Exhibit 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use of our reports  included in the  registration statement on
Form  S-1 of NAI  Technologies,  Inc.  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  schedule,  and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts".

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Boulder, Colorado
August 20, 1996