EXHIBIT 3(a)

                                  ADDITIONS TO
                             ARTICLE III OF AMENDED
              AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF ALLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION

     SECTION 9.  Record Date for Action by Written Consent.

          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resoluiton fixing the record date is adopted by the board of
Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize
or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the
Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of
Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date
on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date
(unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors
pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9). If no record date has been
fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9
or otherwise within ten (10) days of the date on which such a request is
received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board
of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a
signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is
delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware,
its principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the Corporation
having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors
and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action
in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on
which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

     SECTION 10.  Inspectors of Written Consent.

          In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by Section 9, to
the Corporation of the requisite written consent or consents to take corproate
action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall
engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing
promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations.
For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action
by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the
independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the consents delivered to
the Corporation in accordance with Section 9 represent at least the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary to take the corporate action. Nothing
contained in this Section 10 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply
that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest
the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such
certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action
(including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution, or defense of any
litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such
ligitation).

     SECTION 11.  Effectiveness of Written Consent.

          Every written consent shall bear the signature of each stockholder who
signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the
corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the
earliest dated written consent received in accordance with Section 9, a written
consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take such action
are delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in Section 9. Any
stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize to take
corporate action by written consent shall deliver the initial written consent
received by it to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by Section 9 as soon
as received by such stockholder.