Monday August 10, 11:21 am Eastern time

Company Press Release

BE Aerospace Completes Acquisitions of
Aerospace Lighting Corporation and
SMR Aerospace, Inc.

WELLINGTON, FL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq-NMS:
BEAV - news) announced today that it had completed the acquisitions of Aerospace
Lighting Corporation (ALC) and SMR Aerospace, Inc. (SMR).

Aerospace Lighting Corporation, headquartered in Holbrook, New York, is the
leading producer of interior cabin lighting for corporate and VIP jet aircraft,
including aircraft manufactured by Cessna, Gulfstream, Bombardier, Raytheon,
Israel Aircraft Industries, Dassault and Boeing, among others. The company also
has a significant upgrade, retrofit and spares business as a result of its large
installed base.

SMR Aerospace, Inc. (SMR), headquartered in Sharon Center, Ohio, is a worldwide
leader in the provision of design, integration, installation and certification
services for commercial aircraft passenger cabin interiors. SMR provides a broad
range of interior reconfiguration services which allow airlines to change the
size of certain classes of service, modify and upgrade the seating, install
telecommunications or entertainment options, relocate galleys and lavatories,
and install crew rest compartments. SMR is also a leading supplier of structural
design and integration services, including airframe modifications for passenger 
and freighter conversions. In addition, SMR provides a variety of high-margin
niche products and components that are used to facilitate reconfigurations and
conversions. Finally, SMR is aggressively targeting the general aviation market
through a line of aftermarket upgrade components for the most popular commuter
and general aviation aircraft types.

B/E Chairman Amin J. Khoury stated, "We are pleased to have completed the
acquisitions of ALC and SMR. As we have stated previously, ALC, the world's
leading manufacturer of general aviation jet aircraft lighting, is highly
complementary to our AMP and WEMAC(TM) business units, the world's leading
manufacturers of seating and air valve components, respectively, for general
aviation jet aircraft. Clearly, B/E has become a major participant in supplying
cabin interior products and services to the rapidly growing general
aviation/business/VIP aircraft market."

"The acquisition of SMR is a major strategic accomplishment for B/E. Adding
SMR's capabilities to the Company positions B/E to handle the entire process of
outfitting the cabin interior for its airline customers -- from the
conceptualization and engineering design of new cabin interiors, to the supply
of leading-edge cabin interior products, through the management of the final
integration, installation and certification."

Khoury continued, "Both companies give B/E substantial new competitive
opportunities to cross-sell its breadth of products and services to both
existing and new airline and general aviation customers and to participate in
their purchase decision-making processes at a significantly earlier stage. We
expect both companies to be accretive to B/E's earnings in the current fiscal
year."



B/E Aerospace, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services a broad
line of passenger cabin interior products for both commercial and general
aviation aircraft, including seating products, cabinetry, passenger
entertainment systems, a full line of passenger and crew oxygen and protective
breathing equipment, passenger service systems and components and a complete
line of food and beverage preparation and storage equipment. The Company also
provides a broad range of interior reconfiguration services and products as a
prime vendor to commercial airlines. B/E Aerospace is the world's leading
supplier of cabin interior products and services, serving virtually all the
world's airlines, aircraft manufacturers and business jet owners.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual experience to differ
materially from that anticipated. Factors that might cause such a difference
include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Form 10-Q,
proxy statement and Form 10-K, and in "Risk Factors" in its Form S-3 filed on
July 30, 1998 relating to the registration of the Company's common stock, as
well as future events that have the effect of reducing the Company's available
cash balances, such as unexpected operating losses or delays in the integration
of the Company's acquired businesses or the delivery of the MDDS interactive
video system or capital expenditures or cash expenditures related to possible
future acquisitions.

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Contact:

     Jay Jacobson, Scarsdale NY
     Financial Relations
     (914) 772-2737