Aura Appoints Three New Regional Sales Managers and Director of Marketing.

Business Editors

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2002

Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: AURA) today announced an important expansion of its sales and marketing staff through the addition of three new regional sales managers and a director of marketing.

Les Rankin, Dana Scudder and John Gourley have been appointed Aura regional sales managers, and Tom Agler has been appointed director of marketing.

"Expanding our sales staff is a key element in our plan to significantly increase revenues," said Aura vice president of sales and marketing Craig Lipus. "We are all excited about industry veterans such as Les, Dana and John joining the Aura sales team. Combined, they bring over 60 years of industry experience from companies such as Baker Equipment, Teco and Time Manufacturing. The addition of these highly qualified individuals will substantially enhance the services we provide to our distributors and end-user customers."

Les Rankin has been appointed the new Aura Systems regional sales manager responsible for California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska. His office is located in Temecula, California.

Dana Scudder has been appointed the new Aura Systems regional sales manager responsible for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. His office is located in Waco, Texas.

John Gourley has been appointed the new Aura Systems regional sales manager responsible for Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. His office is located in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

"Tom brings a wealth of experience and a unique background in engineering, business development and marketing to Aura," said Lipus. "With over 20 years in senior strategic and tactical marketing positions at TRW, Texas Instruments and SGS-Thomson, Tom will develop and implement the marketing programs that will allow Aura to take full advantage of our strong competitive position in mobile power systems."

Tom Agler has been appointed the new Aura Systems director of marketing responsible for strategic and tactical marketing. He has over 20 years experience in high-tech marketing at companies in the defense, semiconductor and power component industries. Agler previously held senior positions in business development at TRW, strategic planning at Texas Instruments and corporate communications at International Rectifier, a leader in power components. He holds bachelor and master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. He received a master of business administration degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His office is located at Aura Systems' headquarters in El Segundo, California.

ABOUT AURA SYSTEMS

Aura Systems Inc., a technology leader in mobile power, develops and sells AuraGen(R) mobile induction power systems to the industrial, commercial and defense mobile power generation markets. The Company's unique and patented energy solution is the only proven, commercially available pure sine wave power system that can continuously provide thousands of watts of power at low engine speed, and is fully integrated under the vehicle hood. The AuraGen(R) is capable of generating full power up to 8500 watts at all engine speeds including enhanced engine idle speed for gasoline engines and at idle speed for bigger diesel engines. The AuraGen(R) combines sophisticated mechanical and electronics design, advanced engineering and break-through electromagnetic technology to produce a highly reliable and flexible mobile power generating system that creates alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) electricity, both with and without the engine on. For more information about the Company's AuraGen(R) product visit the company's website at http://www.aurasystems.com.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements and information based on the beliefs of Aura's management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to Aura's management. Such statements reflect the current views of Aura with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including risk factors identified in Aura's 10-K and other SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Aura undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.