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                  Comptek: CTK Awarded 5-Year US Army Contract





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 5-Year Contract from the U.S. Army to
            Design and Operate Threat Simulation Center
                                 
BUFFALO,  NY, April 4, 2000, - Comptek Research, Inc.  (Amex:  CTK)
today  announced it has received a five-year contract valued up  to
$29.8  million  from the United States Army to provide  engineering
services  and scientific expertise to analyze, design, develop  and
support the U.S. Army's Threat Systems Program.

Under this contract, Comptek will operate the Joint Threat Modeling
and Simulation Center (JTMSC) and the Threat Visual Simulation Lab.
The  JTMSC  provides the infrastructure, facilities, computers  and
processes required to operate the large-scale simulations  used  to
support  developmental testing/operational testing for  simulation-
based acquisition programs.  In addition, Comptek will operate  the
Threat  Node,  specifically designed to support the development  of
real-time  simulations  for  training,  test  and  evaluation,  and
concept  evaluation.   The Threat Node provides  users  with  a  3-
dimensional  virtual  reality environment for  advanced  simulation
exercises.

John J. Sciuto, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of
Comptek Research, Inc., said, "This contract testifies to Comptek's
expanding  position  as  a prominent leader in  electronic  warfare
systems.  Our expertise in simulation, systems and engineering  and
integration,  and software design enables Comptek to  be  the  sole
provider  of  these  highly specialized  services  in  niche  areas
worldwide."

Comptek's  subsidiary, Comptek Amherst Systems, Inc. -  Huntsville,
Alabama   Operations,  will  be  responsible   for   the   contract
performance.   This  indefinite  delivery  /  indefinite   quantity
(ID/IQ)  contract  calls for the Army to place specific  individual
orders with Comptek during the multi-year performance period.

Comptek acquired the assets and business operations Amherst Systems
in March 1999.  Founded in 1975, Amherst Systems has an established
record  in  the  electronic combat community  for  its  design  and
development   of   technically  advanced   simulator   and   signal
measurement systems to solve real-time application problems.


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.



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