Exhibit 23.1




                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
KVH Industries, Inc. and Subsidiary:

          We  consent  to  incorporation,   by  reference  in  the  Registration
     Statement No.  333-01258 on Form S-8, of our report dated February 3, 1998,
     relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of KVH Industries,  Inc., and
     subsidiary  as of  December  31,  1997 and  December  1996 and the  related
     consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows and
     related  schedule  for each of the fiscal  years in the  three-year  period
     ended  December  31,  1997,  which  report  on the  consolidated  financial
     statements  included  herein and which  report on the  related  schedule is
     included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of KVH Industries, Inc., for the
     fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.


       /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

       Providence, Rhode Island
       March 24, 1998