STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


          AGREEMENT made as of this 17th day of September 1998

between MILTOPE GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (the

"Company"), and WILLIAM L. DICKINSON  residing at 2350 Woodley

Road, Montgomery, Alabama  36111 (the "Director").

          WHEREAS, the Company desires, in connection with the

service of the Director on the Board of Directors of the Company,

to provide the Director with an opportunity to acquire Common

Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the

Company on favorable terms;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the

mutual covenants herein set forth and other good and valuable

consideration, the Company and the Director hereby agree as

follows:

          1.   Confirmation of Grant of Option.  Pursuant to a

determination by the Board of Directors of the Company made as of

September 17, 1998 (the "Date of Grant"), the Company hereby

confirms that the Director has been granted effective September

17, 1998 as a matter of separate inducement and agreement, and in

addition to and not in lieu of salary or other compensation for

services to be rendered by the Director, the right to purchase

(the "Option") 11,764 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of

the Company (the "Shares"), subject to adjustment as provided in

Section 7 hereof.

          2.   Purchase Price.  The purchase price per share of

the Shares will be $1.275 per share, subject to adjustment as

provided in Section 7 hereof.

          3.   Exercise of Option.  The Option may be exercised

at any time during its term pursuant to the provisions of

Sections 9 and 14 hereof.  Except as provided in Section 6

hereof, the Option can only be exercised while the Director is a

member of the Board of Directors of the Company or within one (1)

year after the termination of the Director's services as a

director of the Company.

          4.   Term of Option.  The term of the Option shall be a

period of ten (10) years from the Date of Grant, subject to

earlier termination or cancellation as provided in this

Agreement.  The Option may not be exercised after the expiration

of its term.

          The holder of the option will not have any rights to

dividends or any other rights of a stockholder with respect to

any share subject to the Option until it has been issued to him

(as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of a duly

authorized transfer agent of the Company).  The date of issuance

shall not be earlier than the Closing Date, as defined in Section

9 hereof.

          5.   Non-transferability of option.  The Option is not

transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and

distribution and the Option may be exercised during the lifetime

of the Director only by him.  More particularly, but without

limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Option may not be

assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or pledged or

hypothecated in any way (voluntarily or involuntarily), and is

not subject to execution, attachment or other process.  Any

assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition

of the Option attempted contrary to the provisions of this

Agreement, or any levy of execution, attachment or other process

attempted upon the Option, will be null and void and without

effect.  Any attempt to make any such assignment, transfer,

pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Option or any

attempt to make any such levy of execution, attachment or other

process will cause the Option to terminate immediately upon the

happening of any such event if the Board of Directors of the

Company, at any time, should, in its sole discretion, so elect,

by written notice to the Director or to the person then entitled

to exercise the Option; provided, however, that any such

termination of the Option under the foregoing provisions of this

Section 5 will not prejudice any rights or remedies which the

Company or any subsidiary thereof may have under this Agreement

or otherwise.

          6.   Exercise Upon Death.  If the Director dies while

still a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or within

one (1) year after the Director's service as a director of the

Company has terminated, the Option may be exercised to the extent

the Director would have been entitled under Section 3 hereof to

exercise the Option on the day next preceding the date of his

death, by the estate of the deceased Director, or by any person

who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or

inheritance or by reason of the death of the Director, at any

time within six (6) months after his death, at the end of which

period the Option shall terminate.  Such period shall in no event

extend the date of exercise of the Option beyond the term thereof

as provided in Section 4.

          7.   Adjustments.  In the event of a stock dividend,

stock split, share combination, exchange of shares,

recapitalization, merger, consolidation, acquisition or

disposition of property or shares, reorganization, liquidation or

other similar changes or transactions of or by the Company, the

Board of Directors of the Company will make (or will undertake to

have the Board of Directors of any corporation which merges with,

or acquires the stock or assets of, the Company make) an

adjustment of the number or class of shares then covered by the

Option, or of the purchase price per share of the Shares, or

both, as it in its sole discretion deems appropriate to give

proper effect to the event.

          8.   Registration.  The Company may register or qualify

the Shares for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the "Securities Act"), at any time prior to or after the

exercise in whole or in part of the Option.

          9.   Method of Exercise of Option.  The Option is

exercisable by notice and payment to the Company in accordance

with the procedure prescribed herein.  Each such notice will:

               (a)  State the election to exercise the Option and

the number of shares in respect of which it is being exercised;

               (b)  Contain a representation and agreement as to

investment intent, if required by counsel to the Company with

respect to such Shares, in form satisfactory to counsel for the

Company; and

               (c)  Be signed by the person entitled to exercise

the Option and, if the Option is being exercised by any person

other than the Director, be accompanied by proof, satisfactory to

counsel for the Company, of the right of that person to exercise

the Option.

          Upon receipt of such notice, the Company will specify,

by written notice to the person exercising the Option, a date and

time (the "Closing Date") and place for payment of the full

purchase price of such Shares.  The Closing Date will be not more

than fifteen days from the date the notice of exercise is

received by the Company unless another date is agreed upon by the

Company and the person exercising the Option or is required upon

advice of counsel for the Company in order to meet the

requirements of Section 10 hereof.

          Payment of the purchase price will be made at the place

specified by the Company on or before the Closing Date by

delivering to the Company a certified or bank cashier's check

payable to the order of the Company.  The Option will be deemed

to have been exercised with respect to any particular shares of

Common Stock if, and only if, the preceding provisions of this

Section 9 and the provisions of Section 10 hereof shall have been

complied with, in which event the Option will be deemed to have

been exercised on the Closing Date.  Anything in this Agreement

to the contrary notwithstanding, any notice of exercise given

pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9 will be void and of

no effect if all the preceding provisions of this Section 9 and

the provisions of Section 10 have not been complied with.  The

certificate(s) for shares of Common Stock as to which the Option

shall be exercised will be registered in the name of the person

exercising the Option (or, if the Option is exercised by the

Director and if the Director so requests in the notice exercising

the Option, will be registered in the name of the Director and

another person jointly, with right of survivorship) and will be

delivered on the Closing Date to the person exercising the Option

at the place specified for the closing, but only upon compliance

with all of the provisions of this Agreement.  If the Director

fails to accept delivery of and pay for all or any part of the

number of shares specified in the notice upon tender or delivery

thereof on the Closing Date, his right to exercise the Option

with respect to those undelivered shares may be terminated in the

sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company.  The

Option may be exercised only with respect to full shares.

          10.  Approval of Counsel.  The exercise of the Option

and the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant

thereto is subject to approval by the Company's counsel of all

legal matters in connection therewith, including compliance with

the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations

thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which

the Common Stock may then be listed.

          11.  Resale of Common Stock.  Before any sale or

transfer of the Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the

Option, the Director will deliver to the Company an opinion of

counsel satisfactory to counsel for the Company to the effect

that either (i) the Common Stock to be sold or transferred has

been registered under the Securities Act and that there is in

effect a current prospectus meeting the requirements of

Subsection 10(a) of the Securities Act which is being or will be

delivered to the purchaser or transferee at or prior to the time

of delivery of the certificates evidencing the Common Stock to be

sold or transferred, or (ii) such Common Stock may then be sold

without violating Section 5 of the Securities Act.

          The Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Option

shall bear the following legend if required by counsel for the

Company:

          

          THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
          SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE
          DISPOSED OF UNLESS THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN REGISTERED
          UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
          UNLESS, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, SUCH
          REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

          12.  Reservation of Shares.  The Company shall at all

times during the term of the Option reserve and keep available a

number of shares of the class of stock then subject to the Option

sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement.

          13.  Limitation of Action.  The Director and the

Company each acknowledges that every right of action accruing to

him or it, as the case may be, and arising out of or in

connection with this Agreement against the Company or a

subsidiary thereof, on the one hand, or against the Director, on

the other hand, will, irrespective of the place where an action

may be brought, cease and be barred by the expiration of three

years from the date of the act or omission in respect of which

such right of action arises.

          14.  Notices.  Each notice relating to this Agreement

shall be in writing and delivered in person or by certified mail

to the proper address.  All notices to the Company will be

addressed to it at 500 Richardson Road, Hope Hull, Alabama 36043.

All notices to the Director or other person then entitled to

exercise the Option will be addressed to the Director or other

person at the Director's address above specified.  Anyone to whom

a notice may be given under this Agreement may designate a new

address by notice to that effect.

          15.  Benefits of Agreement.  This Agreement will inure

to the benefit of and be binding upon each successor and assign

of the Company.  All obligations imposed upon the Director and

all rights granted to the Company under this Agreement will be

binding upon the Director's heirs, legal representatives and

successors.

          16.  Severability.  In the event that any provision of

this Agreement shall be deemed to be illegal or unenforceable,

that illegality or unenforceability will not affect the validity

and enforceability of the remaining legal and enforceable

provisions hereof, which shall be construed as if the illegal or

unenforceable provision had not been inserted.

          17.  Governing Law.  This Agreement will be construed

and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this

Agreement to be executed in its name by its President and its

corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its

Secretary and the Director has hereunto set his hand all as of

the day, month and year first above written.



ATTEST:

MILTOPE GROUP INC.



/s/ Edward F. Crowell                    By:/s/ James E. Matthews
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 Edward F. Crowell, Secretary                     James E. Matthews,
                                                 President and Chief
                                                  Executive Officer


                                            /s/ William L. Dickinson
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                                                William L. Dickinson