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Contact:    Thomas C. Cargin
            Vice President - Finance and Administration
            (913) 495-2614


                     AIRPORT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES $2.4 MILLION
                       IN NAVAID CONTRACT AWARDS IN BRAZIL

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (March 13, 2001)- Elecsys Corporation (AMEX:ASY) announced
today that its Airport Systems International, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded
navaid contracts by Infraero in Brazil with a total value of $2.4 million.
Infraero is a branch of the Brazilian government that manages and maintains
commercial airports in the country. In the largest of the contracts, Infraero
will purchase 10 CVOR systems. The first phase includes delivery of five systems
by April 30, 2001. The second phase of the first contract includes delivery and
installation of five systems in 2002. In the second contract, Infraero will
purchase one Category II ILS system for the international airport at Sao Paolo.
This system will be delivered by April 30, 2001.

"We are very pleased with the award of these navaid contracts," said Keith
Cowan, President and Chief Executive Officer. "They are especially important
because the awards mark Airport Systems entry into the Brazilian Navaids
marketplace."

Elecsys Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of electronic components,
subassemblies and systems. Its Airport Systems International subsidiary designs,
manufactures and implements ground-based radio navigation and landing systems
(navaids) and airfield lighting to aid the in-flight navigation and ground
movement of aircraft. The Company's DCI subsidiary provides contract electronic
manufacturing services, standard and custom liquid crystal display devices and
panel meters to a wide variety of medical electronics, consumer products and
aerospace OEMs.

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