Exhibit 99.2

National Technical Systems Announces the Transition of Its Executive Officers

CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2005--National Technical Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq:NTSC) is pleased to announce the transition of its executive
officers. Dr. Jack Lin has relinquished his position as Chief Executive Officer
("CEO") and will remain as Chairman of the Board ("COB"), expending his energies
on the COB position. Effective May 1, 2005, William C. McGinnis assumed the CEO
position.

Dr. Lin, age 72, commented: "I am pleased to turn the reins of the Company over
to Bill McGinnis. The management team under Bill has demonstrated the skills,
energy, and enthusiasm to complete the present strategic plan. This transition
and the training of Bill McGinnis has been an intense, six-year program.
McGinnis has been with the Company for 25 years and has served in a number of
increasingly responsible roles; Project Engineer, Facility Manager, Vice
President of Operations, and President/COO. He is a natural leader and deserves
the promotion. I know he will represent the Company well and will contribute
much to the future development and growth of the organization."

In his role as Chairman, Dr. Lin will remain an employee of the Company and help
guide its future strategies and direction. He is a co-founder of the Company.

McGinnis, age 46, stated: "I am honored to accept the role as CEO. I recognize
that Dr. Lin has been an exceptional leader of NTS since its inception. I
certainly have some big shoes to fill. However, I know the team that has been
created by both Dr. Lin and myself is up to the challenge and we remain
committed to execute our plans with the goal of growing this Company into a
first-class, international, full-service engineering, testing and compliance
organization. I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Briskie and
Dwight Moore as Co-Presidents of Engineering and Evaluation, our largest group,
which currently consists of 16 laboratories nationally and internationally."

About National Technical Systems, Inc:

National Technical Systems, Inc. is a business-to-business services company
providing organizations in the aerospace, defense, information technology (IT)
and high technology markets integrated testing, certification, quality
registration, systems evaluation and engineering solutions. For additional
information about National Technical Systems, visit its web site at
www.ntscorp.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or
performance, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to
customer orders, demand for services and products, development of markets for
the companies' services and products and other risks identified in the
companies' SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ
materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as


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of the date hereof. The companies undertake no obligation to release publicly
the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made
to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.

CONTACT: National Technical Systems
Lloyd Blonder, 818-591-0776
or
BPC Financial Marketing
John Baldissera, 800-368-1217 or 949-474-4300

SOURCE: National Technical Systems, Inc.


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