Orbit International Corp. Receives New Orders From Lockheed Martin in Support of Federal Aviation Administration.

Business Editors

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2002

Orbit International Corp. (NASDAQ: ORBT) today announced that it has received follow-on production orders for its trackball systems from Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems (NYSE:LMT) in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS) program.

The award, which is in excess of $500,000, is part of a retrofit program that enables air traffic controllers to track, move and lock onto the constant flow of information displayed on the radar screen in FAA control towers. Deliveries are expected to commence in the third quarter of 2002 and continue through the first quarter of 2003.

Dennis Sunshine, President and CEO commented, "These trackball program opportunities continue to be the mainstay of our Company and demonstrate our ability to design and produce a wide variety of man-machine interface products for military and ruggedized environments".

Sunshine continued, "the ARTS program will continue to require retrofit hardware on a multi-year basis and we are delighted to support Lockheed Martin as a source of supply for trackballs that are used in FAA tower applications. Furthermore, the Company is currently pursing an opportunity to provide additional hardware for the ARTS program."

Orbit International Corp., based in Hauppauge, New York is involved in the manufacture of customized electronic components and subsystems for military and nonmilitary government applications. Its Behlman Electronics, Inc. subsidiary manufactures and sells high quality commercial power units and low noise uninterruptable power supplies (UPS). The Behlman military division designs, manufactures and sells power units and electronic products for measurement and display. For a more detailed discussion of the risks inherent in the Company's business, the reader is referred to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the dollar amount and delivery dates of the Company's trackball systems and the need for additional retrofit and other hardware that will be needed by air traffic control towers on a multi-year basis. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual future results of the Company to be materially different from such forward looking statements. Factors that might result in such differences include, without limitation, current business conditions and military conflicts, variable market conditions and changing needs of the Department of Transportation and the Company's customers. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.