Exhibit 99-1
                          (on CalAmp Corp. letterhead)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

        CAL AMP APPOINTS THOMAS E. PARDUN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OXNARD, Calif., June 19, 2006--CalAmp Corp. (Nasdaq: CAMP), a leading provider
of wireless products and engineering services, today announced that Thomas E.
Pardun has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective
Friday, June 16, 2006, expanding the size of the Company's Board to seven
directors.

Mr. Pardun, 62, brings more than 30 years of management experience with
leading companies in the high-technology and telecommunications industries.
Since 1993, Mr. Pardun has been a director of Western Digital Corporation, an
information storage provider, serving as Chairman of the Board from January
2000 to December 2001 and Lead Director since that time. He also currently
serves as a director of Exabyte Corp., a provider of tape storage solutions,
Occam Networks, Inc., a provider of broadband networking equipment that
enables telephone companies to deliver voice, data, and video services, and
Megapath, Inc., a privately-held company that is a leading provider of managed
communications services.  From May 1996 until his retirement in July 2000, Mr.
Pardun was President of Media One International, Asia-Pacific (previously U.S.
West International), an owner/operator of international properties in cable
television, telephone services, and wireless communications companies. Before
joining U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was President of the Central Group for
Sprint and previously held a variety of management positions during a 19-year
tenure with IBM.

"Tom's exceptionally strong leadership abilities and extensive experience in
the wireless and wire line telecommunications industry make him ideally suited
to serve on our Board of Directors," said Fred Sturm, CalAmp's President and
Chief Executive Officer.  "Tom brings significant expertise and guidance from
his tenure at leading companies including Western Digital, U.S. West, Sprint
and IBM.  We are quite pleased to have access to his operational experience
along with his strategic insight as we execute our plan to expand CalAmp's
business."

About CalAmp Corp.
CalAmp is a leading provider of wireless equipment, engineering services and
software that enable anytime/anywhere access to critical information, data and
entertainment content. With comprehensive capabilities ranging from product
design and development through volume production, CalAmp delivers cost-
effective high quality solutions to a broad array of customers and end
markets.  CalAmp is the leading supplier of Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)
outdoor customer premise equipment to the U.S. satellite television market.
The Company also provides wireless connectivity solutions for the telemetry
and asset tracking markets, private wireless networks, public safety
communications, and critical infrastructure and process control applications.
For additional information, please visit the Company's website at
www.calamp.com.
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