Rule 424(b)(3)
SEC File No.: 333-69677

ODETICS, INC.

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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED MAY 7, 1999
TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 5, 1999

This Supplement No. 1 is part of and should be read in conjunction with the
Prospectus of Odetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated March 5, 1999
relating to the resale of 1,191,323 shares of Odetics' Class A common stock by
certain stockholders of Odetics. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Supplement No. 1 have the meanings given to them in the prospectus. The
information presented herein either supersedes and/or adds to similar
information included in the prospectus.

The information contained in the table under the caption "Selling
Stockholders" appearing on page 14 of the prospectus is hereby amended and
restated to indicate the number of shares being offered by the selling
stockholders named below.

Number of        Number of        Percent of   
Shares           Shares          Outstanding  
Beneficially     Registered for   Shares After the
Name of Selling Stockholder                       Owned         Sale Hereby         Offering                      
- ---------------------------                   -------------    --------------   ----------------

Catalyst Fund............................            44,242           44,242            --
Fleet (Catalyst).........................            22,266           22,266            --
Catalyst Fund (Bermuda), L.P.............            17,639           17,639            --
Opportunity Catalyst.....................            38,169           38,169            --
Farvane Limited..........................             6,651            6,651            --
Chamberlin II............................            21,976           21,976            --
Pinnacle.................................           100,000          100,000            --
Henry Partners...........................            47,736           37,736            *
Jonathan W. Old III......................            37,736           37,736            --
Tonga Partners L.P.......................           120,500           80,000            *
Pyramid Trading Limited Partnership......           233,963          233,963            --
Robert Lichtenstein......................           196,227          196,227            --
Deephaven Opportunity Trading............           150,943          150,943            --
Lorry Lichtenstein.......................           193,708          113,208           1.1%
Jacob Kiferbaum..........................            30,189           30,189            --
Sam Sallerson............................             6,708            6,708            --
Barry Seidman............................             6,708            6,708            --
Bruce Slovitt............................             6,708            6,798            --
Arnold Zousmer...........................            10,065           10,065            --
Sea Cap Investors LLC....................            30,189           30,189            --
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Total                                             1,322,323        1,191,323           1.1%

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*   Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of
Class A common stock, assuming the sale of all shares registered by this
prospectus.