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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001387131-21-005006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210427
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210427

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889348
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				112520310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-255551
		FILM NUMBER:		21860088

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200A EXECUTIVE DR
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5165865200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		91 HEARTLAND BLVD
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
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<DESCRIPTION>INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 27, 2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-__________</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 39%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>11-2520310</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>91 Heartland Boulevard</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Edgewood, New York 11717</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. 2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Douglas McCrosson</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CPI Aerostructures, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>91 Heartland Boulevard</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Edgewood, New York 11717</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(631) 586-5200</B></P>

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for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>with a copy to</I>:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Paul Lucido, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Graubard Miller</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>The Chrysler Building</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>405 Lexington Avenue, 11<SUP>th</SUP>&nbsp;floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10174</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated
filer&#8221;, &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 20pt; width: 41%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 59%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 20pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company &#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 20pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging
    growth company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If an emerging growth company,
indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</b></p>

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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>Title of securities</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>to be registered</b></p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>Amount to be</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>registered (1)</b></p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>Proposed</b></p>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>offering price</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>per share</b></p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>Proposed</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>maximum</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>aggregate</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>offering price</b></p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>Amount of</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>registration fee</b></p></td></tr>
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    <td style="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for future grants under the Plan (as defined below)</font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">800,000 (2)</font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$4.31&nbsp;(3)</font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$3,444,000</font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$375.74</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 93%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this registration statement also covers such additional securities that may be offered pursuant to the terms of the CPI Aerostructures, Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (&#8220;Plan&#8221;), as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shares of common stock newly reserved for issuance under the Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated under the Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share for the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan was calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of our common stock as reported on the NYSE American Exchange on April 20, 2021.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In accordance with the provisions of Rule 462 promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registration Statement will become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">This Registration
Statement is filed by CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to register additional securities issuable pursuant
to the Company&#8217;s 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). The Company hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the contents of the prior registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on August 1, 2016 (File No. 333-212837).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Plan Information.*</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 97%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The information required by Items 1 and 2 of this Part I is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 8pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents
that the Company has previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this registration statement (excluding any
reports or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 and any exhibits included with such items):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 93%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (filed on April 15, 2021);</font></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2021 and March 22, 2021;</font></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 30pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on September 4, 2020;</font></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 30pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of common stock contained in the Form 8-A (File No. 001-11398), filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment(s) or report(s) filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT> </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">All documents subsequently
filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Exchange
Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (excluding any reports or portions thereof that are furnished under Item
2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K and any exhibits included with such items), will be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this registration statement and to be a part of this registration statement from the respective date of filing.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be modified or superseded for
all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document
which is incorporated by reference modifies or replaces the statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Securities.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 8pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>


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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 8pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Sections 721 through
726, inclusive, of the Business Corporation Law of New York (&#8220;BCL&#8221;) authorizes New York corporations to indemnify their
officers and directors under certain circumstances against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings involving such
persons because of their being or having been officers or directors and to purchase and maintain insurance for indemnification
of such officers and directors. Section 402(b) of the BCL permits a corporation, by so providing in its certificate of incorporation,
to eliminate or limit directors&#8217; personal liability to the corporation or its shareholders for damages arising out of certain
alleged breaches of their duties as directors. The BCL, however, provides that no such limitation of liability may affect a director&#8217;s
liability with respect to any of the following: (1) acts or omissions made in bad faith or which involved intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law; (2) any transaction from which the director derived a financial profit or other advantage to which
he was not legally entitled; (3) the declaration of dividends or other distributions or purchase or redemption of shares in violation
of the BCL; or (4) the distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without paying or adequately
providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or making loans to directors in violation of the BCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company&#8217;s
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that the personal liability of the directors of the Company is eliminated to
the fullest extent permitted by Section 402(b) of the BCL. In addition, the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide
in substance that each director and officer shall be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expenses, including attorney&#8217;s
fees, and any liabilities that he or she may incur in connection with any action to which he or she may be made a party by reason
of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the Company. The indemnification provided by the Amended and Restated
Bylaws is not deemed exclusive of or in any way to limit any other rights which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled.
The Company also has directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">In addition, the
Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with each of its executive officers and directors which provide that the Company
will indemnify and advance expenses to such officer or director to the fullest extent permitted by law and provides the procedure
for entitlement of indemnification.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated
herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 9.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Undertakings.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0; text-align: justify">(a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>



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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; padding-bottom: 8pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 10pt; width: 96px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 48px; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 10pt; width: 96px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 48px; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 10pt; width: 96px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 48px; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt 1in; text-align: justify"><I>Provided</I>,&nbsp;<I>however</I>,
that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in this registration statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; padding-bottom: 8pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 8pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial&nbsp;<I>bona</I>&nbsp;<I>fide</I>&nbsp;offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 8pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(b) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing procedures, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.<B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B><p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Edgewood, New York on this 27th day of April, 2021.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 20%; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Douglas McCrosson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 0pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 16%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Douglas McCrosson, Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas McCrosson as such person&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign this registration statement, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
and any amendments thereto and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>

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    <td style="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Signature</b></font></td>
    <td style="width: 13%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 17%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Title</b></font></td>
    <td style="width: 29%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 13%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Date</b></font></td>
    <td style="width: 3%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Terry Stinson</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Terry Stinson</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Carey Bond</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Carey Bond</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Douglas McCrosson</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and President</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Douglas McCrosson</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Thomas Powers</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Acting Chief Financial Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Thomas Powers</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Walter Paulick</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Walter Paulick</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Eric Rosenfeld</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Eric Rosenfeld</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="width: 36%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael Faber</font></td>
    <td style="width: 1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 45%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <td style="width: 1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 17%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Michael Faber</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard Caswell</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</font></td></tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Richard Caswell</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit No.</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 87%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Incorporation of Composite Products International, Inc., dated January 5, 1980 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1_1.htm">Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Composite Products International, Inc., dated May 9, 1989 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Consortium of Precision Industries, Inc., dated June 30, 1992 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1_3.htm">Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of CPI Aerostructures, Inc., dated August 7, 1992 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1_4.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of CPI Aerostructures, Inc., dated June 3, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1.6</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007877/ex3-1_5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of CPI Aerostructures, Inc., dated June 16, 1998 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on August 25, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713120007565/ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889348/000138713121004535/ex10-2.htm">2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 15, 2021)</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Graubard Miller (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23-1.htm">Consent of CohnReznick LLP (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">Consent of Graubard Miller (included in Exhibit 5.1).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT 5.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Graubard Miller</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">405 Lexington
Avenue</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">New York, New
York 10174</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2021</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CPI Aerostructures, Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">91 Heartland Blvd.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Edgewood, NY 11717</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Reference
is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;<I>Registration Statement</I>&#8221;) filed by CPI Aerostructures,
Inc., a New York corporation (&#8220;<I>Company</I>&#8221;), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<I>Securities
Act</I>&#8221;), with respect to an aggregate of 800,000 shares (&#8220;<I>Shares</I>&#8221;) of the Company&#8217;s common stock,
par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;<I>Common Stock</I>&#8221;) reserved for issuance by the Company under the Company&#8217;s
2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#8220;<I>Plan</I>&#8221;).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We have
examined such documents and considered such legal matters as we have deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for the opinion
set forth below. With respect to such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as reproduced or
certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of those latter documents. As to questions of fact material to this opinion,
we have, to the extent deemed appropriate, relied upon certain representations of certain officers and employees of the Company.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In our
examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the authenticity and completeness
of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of signatures on documents reviewed by us, the conformity to originals
and the completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of all parties executing any documents (other
than the Company), the lack of any undisclosed termination or modification or waiver of any document, the absence of any extrinsic
agreements or documents that might change or affect the interpretation or terms of documents, and the due authorization, execution
and delivery of all documents by each party thereto other than the Company. We have also assumed that any certificates or instruments
representing the Shares, when issued, will be executed by the Company by officers of the Company duly authorized to do so. In
rendering our opinion, we have also relied upon a good standing certificate regarding the Company issued by the New York Secretary
of State and representations and certifications made to us by the Company, including, without limitation, representations that
the Company has available a sufficient number of authorized shares of common stock that are not currently outstanding or reserved
for issuance under other outstanding securities or plans of the Company, to enable the Company to issue and deliver all of the
Shares as of the date of this letter.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares are duly authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant
to, and on the terms set forth in, the Plan and, when and if issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the individual
instruments or agreements governing their issuance, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The opinion
expressed herein is limited to the corporate laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion as to the effect on matters
covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We hereby
consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the use of our name as your counsel and to
all references made to us in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.25in; text-indent: 60pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.25in; text-indent: 60pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.25in; text-indent: 60pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
Graubard Miller</I></FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>EXHIBIT 23.1</B></P>

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consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of CPI Aerostructures, Inc. of our report dated
April 15, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of CPI Aerostructures, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and
for the years then ended appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of CPI Aerostructures, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2020.</font></p>

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