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Air Industries Announces New $700,000 Contract with Sikorsky
Communiqué publié le 02/08/2007 à 15h55

Air Industries Group, Inc. (OTCBB: AIRI), a holding company established to consolidate manufacturers, engineering integrators and specialized service providers to the aerospace/defense industry, today announced that its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Air Industries Machining Corp. (AIM), has received new contracts from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation valued at $700,000. These contracts are for spare parts relating to flight control mixer assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter.

AIM produces the BLACK HAWK helicopter mixer assembly for primary flight control. The assembly requires over 250 details and sub-assemblies, and involves close tolerance and torque requirements to assure flight safety and control.

The orders announced today represent additional requirements over and above the $50 million in long term general purchase agreements between Sikorsky and Air Industries that were announced in March 2007 for the BLACK HAWK helicopter program as well as subsequent order announcements.

ABOUT SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced helicopters for commercial, industrial and military uses. Sikorsky's products have been saving lives since 1944, when a Sikorsky performed the world's first helicopter rescue mission.

Sikorsky's BLACK HAWK helicopter derivatives serve in 25 governments around the world in a diverse range of missions such as combat assault, peacekeeping, border patrol, drug interdiction, disaster relief and medical evacuation. The legendary BLACK HAWK is the first choice for military operations worldwide. More than 2,800 S-70 and H-60 variants have accumulated more than five million flight hours for the United States military and Sikorsky's international customers.

Based in Stratford, Connecticut, Sikorsky has major facilities in other Connecticut locations as well as in Alabama, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and in Poland. With revenues in 2006 of $3.2 billion, Sikorsky employs approximately 13,000 worldwide.

ABOUT AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.

Air Industries Group, Inc. (OTCBB: AIRI) (formerly Gales Industries) is a holding company established to consolidate manufacturers, engineering integrators and specialized service providers to the aerospace/defense and commercial aviation industries. The Company is focused on flight safety and other critical componentry. Consolidation opportunities include companies operating within highly synergistic disciplines of manufacturing, technical services and strategic products distribution. The Company's strategy is to execute its consolidation principally amongst middle market aerospace/defense subcontractors. Air Industries Group offers a tailored exit strategy or management continuity strategy in exchange for qualified acquisitions, and targets technically superior organizations with revenues of up to $100 million annually. Information on the Company and its products may be found online at www.airindmc.com.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are 'forward-looking statements' intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends in the marketplace, firm backlog, projected backlog, potential future results and acquisitions, are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the timing of projects due to the variability in size, scope and duration of projects, estimates, projections and forecasts made by management with respect to the Company's critical accounting policies, firm backlog, projected backlog, regulatory delays, government funding and budgets, matters pertaining to potential and pending acquisitions subject to and after closings, and other factors, including results of financial audits and general economic conditions, not within the Company's control. Certain of the Company's forward looking statements, with the projected backlog in particular, are formulated based on management's extensive industry experience and understanding and assessment of industry trends, customer requirements, and related government spending. Projected backlog may be subject to variability and may increase or decrease at any time based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to modifications of previously released orders, acceleration of orders under general purchase agreements, etc. The factors discussed herein and expressed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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