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                                                               Exhibit 23


                          Independent Auditors' Report




The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Analysis and Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Analysis &
Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1998. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Analysis &
Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998 and 1997 and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.



                                       KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Providence, Rhode Island
May 1, 1998
