Exhibit 23




                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.:


We consent to incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements (Nos.
33-85957,  33-24073,  33-46868,  33-57324, 33-66666 and 33-66664) on Form S-8 of
NAI  Technologies,  Inc.  of our reports  dated  March 1, 1996,  relating to the
consolidated  balance sheets of NAI  Technologies,  Inc. and  subsidiaries as of
December  31,  1995  and  1994,  and  the  related  consolidated  statements  of
operations,  shareholders'  equity,  and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period  ended  December 31, 1995,  and related  financial  statement
schedule,  which reports appear in the December 31, 1995,  annual report on Form
10-K of NAI Technologies, Inc.




                                            KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Boulder, Colorado
March 1, 1996