PRESS RELEASE : AUGUST 15, 2005
DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES $15 MILLION CONTRACT FOR C-17 FUSELAGE PANELS

LOS ANGELES, California (August 15, 2005) -- Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE:DCO) today announced that its Ducommun AeroStructures, Inc., (DAS) subsidiary has received a follow-on award from The Boeing Company for production of C-17 structural components and assemblies valued at over $15 million. This award is additive to current production and extends deliveries into 2007. The aluminum fuselage panels being formed by DAS-Gardena, represent some of the largest panels in the aerospace industry.

Joseph C. Berenato, chairman and chief executive officer of Ducommun stated, “The manufacture of these fuselage skin panels highlights both our unique capability to handle the largest panels in the industry and the development of our program management capabilities which allow us to take on increasing complex statements of work and to manage the supply chain for our major customers.”

Mr. Berenato continued, “As the prime contractors and first-tier subcontractors look to reduce their cost structures, I believe Ducommun is increasingly well positioned to capitalize on further significant off-load opportunities from our key customers.”

Ducommun AeroStructures manufactures large, complex structural components and assemblies in aluminum, specialty alloys such as titanium, metal bond and composites for a wide variety of military and commercial aerospace applications.

Founded in 1849, Ducommun Incorporated manufactures components and assemblies for the aerospace industry.

The statements made in this press release include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s future financial results could differ materially from those anticipated due to the Company’s dependence on conditions in the airline industry, the level of new commercial aircraft orders, production rates for Boeing commercial aircraft, the C-17 and Apache helicopter rotor blade programs, the level of defense spending, competitive pricing pressures, manufacturing inefficiencies, start-up costs and possible overruns on new contracts, technology and product development risks and uncertainties, product performance, risks associated with acquisitions and dispositions of businesses by the Company, increasing consolidation of customers and suppliers in the aerospace industry, possible goodwill impairment, availability of raw materials and components from suppliers, and other factors beyond the Company’s control. See the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2005 for a more detailed discussion of these and other risk factors and contingencies.

 
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Joseph C. Berenato
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(310) 513-7209