Exhibit 23.1

                    Consent of Independent Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
General Microwave Corporation:

We consent to incorporation  by reference in the Form 8-K of Herley  Industries,
Inc.  dated  March 4,  1999 of our  report  dated May 11,  1998,  which is based
partially upon the report of other  auditors,  with respect to the  consolidated
balance sheets of General Microwave  Corporation and subsidiaries as of February
28,  1998  and  1997,  and the  related  consolidated  statements  of  earnings,
stockholders'  equity,  and cash  flows for each of the years in the  three-year
period ended  February 28, 1998,  which report  appears in the February 28, 1998
annual report on Form 10-K of General Microwave Corporation and subsidiaries.

                                                  /s/   KPMG LLP
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                                                    KPMG LLP
Melville, New York
March 2, 1999

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