UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, DC 20549

                                  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)       December 14, 2004
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                      ENGINEERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           MISSOURI                  0-13880                 43-1313242
  (State of Incorporation)     (Commission File No.)       (IRS Employer
                                                         Identification No.)


201 Evans Lane, St. Louis, Missouri                            63121
(Address of principal executive officer)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (314) 553-4000



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Item  2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

              On December 14, 2004, Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
              issued a press release announcing its financial results
              for the year ended October 31, 2004. A copy of that press
              release is filed as an exhibit to this report and is
              incorporated here by reference.

              The information in this report, including the exhibit,
              shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of
              the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject
              to the liabilities of that section.

Item  9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

              (c) The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

              Exhibit Number                     Description
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                    99         Press Release dated December 14, 2004, issued by
                               Engineered Support Systems, Inc.


                                 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.

                             ENGINEERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC.


Date: December 14, 2004      BY: /s/ Gary C. Gerhardt
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                                     Gary C. Gerhardt
                                     Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer


                                EXHIBIT INDEX

              Exhibit Number                     Description
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                    99         Press Release dated December 14, 2004, issued by
                               Engineered Support Systems, Inc.