EXHIBIT 99.2

                      WHITE ELECTRONIC DESIGNS CORPORATION

                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 Quarterly Report of White Electronic Designs
Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 28, 2002
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Hamid R. Shokrgozar, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to the 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.

                                                             Hamid R. Shokrgozar
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                                                          /s/Hamid R. Shokrgozar
                                                         Chief Executive Officer
                                                               February 11, 2003