HALIFAX ANNOUNCES NEW CONTRACTS VALUED AT $5.1 MILLION

ALEXANDRIA, VA – September 10, 2002 – Halifax Corporation (AMEX:HX) today announced that it has recently been awarded enterprise maintenance services contracts totaling $5.1M. The services will be provided for several regional and nationwide customers over periods ranging from four months to five years.

According to Charles McNew, president and chief executive officer, “Our enterprise maintenance revenues continue to grow at a healthy pace. The Halifax service delivery model is working well and has helped position the Company for additional future expansion.”

Halifax has aggressively sought to position itself as the “outsourcer’s outsourcer,” working to establish relationships with leading integrators and to offer its IT and enterprise maintenance services on an outsourced basis to a wider base of customers. Several of the new contracts resulted from relationships with large integrators, and the Company is actively pursuing additional relationships with global service providers serving both public and private sector clients.

Added McNew, “We are extremely pleased to be adding and renewing contracts in such a challenging economic environment.”

The Company recently reported its fifth consecutive quarter of sequential earnings growth on an expanding revenue base, contract backlog of more than $70 million, and a strengthening balance sheet.

Founded in 1967, Halifax Corporation is a managed services company providing a wide range of information technology services to commercial and government customers throughout the United States. The Company’s principal products are Enterprise Maintenance Solutions, Seat Management/IT Solutions, and Federal Communications Services.