UNITED STATES
          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
                      
                     AMENDMENT #1
                       FORM 10-K


    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
              SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year                               Commission File
Ended March 31, 1997                              Number 0-7445

                   DATRON SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
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      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Delaware                                       95-2582922
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(State of Incorporation)                     (I.R.S. Employer Ident.No.)

304 Enterprise Street, Escondido, California      92029-1297
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(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)
     
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (760) 747-3734

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None

       Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                  Common Stock, par value $0.01
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                           (Title of Class)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  X    No__.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filings pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ( X )

The aggregate market value of the voting stock (which consists solely of
shares of Common Stock) held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of
June 17, 1997 was $25.6 million, based on the closing price on that date
on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of
common stock as of June 17, 1997 was:  Common Stock, par value $0.01 --
2,664,416 shares.

                   DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

1.   Certain portions of registrant's Annual Proxy Statement to be filed
     pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended, in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
     of the registrant to be held August 18, 1997 are incorporated by
     reference into Part III of this report.

2.   Items contained in the above-referenced document which are not
     specifically incorporated by reference are not included in this
     report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date:   June 26, 1997         DATRON SYSTEMS INCORPORATED


                              By:  /s/  DAVID A. DERBY
                                   David A. Derby
                                   President, Chief Executive
                                   Officer and Director