8-K

                       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) September 5, 1996
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                                   Adage, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




    Pennsylvania                       33-31797                  04-2225121
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                  400 Willowbrook Lane, West Chester, Pa 19382



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code 610-430-3900
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)






ITEM 5 - OTHER EVENTS

THE REGISTRANT ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ANNOUNCING A
$40,000,000 CONTRACT WITH THE U.S. ARMY. THE PRESS RELEASE IS APPENDED AS
EXHIBIT 1.





Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.



                                                     ADAGE, INC.



                                                     /s/ Robert T. Holland
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                                                     Robert T. Holland
                                                     Vice President - Finance


Date:   September 5, 1996

EX-99.1

                                    EXHIBIT 1

                              Summary:          Adage, Inc. announces
                                                $40,000,000 contract with the
                                                U.S. Army.



                              Company Contact:  Donald F.U. Goebert
                                                Chairman & President
                                                Adage, Inc.
                                                (610) 430-3900
  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

         WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, September 5, 1996..... ADAGE, INC.
(NASDAQ:ADGE), announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, RELM Communications,
located in Melbourne, Florida, has received a contract for approximately
$40,000,000 from the U.S. Army for wireless communications equipment.

         "This significant contract demonstrates that RELM continues to build
momentum within the Wireless Communications Industry," according to Donald
Goebert, President of Adage, Inc. "We have worked with the U.S. Army on previous
contracts and they have gained confidence in RELM and know that we will meet
their delivery timetable and performance standards."

         This contract, which is for land-mobile radio equipment, will cover a
five year period, and will result in annual deliveries of RELM equipment worth
between $7,000,000 and $8,600,000, starting January 1997. In April RELM entered
into a $3,700,000 extension of an earlier contract with the U. S. Army to
provide radio equipment to be delivered in the 3rd and 4th quarters of 1996 and
the 1st quarter of 1997.

         Adage, Inc., through its subsidiary, RELM Communications, is a producer
of wireless communications equipment and electronic products, and also has
interests in paperboard manufacturing. RELM Communications specializes in the
compact yet highly sophisticated land-mobile communications equipment required
in the tough operating environments encountered by police, firefighters and
military personnel.
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