Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


            In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Essex  Corporation  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 29, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), we, Joseph
R. Kurry,  Jr., Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Leonard E. Moodispaw,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
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.



Dated August 8, 2003            /S/ JOSEPH R. KURRY, JR.
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                                Joseph R. Kurry, Jr.
                                Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                Chief Financial Officer

Dated August 8, 2003            /S/ LEONARD E. MOODISPAW
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                                Leonard E. Moodispaw
                                President and Chief Executive Officer