EXHIBIT 32.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of Herley Industries,  Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended  August  1,  2004,  as filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Thomas
V. Gilboy, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  hereby certify,  pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.


                                        Date:    October 15, 2004

                                        By:      /s/ Thomas V. Gilboy
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                                        Name:     Thomas V. Gilboy
                                        Title:   Chief Executive Officer