UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): August 3, 2006

                        NATIONAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           California                   0-16438                  95-4134955
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)     File Number)           Identification No.)

        24007 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
             Calabasas, California                              91302
   (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

                                 (818) 591-0776
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 7.01.        Regulation FD Disclosure.

      On August 3, 2006,  National  Technical  Systems,  Inc. (the "Registrant")
issued a press release announcing the purchase of the assets of Dynamic Labs, an
EMI and  environmental  testing  laboratory.  A copy  of the  press  release  is
attached  to this  Current  Report as Exhibit  99.1 and  incorporated  herein by
reference.

      The information in this Current Report and the exhibit  attached hereto is
being  furnished and shall not be deemed  "filed" for the purposes of Section 18
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  or otherwise subject to
the  liabilities of that Section.  The  information in this Current Report shall
not be  incorporated  by  reference  into any  registration  statement  or other
document  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The furnishing of
the  information  in this  Current  Report  is not  intended  to,  and does not,
constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or
that  the  information  this  Current  Report  contains  is  material   investor
information that is not otherwise publicly available.

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (d)         Exhibits.

Exhibit No.       Title
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99.1              Press  release   dated  August  3,  2006  entitled   "National
                  Technical  Systems,  Inc.  Acquires Assets of Dynamic Labs, an
                  EMI and Environmental Testing Lab."


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                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                  National Technical Systems, Inc.


Date:  August 3, 2006             By: /s/ Lloyd Blonder
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                                      Lloyd Blonder
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.       Title
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99.1              Press  release   dated  August  3,  2006  entitled   "National
                  Technical  Systems,  Inc.  Acquires Assets of Dynamic Labs, an
                  EMI and Environmental Testing Lab."


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