EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
DRS Technologies, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated May 16, 2002, except for the first
paragraph of Note 18, which is as of May 28, 2002, and the second paragraph
of Note 18, which is as of May 29, 2002, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of DRS Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31,
2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholders' equity and comprehensive earnings, and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2002 and the related
consolidated financial statement schedule, which report appears in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of DRS Technologies, Inc., incorporated herein by
reference.

Our report refers to a change in accounting for business combinations and in
accounting for goodwill and intangible assets.


                                         KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
September 18, 2002