White Electronic Designs Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Medical Contract

Emphasizes Focus and Commitment to Growing Medical Device Market

Phoenix, AZ – June 12, 2007 – White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ:WEDC) was awarded a contract worth over three million dollars for its design and manufacture of a test strip for a blood monitoring application.

“We are excited to participate in this medical application,” said Hamid Shokrgozar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for White Electronic Designs Corporation. “The medical marketplace demands extremely high quality and accuracy of results. The requirement for high-reliability and exceptional performance aligns itself perfectly with our reputation for leading-edge design and manufacturing of quality components.”

According to a recent market report from the Business Communications Company, Inc., blood monitoring and testing systems accounted for 47.9% of medical point-of-care (POC) sales in 2005 and are expected to grow at a 9.4% AAGR through 2010. “As we continue to expand and diversify into new target markets, we continue to mitigate our company’s risk related to being dependent on any single market segment,” adds Shokrgozar. WEDC also introduced one of the industry’s first medical series CompactFlash® memory cards earlier this year.

The test strip is manufactured using laminated layers of transparent plastic. After the patient places a drop of blood on the strip, the strip is inserted into an electronic instrument to measure blood chemistry. WEDC will produce the test strips in its Columbus, Ohio facility and will commence product deliveries in the company’s fourth quarter.

About White Electronic Designs Corporation

White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ: WEDC) provides advanced solutions for industries needing to leverage the evolution of technology. The firm designs and manufactures innovative high technology components, systems, and branded products for military, industrial, medical and commercial markets. Microelectronics products include high-density memory packages and advanced self-contained multi-chip and system-in-a-chip modules that are used in a growing range of applications in several fields. The company’s display segment designs and manufactures enhanced and reinforced high-legibility flat-panel displays for commercial, medical, defense and aerospace systems, as well as advanced medical interface and touch-screen operator-interface systems. White Electronic Designs Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon and China. To learn more about White Electronic Designs Corporation online, visit www.whiteedc.com.



CONTACT:
White Electronic Designs Corp., Phoenix, AZ
Hamid Shokrgozar
602-437-1520
hamid@wedc.com

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Lytham Partners, LLC
Joseph Diaz, Jr.
602-889-9700
diaz@lythampartners.com


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