heureux developed a world-class consultative
solutions selling organization skilled at winning and servicing multi-million
dollar projects that drove double-digit revenue and profit growth.  Before
Encoda, Mr. L'Heureux served as President of Odetics Broadcast, a subsidiary
of Odetics, Inc., where he developed and implemented a business plan that
achieved significant improvements in profitability and cash flow.

Earlier in his career, Mr. L'Heureux held management level sales and
marketing positions at Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), Unisys Corporation (NYSE:
UIS), Itek Graphix Corporation (a division of Litton Industries), and VC-
funded start-up enterprises developing embedded video processing technology
and other content delivery solutions targeting media related industries.

"I am very pleased to have Steve L'Heureux join our team," said Fred Sturm,
President and Chief Executive Officer of CalAmp.  "We believe that our
company will benefit from his industry experience, proven operational
leadership and business development success. I look forward to working with
him as we position CalAmp as a provider of advanced content delivery
solutions."

Steve L'Heureux commented, "I'm excited to be joining CalAmp's Solution
Division because they are positioned to serve some very exciting markets
where they can leverage their technical depth as well as key customer and
partner relationships.  I'm looking forward to working closely with the
company's customers and employees to help realize the Solutions Division's
growth potential".

Mr. L'Heureux graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with
a BA degree in Economics.

About CalAmp Corp.

CalAmp is a leading provider of breakthrough wireless and content delivery
solutions, services and products.  With comprehensive capabilities ranging
from product inception through production, CalAmp is a trusted partner
delivering cost-effective high quality solutions to a broad array of
customers and markets.  CalAmp is one of the largest suppliers of direct
broadcast satellite (DBS) outdoor customer premise equipment to the U.S.
satellite television market and offers solutions for digital multimedia
delivery, residential broadband data delivery, healthcare, retailing
applications, public safety markets and wireless enterpriseconnectivity. The
company is headquartered in Oxnard, California and has approximately
600 employees. Founded in 1981, CalAmp has been publicly traded since 1983 as
NASDAQ: CAMP.

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costs, the Company's ability to integrate the Vytek acquisition successfully,
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Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Although the
Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
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that its expectations will be attained.  The Company undertakes no obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information, contact:
       Crocker Coulson                          Rick Vitelle
       Partner                                  Chief Financial Officer
       CCG Investor Relations                   CalAmp
       (818) 789-0100                           (805) 987-9000
       crocker.coulson@ccgir.com