WEDC Receives Prestigious Cogswell Award

Elite Distinction Underscores Excellence and Focus in Industrial Security

Phoenix, AZ – June 20, 2007 – White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ:WEDC), a prominent microelectronics manufacturer for defense applications, today announced it is a recipient of the James S. Cogswell Award, the most prestigious honor in the industrial security field. The award is being presented today at the National Classification Management Society (NCMS) Annual Training Seminar in Sparks, Nevada.

“WEDC is honored to receive this award,” said Hamid Shokrgozar, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for White Electronic Designs Corporation (WEDC). “This award strengthens WEDC’s position as a premier partner for the construction of sophisticated and secure microelectronics solutions that serve our nations’ defenses.”

The Cogswell Award is named in honor of the late Colonel James S. Cogswell, USAF, the first chief of the unified office of Industrial Security. Colonel Cogswell was responsible for developing the basic principles of the Industrial Security Program, including the Program’s emphasis on partnership between industry and government to accomplish industrial security objectives, and excellence for the benefit of its ultimate customer, the U.S. warfighter.
Achieving this distinction requires extraordinary excellence involving a total team effort by top management, the facility security officer, and the facility work force.

Selection for the award includes the following criteria:
• An outstanding overall security program in which the contractor routinely resolves problems independently and is extremely responsive to changes in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP).
• Management's active support and involvement in maintaining an excellent security posture.
• A record of outstanding security review results that set standards for emulation by other contractors.
• Internal operating procedures which implement or exceed applicable requirements of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).
• An effective, ongoing security education and awareness program.
• Support for DoD personnel security initiatives by all levels of management.

The Cogswell Award selection process is very rigorous. Facilities are nominated by their assigned DSS Industrial Security Representatives, based on the criteria noted above and two consecutive industrial security reviews which show a sustained degree of excellence in program requirements. Nominations are then submitted throughout all levels of the DSS field organization for endorsement and vetting.

A National Review Team consolidates and ranks the nominations, which are submitted to Senior Management for final endorsement and approval.

“Being selected as a member of such an elite group of organizations truly underscores our focus and dedication to help our customers and their customers effectively and efficiently leverage the evolution of technology,” adds Shokrgozar.

White Electronic Designs is a leading supplier of defense-grade Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) semiconductor packaging, as well as advanced self-contained multi-chip and system-in-a-chip modules. The company’s hybrid microcircuits and advanced design modules are used in missiles, avionics, ordnance, navigation and other sophisticated defense and aerospace applications.

WEDC manufactures products in its 110,000-square-foot Phoenix, Arizona facility, maintaining MIL-PRF-38534 and MIL-PRF-38535 certifications and ISO-9001 certification. WEDC also maintains a Department of Defense (DoD) secure area, fully supports International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements and maintains a Communications Security (COMSEC) account.

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. White Electronic Designs also produces anti-tamper security coatings for mission-critical semiconductor components in defense applications. 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 digital keyboard and touch-screen operator-interface systems, and electromechanical assemblies for commercial, industrial and military systems. White Electronic Designs Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon and China.



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

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Joseph Diaz, Jr.
602-889-9700
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