FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549







OMB APPROVAL











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 	Check this box if no 
longer subject to Section 16.  
Form 4 or Form 5  obligations 
may continue.  See Instruction 
1(b)
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP











Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of
 1940










1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

Reissman, Bruce

2.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Orbit International Corp. ("ORBT")





6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

      x    Director	               10% Owner
      x     Officer (give            Other (specify
title below)
below)

Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
and Director




   (Last)	(First)	  (Middle)  
c/o 80 Cabot Court

3.	IRS or Social Security Number of 
Reporting Person (Voluntary)





4.	Statement for 
Month/Year
December, 1997 





	(Street)
Hauppauge, New York 11788





5.   If Amendment,            
Date of Original            
(Month/Year)     






   (City)	(State)	  (Zip)  


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned









1.	Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2.
	Tra
ns-action 
Date

    (Month/          
Day/
     Year)

3.
	Tra
ns-
action
Code
(Instr. 8)

4.	Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)


5.	Amount 
of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned at
End of
Month

(Instr. 3 and 4)
6.
	Ow
ner-ship
Form:
Direct
(D) or 
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
7.
	Nat
ure
of In-
direct
Bene-
ficial
Owner-
ship
(Instr. 4)




Code
V
Amount
(A) or 
(D)
Price









   



































FORM 4 (continued)
	Table II - Derivative 
Securities Acquired, Disposed of, 
or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, 
options, convertible securities)
















1.	Title of 
Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
	
Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deriv-
ative
Security
3.
	T
rans-
action
Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)
4.
	Tr
ansac-
tion Code

(Instr. 8)

5.	Number of 
Deriv-
ative Securities Acquired (A) 
or
Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6.	Date Exer-
cisable and Ex-
piration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7.	Title and Amount of 
Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price
of
Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ity
(Instr.
5)
9.
	Nu
mber
of Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
at End
of
Month
(Instr. 4)
10.
	
Owner-
ship
Form
of De-
rivative
Secu-
rity;
Direct
(D) or
Indi-
rect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11.
	Na
- -
ture
of In-
direct
Bene-
ficial
Own-
ership
(Instr. 4)








Date
Exer-
cisable
Expira-
tion
Date
Title
Amount or
Number of
Shares








Code
V
(A)
(D)









Employee Stock 
Option (right to buy) 

$2.44
12/3/97
A
V
35,000 (1)

12/3/97
12/3/07
Common Stock
35,000

295,000



































Explanation of Responses:

(1)  Granted to the Reporting Person under the Company's 1995 Employee Stock
 Option Plan.



															  /s/Bruce Reissman                         1/11/98
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
 Violations.					**Signature of Reporting Person             Date      
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
 owned directly or indirectly.	Page 4 of 2
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