POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Ray Keeler, by this means appoint Kimberly J. DeChello, of Essex
Corporation, 9150 Guilford Road, city of Columbia, county of Howard, state of
Maryland, with full power and authority to sign, execute, and acknowledge U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission documents as fully and to the same extent as
if such U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents were signed by self,
and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents ratifies and confirms all
the acts of such attorney in fact done pursuant to the power conferred here.






/s/ Ray Keeler                                       07/26/2004
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Ray Keeler                                  Date



/s/ Kimberly J. DeChello                             07/26/2004
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Kimberly J. DeChello                        Date