RAE Systems to Present at Two Investment Banking Conferences in Februa

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
    Internet & Security Conference
    17th Annual Growth Stock Conference

    SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2005--RAE Systems Inc. (AMEX:RAE), a leading global developer and manufacturer of rapidly-deployable, multi-sensor chemical and radiation detection monitors and networks for homeland security and industrial applications, today announced that chief financial officer Donald Morgan and director of corporate marketing Bob Durstenfeld will present at two upcoming investment banking conferences.
    The first event, sponsored by Kaufman Bros., L.P., is the Internet & Security Conference in San Francisco on February 8, 2005 and will focus on emerging growth companies in national and homeland security technologies, network and software security and wireless security.
    The second event, the 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference, is sponsored by Roth Capital Partners and will take place February 21-23, 2005 in Dana Point, California. The conference will feature more than 220 companies in the technology, healthcare, financial services and consumer products sectors.
    "RAE Systems is honored to participate in these informative conferences," said Donald W. Morgan, chief financial officer of RAE Systems. "We look forward to sharing our vision of the role of technology in environmental security and homeland defense markets."
    For more information about the Kaufman Bros conference, please visit www.kbro.com. For information on the Roth Capital Partners conference, please visit www.rothcp.com.

    About RAE Systems

    RAE Systems is a leading global developer and manufacturer of rapidly deployable, multi-sensor chemical detection monitors and networks for homeland security and industrial applications. In addition, RAE Systems offers a full line of portable single-sensor chemical and radiation detection products. RAE Systems' products enable the military and first responders such as firefighters, law enforcement and other emergency management personnel to detect and provide early warning of weapons of mass destruction and other hazardous materials. Industrial applications include the detection of toxic industrial chemicals, volatile organic compounds and petrochemicals. RAE Systems' products are used by many U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State, as well as all branches of the U.S. military, and by numerous city and state agencies. Our end users also include many of the world's leading corporations in the airline, automotive, computer and oil industries. Our products are used in civilian and government atmospheric monitoring programs in over 50 countries. For more information about RAE Systems, please visit www.RAESystems.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This press release contains "forward-looking" statements, as that term is used in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are denoted by such words as "expected to increase". These types of statements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the general economic and industry factors and receptiveness of the market to RAE and its products. In addition, our forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of other risk factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to our annual report on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings, available online at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the company on the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such statements.

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CONTACT: RAE Systems Inc. Bob Durstenfeld, 408-585-3534 bdurstenfeld@raesystems.com

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