EXHIBIT 23.8


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated March 7, 1997, with respect to the combined financial
statements of Lockheed Martin Communications Systems Division as of and for the
year ended December 31, 1996 (not presented separately herein) and for the year
ended December 31, 1995, included in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of L-3 Communications Corporation
for the registration of its 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008.


                                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Washington, D.C.
January 13, 1999