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For Immediate Release

Press Release


Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
to Host 18th Fall Technology Symposium

SUNNYVALE, California, October 27, 2008 – Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: APSG) (AST), a market leader in advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions, today announced it will host its eighteenth Fall Technology Symposium at its Annapolis Junction, Maryland facility, November 4–5, 2008, and at MITRE headquarters in McLean, Virginia, November 6, 2008. The theme is Addressing the Converged Network: Data, Voice, and Video.

The symposium will feature a series of technical seminars and product demonstrations that focus on the Company’s airborne and ground-based ISR solutions for broadband and wireless communications and electronic warfare. A significant portion of the symposium will be dedicated to third generation (3G) wireless communication systems, their future applications, and potential implications on ISR collection.

Dr. John Treichler, an expert in digital and adaptive signal processing and the chief technology officer of AST, will kick off the symposium with an overview on Converged Network: 1880 to Present Day. Other seminar topics include A Study in Convergence: 3G Wireless Infrastructure; Guidance Using Communication Networks; A Software-Defined Radio Approach to 3G AirInterface Processing; Progress Toward Power-Efficient, Big PipesProcessor for Converged Networks; and Exploiting the Air Interface of Evolving 2.5G and Emerging 3G Wireless.

“Our technology symposium last May was a resounding success with more than 300 government and industry participants in attendance. We’ve added more demonstrations and technical seminars on the latest technologies such as backbone processing, advanced selection, digital microwave radios, 3G wireless, high-speed processing, and geolocation,” said William Van Vleet, president and chief executive officer of AST. “The technology symposiums demonstrate that AST is uniquely positioned to address our customers’ most challenging ISR and national security problems.”

More detailed information regarding the symposium and how to register is available online at http://www.appsig.com/symposium_rsvp.htm or by calling 800-374-3560.

About Applied Signal Technology, Inc.

Applied Signal Technology, Inc. provides advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products, systems, and services to enhance global security. For further information about Applied Signal Technology, visit our website at www.appsig.com.


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