Exhibit 23(a)

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT

The Board of Directors
NAI Technologies, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of NAI Technologies, Inc. of our report 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, shareholder's 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
September 11, 1996