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EXHIBIT 99.1

                 CERTIFICATION BY SHLOMO OSTERSETZER PURSUANT TO
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13A-14

 I, Shlomo Ostersetzer, certify that:

 1. 1 have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of TAT Technologies Ltd.;

 2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
 statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
 the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
 were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
 report;

 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
 information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
 respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
 company as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

 4. The company's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
 establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
 Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company and have:

 a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
 controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
 material information relating to the company, including its consolidated
 subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
 during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
 procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
 of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to
 the filing date of this annual report ; and

 c) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the company's internal control
 over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual
 report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
 affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and

 5. The company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
 most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
 company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors
 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 a) All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control
 over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
 company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
 information; and

 b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
 employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over
 financial reporting.



 Date: June 24, 2004


                                      \S\ SHLOMO OSTERSETZER
                                      ----------------------
                                      Chief Exeutive Officer and Chairman








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