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Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

        In connection with the amended Annual Report of Axsys Technologies, Inc (the "Company") on Form 11-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2002 (the "Report"), I, David A. Almeida, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and



(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

July 29, 2003

/s/ David A. Almeida David A. Almeida
Chief Financial Officer

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350