Exhibit 23.1

                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We  consent  to  the incorporation by reference in Halifax  Corporation's
Registration  Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Halifax  Corporation
1994 Key Employee Stock Option Plan of our report dated September 7 1999,
with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Halifax Corporation  as
of  March 31, 1999 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of  the
two  years  in  the  period then ended included in Halifax  Corporation's
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2000.

                                      /s/Ernst & Young LLP
Washington, D.C.
July 7, 2000