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COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED
                   CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
                                  (Jersey City NJ)                TRANSFER AGENT
                                                                   AND REGISTRAR
BY
                                                              AUTHORIZED OFFICER


         PARAVANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. [NAME CHANGED TO PARAVANT INC.]
              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
 
                                                               CUSIP 699376 10 9
                                             SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT


is the registered holder of
  

  FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.045 PER
                   SHARE, OF PARAVANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
 
     The shares evidenced by this Certificate are transferable only on the books
of  the  Corporation by  the  holder hereof,  in  person or  by  duly authorized
attorney or legal  representative, upon surrender  of this Certificate  properly
endorsed.  This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to all
the provisions of the  Articles of Incorporation and  Bylaws of the  Corporation
and  any  and all  amendments  thereto (copies  of which  are  on file  with the
Transfer Agent). The shares represented by this Certificate are not deposits  or
accounts and are not federally insured or guaranteed.
 
     This  Certificate is not  valid unless countersigned  and registered by the
Transfer Agent and Registrar.
 
     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
executed by the  facsimile  signatures of its duly  authorized  officers and has
caused its facsimile seal to be affixed hereto.
 
DATED: 

WILLIAM R. CRAVEN                           KRISHAN K. JOSHI

Secretary                      [SEAL]       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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                        PARAVANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.


     THE CORPORATION  WILL FURNISH TO EACH  SHAREHOLDER UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT
CHARGE,  A FULL STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATION,  RELATIVE RIGHTS,  PREFERENCES AND
LIMITATIONS  OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS  AUTHORIZED  TO BE ISSUED  AND,  IF THE
CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ANY CLASS OF PREFERRED SHARES IN SERIES,  THE
DESIGNATION, RELATIVE RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF EACH SUCH SERIES SO
FAR AS THE SAME HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THE  AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO DESIGNATE AND
FIX THE RELATIVE RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF OTHER SERIES.
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              KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT LOST, STOLEN OR
            DESTROYED,  THE  CORPORATION  MAY,  IN   ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
            CORPORATIION'S RESTATED AND AMENDED BY-LAWS, REQUIRE A BOND OF
            INDEMNITY  AS  A  CONDITION  TO  THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT
            CERTIFICATE.
 
 
 
     The following  abbreviations,  when used in the  inscription on the face of
this  Certificate,  shall  be  construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM-- as tenants in common           UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--_____Custodian______
TEN ENT-- as tenants by the entireties                      (Cust)       (Minor)
JT TEN--  as joint tenants with right of           under Uniform Gifts to Minors
         survivorship and not as          Act___________________________________
         tenants in common                                  (State)


      Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto 
 
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
   IDENTIFYING NUMBER OR ASSIGNEE 
 
[                 ]
 
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 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------Shares
of  the  common  stock evidenced by this Certificate, and do hereby  irrevocably
constitute and appoint

----------------------------------------------------------------------, Attorney
to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation with  full  power of
substitution.

Dated____________________________


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                  NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO  THIS  ASSIGMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH
                          THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON  THE  FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE
                          IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT
                          OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.




Signature Guaranteed:


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THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE
GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,  SAVINGS
AND   LOAN   ASSOCIATIONS  AND  CREDIT  UNIONS  WITH
MEMBERSHIP   IN   AN  APPROVED  SIGNATURE  GUARANTEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17ad-15.

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