FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2001

Micronetics Receives Order For RF Components
Hudson,NH -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- April 18, 2001 -- Micronetics Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOIZ) announced today that its Test Solutions Group received an order from COM DEV Limited to design and manufacture high frequency components for use in a cloud profiling weather radar system. The components are for CloudSat, which is a weather radar system designed to increase the understanding of the role of thick clouds in the Earth's radiation. CloudSat will use advanced cloud-profiling radar to provide information on the vertical structure of highly dynamic tropical cloud systems.

Charles Freihofer, Director of Sales for Micronetics' Test Solutions Group, stated This project represents another success for Micronetics' Test Solutions Group as a qualified vendor for satellite programs. Satellite communications, already a multi-billion dollar market, is expected to expand dramatically in the next decade. Satellite applications include: weather monitoring, broadband communications, satellite radios, digital TV, and Internet distribution. This order is further confirmation of our strategy to position ourselves as a leader in the sale of RF components and test equipment utilizing our broadband signal technology to this rapidly growing market."

Headquartered in Hudson, NH, Micronetics manufactures and designs innovative test equipment and test components that are used to test the strength, durability and integrity of communication signals in communications and internet infrastructure equipment. Micronetics also manufacture microwave and radio frequency (RF) components and integrated subassemblies used in a variety of commercial wireless and military products. Micronetics' products are used in or test communication and internet infrastructure equipment (including wireless base stations, repeaters, and cable modem equipment), fixed terminal point-to-point/multi-point data radios, consumer subscriber products (cellular/PCS/satellite handsets), home networking equipment and military/aerospace platforms (satellite communications, electronic warfare and electronic counter-measures) . Micronetics serves a diverse customer base, including some of the world's leading technology companies, such as Adtran, Airspan, Alcatel, Cisco, Comsat, Daimler Benz Aerospace, Datron, Ericsson, Hughes, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Teradyne.

Some of the statements contained in this news release are forward-looking statements. The accuracy of these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are subject to a variety of risks, including but not limited to the success of the products into which the Company's products are integrated, governmental action relating to wireless communications licensing and regulations, internal projections as to the demand for certain types of technological innovation, competitive products and pricing , the success of new product development efforts, the timely release for production and the delivery of products under existing contracts, future economic conditions generally, as well as other factors. The information in this release should be reviewed in conjunction with Micronetics' Annual Report for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.

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