EXHIBIT31.1

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14AND 15d-14 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

I, Edward J. Fred, certifythat:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this AnnualReport on Form 10-KSB of CPI Aerostructures,Inc.; |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge, thisreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitto state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the small businessissuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport; |

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| 4.  | The small businessissuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the smallbusiness issuer and have: |

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| (a)  | Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the small business issuer, includingits consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared; |

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| (b)  | [intentionallyomitted]; |

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| (c)  | Evaluated theeffectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controlsand procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and |

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| (d)  | Disclosed in this report any changein the small business issuer's internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the small business issuer's fourthfiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the small business issuer's internal controlover financial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | Thesmall business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors andto the audit committee of the small business issuer's board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions): |

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| (a)  | All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controlover financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the small business issuer's ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information;and |

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| (b)  | Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant rolein the small business issuer's internal control over financialreporting. |

Date: March 30, 2005

|  | By: /s/ Edward J.Fred                                                 Name: Edward J. Fred         Title: ChiefExecutive Officer,                     Presidentand Secretary |
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