CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f), is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includes those policies and procedures that:

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, management evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of June 30, 2025. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of that date due to the material weakness described below.

During the second quarter, a Material Weakness was identified concerning the application of ASC-470 –Debt, more specifically as it relates to 470-10-45-11, that if a company is in violation of a debt covenant and it is probable that the borrower will not be able to comply with the covenant at measurement dates within the next twelve months, this debt shall be classified as short term. Due to the financial impact of the A-10 program, the Companywas not able to meet the financial covenants for the second quarter and therefore obtained a waiver to remediate the non-compliance. As this waiver did not cover the twelve months from the date of the Company’s financial statements the Company had a potential misclassification of short and long term debt.

On August 19, 2025, the Company entered the Fifteenth Amendment which revised certain financial covenants to reflect specified adjustments for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 and for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The Fifteenth Amendment also has customary terms and conditions, including representations, reaffirmations of prior obligations, and related provisions.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

We are evaluating the material weakness and are developing a plan of remediation to strengthen the effectiveness of the design and operation of our internal control environment. The remediation plan will include enhancing our review procedures within our accounting department, implementing additional review procedures with respect to accumulation and evaluation of information that is known or knowable to the Company at the time, and applying that information to the applicable accounting guidance specifically as it relates to evaluating credit related covenants and the potential impact to the debt classification at period end in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

These matters have been reviewed with our audit committee.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Except for the material weakness described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.