UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2003

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                          EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Wisconsin
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                 (State or other jurisdiction or incorporation)


         0-14275                                          39-1515599
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(Commission File Number)                         (I.R.S. Employer I.D. Number)


         1806 New Britain Avenue
              Farmington, CT                                 06032
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

                                 (860) 677-2603
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              (Registrant's telephone number; including area code)



Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    (c) Exhibits

        99.1    Press Release dated August 5, 2003, announcing the Company's
                financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2003.


Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

         On August 5, 2003, EDAC Technologies Corporation announced its
financial results for the quarter ended June 28, 2003. The full text of the
press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

         The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall
not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Date:  August 5, 2003
                                         By:   /s/ Glenn L. Purple
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                                               Glenn L. Purple
                                               Vice President and Chief
                                               Financial Officer




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<Table>
<Caption>
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION
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   99.1     Press Release dated August 5, 2003, announcing the Company's
            financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2003.
</Table>





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