Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Elecsys Corporation (the "Company") announced today that Derek (Jay) Gillam has been appointed the new Vice-President of Business Development of the Company's DCI subsidiary.

The Company has entered into a letter agreement with Mr. Gillam, the principle terms of which include:

(i) annual compensation consisting of a base salary of $105,000;

(ii) a grant of 10,000 options to purchase the Company's common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant (August 4, 2008) and vesting in equal parts on each of August 4, 2009, 2010 and 2011;

(iii) an annual bonus based primarily on profitability goals approved by the Company's Board of Directors; and

(iv) participation in all of the Company's employee benefit programs.

A press release announcing the hiring of Mr. Gillam is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) EXHIBITS. The following exhibits are filed herewith:

99.1 Press Release dated August 5, 2008.

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