EXHIBIT 10.2


              Herley Announces Election of John Thonet as Chairman

January 12, 2010

LANCASTER,  Pa., January 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/  -- Herley Industries,  Inc.
(Nasdaq:  HRLY)  announced  today  that John A.  Thonet has  succeeded  David H.
Lieberman as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Lieberman was appointed to the Company's
Board of Directors  on July 22, 2009 and elected as an executive  officer of the
Company,  serving in the  capacity  as Chairman  of the Board.  As an  attorney,
officer and director,  Mr.  Lieberman  has provided  services to the Company for
over 35  years.  Having  fulfilled  various  initiatives,  the  Company  and Mr.
Lieberman  determined  that it would be in their mutual  best-interests  for the
Company to  transition  to a new Chairman of the Board and for Mr.  Lieberman to
transition  back as  counsel  to the  Company as well as being able to engage in
other business  opportunities.  During his tenure as Chairman, Mr. Lieberman was
able to achieve results which exceeded the Company's  expectations  with respect
to both the  benefits  to the Company  and the time  period  during  which these
benefits were able to be realized.

Mr.  Thonet  has been a  director  of the  Company  since 1991 and has served as
Secretary of the Corporation.  Mr. Thonet has been determined by the Board to be
an  independent  director  under  NASDAQ's  listing  rules.  Mr.  Thonet  is the
President of Thonet Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that he founded in 1980,
specializing  in  environmental   planning  and  engineering   design  for  land
development projects and land use planning programs.  Mr. Thonet holds BS and MS
degrees in Forest Engineering from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and
Forestry  at  Syracuse.  He is a licensed  professional  engineer in New Jersey,
Massachusetts,  Pennsylvania,  Michigan  and  West  Virginia  and is a  licensed
professional planner in New Jersey.

Mr.  Lieberman  commented:  "I am honored to have  served as  Chairman of Herley
during this important transition period and am very pleased with the appointment
of  John  Thonet  as my  successor.  John  has  displayed  excellent  leadership
qualities as a director and he will be receiving my full support".

Herley Industries,  Inc. is a leader in the design,  development and manufacture
of  microwave  technology  solutions  for the  defense,  aerospace  and  medical
industries  worldwide.  Based in Lancaster,  PA, Herley has seven  manufacturing
locations and approximately  1,000 employees.  Additional  information about the
Company can be found on the internet at www.herley.com.

For information at Herley contact:

Peg Guzzetti                           Tel: (717) 397-2777
Investor Relations                     www.herley.com

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deferral of customer orders, technological change or difficulties,  difficulties
in the  timely  development  of new  products,  difficulties  in  manufacturing,
commercialization  and  trade  difficulties  and  current  economic  conditions,
including the potential for significant  changes in U.S.  defense spending under
the new  Administration  which  could  affect  future  funding of  programs  and
allocations  within the budget to various  programs  as well as the  factors set
forth in this report and in our public  filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.