API Technologies Announces $38.2 Million in Booked New Orders for Quarter
Ended November 30, 2010

    
    Includes $26.4 Million Booked in the month of November- Biggest Sales
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<p>RONKONKOMA, N.Y., <span class="xn-chron">Dec. 14, 2010</span> /CNW/ -- API Technologies Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ATNY), a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global defense sector, announced that it has booked <span class="xn-money">$38.2 million</span> in new orders for its second quarter ended <span class="xn-chron">November 30, 2010</span>, including <span class="xn-money">$26.4 million</span> booked in the month of November, representing the biggest sales month and quarter in the Company's history. The orders were from defense and aerospace firms worldwide and spanned the breadth of API's capabilities, including engineered systems, components and secure communications products.</p>
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    About API Technologies Corp.

    
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<p>The Company, through its subsidiaries, is a prime contractor in engineered systems, components and secure communications to the global defense and aerospace industry. API Technologies' customers include the governments of the U.S., <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>, the <span class="xn-location">United Kingdom</span>, NATO and the European Union, as well as many of the leading Fortune 500 companies. The Company is engaged in providing innovative design, engineering and manufacturing solutions to its customers. API Technologies trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol ATNY. For further information, please visit the company website at <a href="http://www.apitechnologies.com">www.apitechnologies.com</a>.</p>
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<p>Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, which are more fully described in the Company's Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, include but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, our ability to integrate and consolidate our operations, our ability to expand our operations in both new and existing markets, and the effect of growth on our infrastructure. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material aspects from those currently anticipated. All information in this release is as of the date hereof. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</p>
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    Contact:
    Investor Relations
    Jonathan Pollack
    Executive Vice President
    API Technologies Corp.
    1-877-API-0-API (1-877-274-0274)
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For further information: For further information: Jonathan Pollack, Investor Relations, Executive Vice President, API Technologies Corp., 1-877-API-0-API (1-877-274-0274), [e-mail] Web Site: http://www.apitechnologies.com