News Release

LOS ANGELES, California (August 3, 2009) - Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) today announced that James "Mike" Stanfield has joined the company as president of its Miltec subsidiary. Mr. Stanfield reports to Tony Reardon, president and chief operating officer of Ducommun, and will be responsible for all aspects of running and profitably growing Miltec.

Mike joins the Ducommun team after having spent 29 years with Dynetics Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama. During his tenure at Dynetics, Mike served in progressively more senior positions and was most recently the senior vice president of business development and strategic planning.

Mr. Berenato stated, “We are extremely pleased to have Mike on our team and he brings to us a broad based business development and engineering skill set, coupled with a detailed understanding of operations and research and development. Mike comes to Miltec intimately familiar with the Miltec business base and has well established relationships with the customer community. His track record of achievement in the engineering services and research and development arena and his team-oriented approach will be important to Ducommun as we strive to accelerate our growth and drive for integrated business development across our business units.”

Mike graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and from the University of Florida with a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Mike also earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Founded in 1849, Ducommun Incorporated provides engineering and manufacturing services to the aerospace and defense industry.