EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Essex Corporation

         We  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Form  S-2
Registration Statement of Essex Corporation of our report dated January 10, 2003
relating to the balance  sheet of Sensys  Development  Laboratories,  Inc. as of
September  30,  2002  and the  related  statements  of  operations,  changes  in
stockholders'  equity and cash flows for the years ended  September 30, 2002 and
2001 and to all references to our Firm included in the Registration Statement.


                                                              STEGMAN & COMPANY


Baltimore, Maryland
April 29, 2003