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                                                                     Exhibit 10

                             CONSULTANT AGREEMENT

This AGREEMENT made this twenty-third day of July 1998, between AXIOM INC. 
(the Company) and C. Thomas Faulders III, (the Consultant).

WHEREAS, the Consultant is desirous of obtaining the protections and benefits 
contained in this Agreement, in return for which he agrees to the restrictive 
covenants contained herein.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the facts, mutual promises, and covenants 
contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and 
the Consultant agree as follows:

1.  RETENTION AND DUTIES

    The Company hereby retains the Consultant and the Consultant hereby 
    agrees to serve as a consultant to the Company. The Consultant shall 
    initially serve as a director of the Company and as such, Chairman of the 
    Company's Board of Directors. In such capacity, the Consultant shall have 
    such powers and shall perform duties and services consistent with such 
    capacity as may be assigned or delegated to him from time-to-time by the 
    Board of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company shall be 
    entitled to remove Consultant from his position as Chairman of the 
    Company's Board of Directors at any time with or without cause (such 
    removal shall not alter the provisions of Section 4 hereof with respect 
    to the timing and terms by which the Company shall be entitled to 
    terminate this Agreement.) and the Company shall not be obligated to 
    nominate or cause the election of Consultant as a director of the 
    Company. The Consultant shall devote such business time and attention as 
    is agreed from time to time to the business and affairs of the Company, 
    such time not to be less than five days per calendar month and will use 
    his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company,


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2. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

(a)  The Company shall pay the Consultant a fee of $75,000 per annum prorated 
     for partial years, payable monthly in equal installments as invoiced by 
     the Consultant, which amount includes compensation to the Consultant in 
     his capacity as a director of the Company.

(b)  The Consultant shall be eligible for participation in the Share Option 
     Plan run by the Company as approved from time to time by the Board.

4.   TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT BY THE COMPANY.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any and all 
     of the Company's obligations or liabilities under this Agreement shall 
     be terminated immediately, in any of the following circumstances:

(a)  DEATH:

     If the Consultant dies, the further accrual of all payments and benefits 
     thereunder shall cease at the end of the month in which Consultant's 
     death shall occur. All payments and benefits thereunder which have 
     accrued prior to the end of such month shall be promptly paid to the 
     executor or administrator of Consultant's estate or pursuant to such 
     other specific directions as Consultant has previously provided to the 
     Company in writing.

(b)  DISCHARGE FOR CAUSE:

     The Company may discharge the Consultant at any time, for "cause", which 
     shall include but not be limited to criminal conduct (whether or not 
     related to the Consultant's employment) other that minor traffic 
     offenses; any material breach by the Consultant of this Agreement; gross 
     negligence or malfeasance by the Consultant in the performance of his 
     duties for the Company; self-dealing; and/or any violation of any 
     expressed direction or any reasonable rule or regulation established by 
     the Company from time-to-time regarding the conduct of its business.


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(c)  DISCHARGE FOR OTHER REASONS

     The Company may discharge the Consultant at any time, for any or no 
     reason, by providing three (3) months' prior written notice. At the 
     Company's option, the Company may elect to sever the Agreement with the 
     Consultant at any time during this three (3) month period, in which 
     event the Consultant shall be compensated for the remainder or said 
     three (3) month period.

5.   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY THE CONSULTANT:

     This Agreement may be terminated by the Consultant upon not less than 
     one (1) month's written notice to the Company. Upon the effective date 
     of such voluntary termination, any and all of the Company's obligations 
     under this Agreement shall terminate.

6.   PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETITION, INVENTIONS, ETC.

     The Company designs and manufactures various electronic equipment and 
     systems (hereinafter referred to as "Products"), and the Company is 
     unique in that it possesses expertise and "Know-How" in the design, 
     manufacture, and sale of Products. During the course of this Agreement 
     with the Company, the Consultant will have access to trade secrets, and 
     proprietary and confidential information pertaining to the Company and 
     its Products, such as, but not limited to, its short and long range 
     business plans, its processes and procedures, sales and distribution 
     methods, suppliers and customer lists, customer prospects, personnel 
     records, research and development projects, manufacturing processes, and 
     "Know-How" (all the foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Proprietary 
     Information"). This Proprietary Information was designed and developed 
     by the Company, at great expense and over lengthy periods of time, is 
     unique, secret, and confidential, and constitutes the exclusive property 
     and trade secrets of the Company, and any use of such property and trade 
     secrets by the Consultant, other than for the sole benefit of the 
     Company, would be wrongful and would cause irreparable injury to the 
     Company.


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     However, Proprietary Information shall not include information which has 
     become publicly known through no wrongful act of Consultant, 
     information which has been rightfully received from a third party 
     authorized to make such information available without restriction, 
     information which has been approved for release by written authorization 
     of the Company, and information which must be disclosed pursuant to 
     applicable law or in connection with the enforcement of the Agreement.

(a)  The Consultant shall not, at any time, without the expressed written 
     consent of the Company, publish, disclose or divulge to any person, 
     firm, corporation, or use directly, indirectly or for his own benefit or 
     the benefit of any person, firm, or corporation other than the Company, 
     Proprietary Information, property, trade secrets, or confidential 
     information of the Company, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates learned 
     or obtained by the Consultant from the Company, including, but not limited 
     to, the information and things set forth above. This obligation shall be 
     continuing and shall not end with the termination of this Agreement. 
     Consultant further agrees that, immediately upon the termination of this 
     Agreement, for any reason, he shall return to the Company all property 
     of the Company including, but not limited to, Proprietary Information.

(b)  The Consultant shall not, during the term of this Agreement and for 
     twelve (12) months after:
     (i)  Directly or indirectly induce or attempt to influence employee the
          Company to terminate his employment with the Company, if such 
          employee was employed by the Company at the time of the termination
          of this Agreement or if such employee terminated his employment
          for any reason during the six (6) months preceding the termination
          of this Agreement.


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    (ii)  Engage in (as a principal, partner, director, officer, agent, 
          consultant, employee, independent contractor, or otherwise) or be
          financially interested in, any business which is involved in business
          activities which are the same as, similar to, or in competition with 
          the Products. However, nothing contained in this sub-paragraph shall
          prevent the Consultant from being the holder or beneficial owner for
          investment purposes only of any class or equity securities of a 
          company whose securities are traded on a national securities exchange
          or NASDAQ if the Consultant (together with his spouse, children, 
          siblings, and parents) neither holds, nor is beneficially interested
          in, more that five percent (5%) of any single class of the securities
          in the company.

(c)  The Consultant shall not, for six (6) months after the termination of 
     this Agreement for any reason, without the prior written approval of the 
     Company, either solely or jointly with, or as manager or agent for, any 
     person, corporation, trust, joint venture, partnership, or other 
     business entity, directly or indirectly, solicit any customers or 
     accounts that were customers or accounts (or legal successors to 
     customers or accounts) of the Company during the term of this Agreement.)

(d)  The Consultant shall fully and promptly disclose and assign to the 
     Company for its sole benefit, to be utilized in any manner it sees fit, 
     and without additional compensation, all ideas, discoveries, inventions 
     and improvements, patentable or not, and all writings (including the 
     Copyright) which are made, conceived or reduced to practice by the 
     Consultant, alone or with others, during or after working hours, either 
     on or off the job during the term of his employment, or within six (6) 
     months thereafter, which are related to the Products, or which results 
     from tasks assigned to the Consultant by the Company. The Company may, 
     but is shall not be required to, obtain at its own expense and for its 
     sole benefit, patents or statutory copyright for any patentable idea or 
     copyrightable writing referred to above, and he shall co-operate with 
     the Company in executing any documents required in connection therewith.



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(e)  The Consultant acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this
     Paragraph 6, in view of the nature of the business in which the Company
     is engaged, are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate
     interests of the Company, and that any violation of those restrictions
     would result in irreparable injury to the Company. The Consultant 
     therefore agrees that in the event of his violation of any of those
     restrictions, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court of
     competent jurisdiction preliminary and permanent injunctive relief 
     against the Consultant, in addition to damages from the Consultant
     and an equitable accounting of all commissions, earnings, profits, and
     other benefits arising from such violation, which rights shall be
     cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the 
     Company may be entitled.

(f)  The Consultant agrees that if any or any portion of the foregoing
     covenants or the application thereof, is construed to be invalid or
     unenforceable, the remainder of such covenant or covenants or the 
     application thereof shall not be affected and the remaining covenant
     or covenants will then be given full force and effect without regard
     to the invalid or unenforceable portions. If any covenant is held to be
     unenforceable because of the area covered, the duration thereof, or the
     scope thereof, the Consultant agrees that the Court making such 
     determination shall have the power to reduce the area and/or the 
     duration, and/or limit the scope thereof, and the covenant shall then be
     enforceable in its reduced form.

7.   COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING.
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     This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding between the 
     parties in respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
     and contemporary agreements and understandings, inducements or 
     conditions, expressed or implied, written or oral, between the Company
     and the Consultant, and cannot or modified except by written agreement
     signed by the parties.

8.   BINDING EFFECT.
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     This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
     of the Company and its successors, and shall be binding upon the
     Consultant, his heirs and legal representatives.

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9.   NO ASSIGNMENT BY THE CONSULTANT.

     This Agreement is personal to the Consultant, and the Consultant may not 
     assign or delegate any of his rights or obligations hereunder without 
     first obtaining the express written consent of the Company.

10.  WAIVER OF RIGHTS.  If in one or more instances either party fails to 
     insist that the other party perform any of the terms of this Agreement, 
     such failure shall not be construed as a waiver by such party of any 
     past, present, or future right granted under this Agreement; the 
     obligations of both parties under this Agreement shall continue in full 
     force and effect.

11.  PRESUMPTIONS.

     This Agreement shall be interpreted without regard to any presumption or 
     rule requiring construction against the party who caused this Agreement 
     to be drafted.

12.  GOVERNING LAW.

     This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, 
     interpretation, performance, and enforcement shall be governed by and 
     construed in accordance with the law of New Jersey.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound, have 
executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.


                                         Axiom Inc.

/s/ C. Thomas Faulders III                /s/ Andrew P. Maunder
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C. Thomas Faulders III                             Andrew P. Maunder
                                                    President & CEO


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