EXHIBIT 23


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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We have issued our report dated February 8, 2002, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements and schedules incorporated in the annual Report of Allied
Research Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. We
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the
Registration Statements of Allied Research Corporation on Forms S-8 (File No.
2-96771, effective April 22, 1985, File No. 33-25677 effective December 14,
1988, File No. 33-41422 effective June 27, 1992, File No. 33-45303 effective
January 24, 1993, File No. 33-57170 effective January 19, 1994, and File No.
33-57172 effective January 19, 1994 and Form S-8 filed March 20, 1998 and June
27, 2001).


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
February 8, 2002