Exhibit 99.1

        Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. Announced Navy Award

    CARLSTADT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2005--Tel-Instrument
Electronics Corp. (AMEX:TIK) is proud to announce that it has been
awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for their next generation
multi-function avionics flight line test set. The Navy's intent to
award this contract was initially presented on the Department of
Defense Web site as release No. 286-05, dated 25 March 2005:

    "Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.*, Carlstadt, N.J., is being
    awarded a $17,344,852 firm-fixed-price,
    indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the systems
    engineering, design and integration, fabrication, testing and
    production of a Communication/Navigation (COMM/NAV) Radio
    Frequency (RF) Avionics Flightline Tester (CRAFT) with sonobuoy
    simulator capabilities. In addition, this contract provides for
    associated technical and logistics data and training. Work will be
    performed in Carlstadt, N.J., and is expected to be completed in
    March 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
    current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured
    under an electronic request for proposals as a small business
    set-aside; four offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center
    Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity
    (N68335-05-D-0014)."

    Harold K. Fletcher, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, said,
"Tel-Instrument is proud that the Navy has selected our solution for
its next generation multi-function test set. The CRAFT combines
advanced Navigation, Communication, and Sonobuoy test capabilities in
a portable test set. Based upon a flexible and expandable
digital-signal-processing-based architecture, the CRAFT platform will
meet the Navy's test requirements for years to come. Incorporation of
this multi-function test set by the Navy should help the Service in
its quest to address test-set proliferation issues."

    About Tel-Instrument:

    Tel-Instrument is a leading designer and manufacturer of avionics
test equipment for the general aviation, commercial aviation, and
government/military aviation markets, both domestically and
internationally. Tel-Instrument provides instruments to test a wide
range of navigation, communication and databus equipment. For further
information please visit our Web site at www.telinstrument.com.

    CONTACT: Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.
             Joseph P. Macaluso, 201-933-1600