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                   Comptek: CTK Awarded Software Subcontract








FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     
     Contact:  Christopher A. Head           Stan Froelich, Media Relations
               Executive Vice President      Michael Cimini, Investor Relations
               Comptek Research, Inc.        Stern & Co.
               (716) 677-4070                (212) 888-0044
                                   
             Comptek Awarded Software Engineering Services
                   Subcontract From Lockheed Martin
                                   

BUFFALO,  NY,  March  7, 2000, -- Comptek Research,  Inc.  (Amex:  CTK)
announced  today it has received a subcontract valued  at  up  to  $2.3
million to provide systems and software engineering to Lockheed  Martin
Naval  Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-Moorestown, NJ,  for
the  United States Navy's AEGIS Combat System. The subcontract  is  for
one year with options for extension.

AEGIS  is  an  advanced radar-based combat system for U.S.  Navy  AEGIS
cruisers  and destroyers, capable of simultaneous response to  multiple
threats.  Comptek will be responsible for supplying technical expertise
in  Surface  Navy  Command,  Control,  Communications,  Computers,  and
Intelligence  Systems (C4I) and software engineering.  Comptek  Federal
Systems, a subsidiary of Comptek Research, Mt. Laurel, NJ, will provide
on-site  support to Lockheed Martin NE&SS, while Comptek's  engineering
staff  at other locations on the east and west coasts will be available
to support Lockheed Martin's C4I requirements via Comptek's proprietary
collaborative software development network.

John  J.  Sciuto, chairman, president, and chief executive  officer  of
Comptek  Research,  Inc.,  said, "We are pleased  to  support  Lockheed
Martin  in  this capacity.  Establishing this relationship is important
to Comptek, particularly since Lockheed Martin is the recognized global
market leader in naval combat systems development and integration."

NE&SS-Moorestown is one of six major operating sites  in  the  Lockheed
Martin  NE&SS  business  segment.   NE&SS  provides  surface  ship  and
submarine  combat systems, antisubmarine warfare and ocean surveillance
systems,  missile  launching systems, radar and  sensor  systems,  ship
systems integration services and other advanced systems and services to
customers  worldwide.  It is the largest business organization  in  the
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration business area.

Comptek Research, Inc., with subsidiary locations in the United  States
and  Canada,  is  a domestic and international supplier of  technically
advanced electronics and data communications systems to government  and
industry.

This  news  release contains forward-looking statements about Comptek's
current expectations for future growth and business opportunities based
on current business conditions.  Forward-looking statements are subject
to  risks  and uncertainties that could cause actual results to  differ
materially.  These risks and uncertainties include Comptek's dependence
on  continued  funding of U.S. Department of Defense programs  and  the
likelihood  that  actual future revenues that are realized  may  differ
from  those inferred from existing backlog or orders.  Other risks  and
uncertainties  are described in Comptek's 1999 Form 10-K Annual  Report
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note:     Today's news release and Comptek's news releases for the past
year are available on the Internet at http://www.cfonews.com under  the
heading "Company News, Comptek Research." Additional information  about
Comptek is also available at http://www.comptek.com.

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