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                                                                   Exhibit 10(l)

      AGREEMENT made this 3rd day of March 2003 by and between EDO Corporation,
a New York Corporation having its office and principal place of business at 60
East 42nd Street, Suite 5010, New York, NY 10165 (the "Company") and Frederic B.
Bassett, residing at 205 Weston Road, Weston, CT 06883 ("Executive").

                                W I T N E S E TH:

      WHEREAS, the Company considers it essential to the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders that its management (including Executive) be
encouraged to remain with the Company and to continue to devote full attention
to the Company's business in the event of a "Change in Control" (paragraph 9.1)
or a "Potential Change in Control" (paragraph 9.2).

      WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that the possibility of a Change in
Control or a Potential Change in Control and the uncertainty and questions,
which either event may raise among management, may result in the departure or
distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its
stockholders;

      WHEREAS, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") has determined
that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued
attention and dedication of members of the Company's management to their
assigned duties without distraction in the face of the potentially disturbing
circumstances arising from a Change in Control or a Potential Change in Control;

      WHEREAS, the Company believes Executive has made valuable contributions to
the productivity and profitability of the Company;

      WHEREAS, should a Potential Change in Control occur, the Board believes it
imperative that the Company and the Board be able to rely upon the Executive to
continue in his position, and that the Company be able to receive and rely upon
his advice as to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders without
concern that he might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks
created by such event; and

      WHEREAS, should a Potential Change in Control occur, in addition to the
Executive's regular duties, he may be called upon to assist in the assessment of
any proposals of any person concerning the possible business combination of the
Company or acquisition of equity securities of the Company, advise management
and the Board as to whether such proposals would be in the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders, and to take such other actions as the Board might
determine to be appropriate;

      NOW, THEREFORE, to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the
Company so that the Company will have the continued undivided attention and
services of the Executive and the availability of his advice and counsel during
the period of a Change in Control or a Potential Change in Control, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the Company and Executive agree as
follows:
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                                     GENERAL

      1. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide Executive with "Special
Severance Pay Benefits" in the event of, or following, a Change In Control. The
term Change in Control is defined in paragraph 9.1 of this Agreement. The
benefits available to Executive in the event of, or following, a Change in
Control are provided for in Articles 2 through 7 of this Agreement.

      2. This Agreement shall expire as of December 31, 2003; provided however,
in the event there is an intervening Change in Control, such expiration shall
become void and of no effect whatsoever. In the event there is an intervening
Potential Change in Control, this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect following such Potential Change in Control; provided, however, this
Agreement shall then expire automatically as of the date which is eighteen
months following the commencement of such Potential Change in Control in the
event no Change in Control occurs within such eighteen month period.

      3. This Agreement may be renewed each year by mutual consent of the
Company and Executive by the issuance of a letter of notification and agreement
to that effect.

                                    ARTICLE 1
                              PRINCIPAL UNDERTAKING

      1.1 If (a) following a Potential Change in Control (provided a Change in
Control occurs within eighteen months thereafter) or (b) within a one and
one-half (1-1/2) year period after a Change in Control shall have occurred,
Executive's employment shall have been terminated by the Company without "Cause"
(paragraph 10.2) or by Executive in a "Termination for Good Reason" (Article
11), then Executive shall be paid by the Company subject to Article 6, the
following "Special Severance Pay Benefits":

            -     Current Salary and Other Compensation Benefits (Article 2);

            -     Other Salary and Incentive Compensation Benefits (Article 3);

            -     Pension Benefit Adjustment (Article 4)

            -     Stock Option Adjustment (Article 5); and

            -     Tax Adjustment (Article 6).

      1.2 The total of the amounts to be paid under Articles 3 through 6,
subject to any taxes required to be withheld, shall be paid to Executive as
follows: (A) in a lump sum, on or before the fifth day following "Date of
Employment Termination " (paragraph 13.2); or (B) at Executive's option, in
monthly installments not to exceed an 18 month period, commencing the fifth day
of the month following the Date of Employment Termination, if written
notification by the Executive is received by the Company within three days
following the Date of Employment Termination.

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      1.3 The amount of any loan or advance to Executive shall be due and
payable as of the Date of Employment Termination. The Company shall have no
right of setoff against any amount due Executive under this Agreement, except
that the Company may set off against such amount the balance of any loan or
advance which remains unpaid after the third day following the Date of
Employment Termination.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                 CURRENT SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION BENEFITS

      Payment of this portion of Special Severance Pay Benefits shall consist of
the following:

            -     Executive's full base salary through the Date of Employment
                  Termination, at the rate in effect ten (10) days prior to the
                  Date of Employment Termination; plus

            -     Executive's full base salary earned from the beginning of the
                  calendar year in which the Date of Employment Termination
                  occurs through the Date of Employment Termination multiplied
                  by the greater of (a) twenty percent (20%) or (b) the
                  percentage which is equal to the highest percentage of base
                  salary paid as a bonus to Executive for any of the three
                  calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the Date
                  of Employment Termination occurs, in either case, reduced by
                  any installment of cash bonus previously paid by the Company
                  to Executive for the calendar year in which the Date of
                  Employment Termination occurs, plus

            -     The full amount, if any, of any incentive or special award,
                  which Executive earned but which, has not yet been paid.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                OTHER SALARY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION BENEFITS

      Payment of this portion of Special Severance Pay Benefits shall consist of
an amount equal to one and one-half (1-1/2) times the sum of (a) Executive's
annual base salary, at the highest rate in effect at any time up to Date of
Employment Termination (the "Highest Base Salary") and (b) and amount equal to
the Highest Base Salary multiplied by the greater of (i) twenty percent (20%) or
(ii) the percentage which is equal to the highest percentage of base salary paid
as a bonus to Executive for any of the three calendar years preceding the
calendar year in which the Date of Employment Termination occurs.

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                                    ARTICLE 4
                           PENSION ADJUSTMENT PAYMENT

      Payment of this portion of Special Severance Pay Benefits shall consist of
the following:

            -     An amount which, as of the Date of Employment Termination, is
                  equal to the present value (calculated at the GATT discount
                  rate in effect as of the Date of Employment Termination) of
                  (x) the Lump Sum Value of the Retirement Pension (paragraph
                  13.1) to which Executive would have been entitled if the one
                  and one-half (1-1/2) years after the Date of Employment
                  Termination were added to his Credited Service under the EDO
                  Corporation Employees Pension Plan, reduced by (y) the Lump
                  Sum Value of the Retirement Pension to which Executive will be
                  entitled under the terms of such plan based upon termination
                  of employment as of the Date of Employment Termination and
                  assuming commencement of payment of Executive's pension
                  benefits at age 65.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                             STOCK OPTION ADJUSTMENT

      The "Stock Option Adjustment" portion of Special Severance Pay Benefits
shall be payable if, after a Change in Control, Executive elects, pursuant to
options issued to him under the 1996 or 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan or any
predecessor or successor plans, to elect stock appreciation rights and shall
consist of an amount equal to (a) the number of common shares as to which
Executive shall have made such election, multiplied by (b) the excess, if any,
of (x) the highest price per share actually paid in connection with any Change
in Control, over (y) the fair market value of a common share on the date of such
election.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                                      TAXES

      6.1 In the event that any amount or benefit paid or distributed to
Executive pursuant to this Agreement, taken together with any amounts or
benefits otherwise paid or distributed to Executive by the Company or any
affiliated company (collectively, the "Covered Payments"), would be an "excess
parachute payment" as defined in Section 280G of the Code and would thereby
subject Executive to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed under Section 4999 of
the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), the provisions of
this Article 6 shall apply to determine the amounts payable to Executive
pursuant to this Agreement.

      6.2 Immediately following Date of Employment Termination, the Company
shall notify Executive of the aggregate present value of all termination
benefits to which he would be entitled under this Agreement and any other plan,
program or arrangement as of the projected date of termination, together with
the projected maximum payments, determined as of such projected date of
termination that could be paid without Executive being subject to the Excise
Tax.

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      6.3 If the aggregate value of all compensation payments or benefits to be
paid or provided to Executive under this Agreement and any other plan, agreement
or arrangement with the Company is less than 105% of the amount which can be
paid to Executive without Executive incurring an Excise Tax, then the amounts
payable to Executive under this Agreement may, in the discretion of the Company,
be reduced but not below zero, the maximum amount which may be paid hereunder
without Executive becoming subject to such an Excise Tax (such reduced payments
to be referred to as the "Payment Cap"). In the event that Executive receives
reduced payments and benefits hereunder, Executive shall have the right to
designate which of the payments and benefits otherwise provided for in this
Agreement that he will receive in connection with the application of the Payment
Cap.

      6.4 If the aggregate value of all compensation payments or benefits to be
paid or provided to Executive under this Agreement and any other plan, agreement
or arrangement with the Company is greater than 105% of the amount which can be
paid to Executive without Executive incurring an Excise Tax, the Company shall
pay to Executive immediately following Executive's termination of employment an
additional amount (the "Tax Adjustment") such that the net amount retained by
Executive with respect to such Covered Payments, after deduction of any Excise
Tax on the Covered Payments and any federal, state and local income tax and
Excise Tax on the Tax Adjustment provided for by this Article 6, but before
deduction for any federal, state or local income or employment tax withholding
on such Covered Payments, shall be equal to the amount of Covered Payments.

      6.5 For purposes of determining whether any of the Covered Payments will
be subject to the Excise Tax, and the amount of such Excise Tax,

      (a) Such Covered Payments will be treated as "parachute payments" within
the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and all "parachute payments" in excess
of the "base amount" (as defined under Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) shall be
treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless and except to the extent that, in
the good faith judgment of the Company's independent certified public
accountants appointed prior to the Effective Date or tax counsel selected by
such Accountants (the "Accountants"), the Company has a reasonable basis to
conclude that such Covered Payments (in whole or in part) either do not
constitute "parachute payments" or represent reasonable compensation for person
services actually rendered (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the
Code) in excess of the "base amount," or such "parachute payments" are otherwise
not subject to such Excise Tax, and

      (b) The value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit
shall be determined by the Accountants in accordance with the principles of
Section 280G of the Code.

      6.6 For purposes of determining whether Executive would receive a greater
net after-tax benefit were the amounts payable under this Agreement reduced in
accordance with Paragraph 6.3, Executive shall be deemed to pay:

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      (a) Federal income taxes at the highest applicable marginal rate of
federal income taxation for the calendar year in which the first amounts are to
be paid hereunder, and

      (b) Any applicable state and local income taxes at the highest applicable
marginal rate of taxation for such calendar year, net of the maximum reduction
in federal income taxes which could be obtained from the deduction of such state
or local taxes if paid in such year.

      6.7 If Executive receives reduced payments and benefits under this Article
6, or this Article 6 is determined not to be applicable to Executive because the
Accountants conclude that Executive is not subject to any Excise Tax, and in
either case it is thereafter established pursuant to a final determination of a
court or an Internal Revenue Service proceeding (a "Final Determination") that,
notwithstanding the good faith or Executive and the Company in applying the
terms of this Agreement, the aggregate of the "parachute payments" within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code paid to Executive or for his benefit are in
an amount that would result in Executive being subject to an Excise Tax, then
the amount equal to such excess parachute payments shall be deemed for all
purposes to be a loan to Executive made on the date of receipt of such excess
payments, which Executive shall have an obligation to repay to the Company on
demand, together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate (as
defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the payment hereunder
to the date of repayment by Executive. If this Article 6 is not applied to
reduce Executive's entitlements because the Accountants determine that Executive
would not receive a greater net-after-tax benefit by applying this Article 6 and
it is established pursuant to a Final Determination that, notwithstanding the
good faith of Executive and the Company in applying the terms of this Agreement,
Executive would have received a greater net-after-tax benefit by subjecting his
payments and benefits hereunder to the Payment Cap, then the aggregate
"parachute payments" paid to Executive or for his benefit in excess of the
Payment Cap shall be deemed for all purposes a loan to Executive made on the
date of receipt of such excess payments, which Executive shall have an
obligation to repay to the Company on demand, together with interest on such
amount at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the
Code) from the date of the payment hereunder to the date of repayment by the
Executive. If Executive receives reduced payments and benefits by reason of this
Article 6 and it is established pursuant to a Final Determination that Executive
could have received a greater amount without exceeding the Payment Cap, then the
Company shall promptly thereafter pay Executive the aggregate additional amount
which could have been paid without exceeding the Payment Cap, together with
interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section
1274(d) of the Code) from the original payment due date to the date of actual
payment by the Company.

      6.8 In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined by the
Accountants or pursuant to any proceeding or negotiations with the Internal
Revenue Service to be less that the amount taken into account hereunder in
calculating the Tax Adjustment made, Executive shall repay to the Company, at
the time that the amount of such reduction in the Excise Tax is finally
determined, the portion of such prior Tax Adjustment that would not have been
paid if such Excise Tax had been applied in initially calculating such Tax
Adjustment, plus interest on the amount of such repayment

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at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event any portion of the Tax Adjustment to be refunded to the
Company has been paid to any federal, state or local tax authority, repayment
thereof shall not be required until actual refund or credit of such portion has
been made to Executive, and interest payable to the Company shall not exceed
interest received or credited to Executive by such tax authority for the period
it held such portion. Executive and the Company shall mutually agree upon the
course of action to be pursued (and the method of allocating the expenses
therof) if Executive's good faith claim for refund or credit is denied.

      6.9 In the event that the Excise Tax is later determined by the
Accountants or pursuant to any proceeding or negotiations with the Internal
Revenue Service to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time
the Tax Adjustment is made (including, but not limited to, by reason of any
payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the
Tax Adjustment), the Company shall make an additional Tax Adjustment in respect
of such excess (plus any interest or penalty payable with respect to such
excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined.

      6.10 Timing of Payment. Any Tax Adjustment (or portion thereof) provided
for in paragraph 6.4 above shall be paid to Executive not later than 10 business
days following the payment of the Covered Payments; provided, however, that if
the amount of such Tax Adjustment (or portion thereof) cannot be finally
determined on or before the date on which payment is due, the Company shall pay
to Executive by such date an amount estimated in good faith by the Accountants
to be the minimum amount of such Tax Adjustment and shall pay the remainder of
such Tax Adjustment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof can be determined, but
in no event later than 45 calendar days after payment of the related Covered
Payment. In the event that the amount of the estimated Tax Adjustment exceeds
the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall
constitute a loan by the Company to Executive, payable on the fifth business day
after written demand by the Company for payment (together with interest at the
arte provided in Section (1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code.)

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                  BENEFIT PLAN

      If (a) following a Potential Change in Control (provided a Change in
Control occurs within eighteen months thereafter) or (b) within a one and
one-half (1-1/2) year period after a Change In Control shall have occurred,
Executive's employment shall have terminated for any reason, including, but not
limited to, Termination for good Reason, except for death, voluntary retirement
or for cause, then, for one and one-half (1-1/2) years after the Date of
Employment Termination, the Company shall maintain in full force and effect and
Executive shall continue to participate in all group life , health and accident
and disability insurance, and other employee benefit plans, programs and
arrangements in which Executive was entitled to participate immediately prior to
the Date of Employment Termination, provided that continued participation is
possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans, programs and
arrangements. If participation is barred, or an

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applicable plan, program or arrangement is discontinued or the benefits there
under are materially reduced, the Company shall arrange to provide Executive
with benefits substantially similar to those which he was entitled to receive
immediately prior to the Date of Employment Termination. At the end of the
period of coverage above provided for, Executive shall have the option to have
assigned to him, at no cost and with no apportionment of prepaid premiums, any
assignable insurance owned by the Company and relating specifically to him. The
foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the EDO Corporation Employees Pension
Plan, the EDO Corporation Employee Stock ownership Plan nor the EDO Corporation
Employee Investment Plan (401(k)).

                                    ARTICLE 8
                             NO MITIGATION REQUIRED

      Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or
benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise,
nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit so provided for be reduced by any
compensation earned by him as the result of employment by another employer after
the Date of Employment Termination, or otherwise.

                                    ARTICLE 9
                        DEFINITION OF "CHANGE IN CONTROL"
                        AND "POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL"

      9.1 "Change in Control" shall mean an occurrence in which:

            (i)   a "person" including a "group," other than the Company's
                  Employees Stock Ownership Trust (a "person"), becomes the
                  "beneficial owner" ("Beneficial Owner"), directly or
                  indirectly, of securities of the Company having 25% or more of
                  the total number of votes which may be cast for the election
                  of directors of the Company (as the term "persons", "group"
                  and "beneficial owner" are used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
                  14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), or

            (ii)  during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
                  the beginning of such period constitute the Board cease for
                  any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof unless
                  the election, or the nomination for election by the Company's
                  shareholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of
                  at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who
                  were directors at the beginning of the period, or

            (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve any merger or other
                  business combination, sale of assets or combination of the
                  foregoing transaction not involving Executive in an interest
                  other than in his capacity as Executive.

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      9.2 "Potential Change in Control" shall mean an occurrence in which:

            (i)   a Person hereafter becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities
                  of the Company having at least 5% of the total number of votes
                  that may be cast for the election of Directors of the Company,
                  or

            (ii)  any Person holds a 5% Beneficial ownership interest on the
                  date hereof and there occurs an increase in such Person's
                  Beneficial Ownership of such number of securities of the
                  Company as shall increase the Beneficial ownership by such
                  Person by an additional 1% of the total number of votes that
                  may be cast for the election of directors of the Company, or

            (iii) a Person commences a tender offer for at least 25% of the
                  outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, or

            (iv)  approval of any corporate transaction is requested of
                  shareholders, which, if obtained, would result in a Change in
                  Control occurring, or

            (v)   any Person solicits proxies for the election of Directors of
                  the Company, or

            (vi)  the Board of Directors of the Company deems any other event or
                  occurrence to be a Potential Change in Control.

                                   ARTICLE 10
                              TERMINATION FOR CAUSE

      10.1 If the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause,
the Company shall pay the Executive his full base salary through the Date of
Termination (at the rate in effect as of the Date of Termination), and the
Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

      10.2 The following are the only reasons for which the Company may
terminate Executive's service for Cause without further obligations under this
Agreement:

            -     for providing the Company with materially false reports
                  concerning Executive's business interests or
                  employment-related activities;

            -     for making materially false representations relied upon by the
                  Company in furnishing information to shareholders, a stock
                  exchange, or the Securities and Exchange Commission;

            -     for maintaining an undisclosed, unauthorized and material
                  conflict of interest in the discharge of duties owed by
                  Executive to the Company;

            -     for misconduct causing a serious violation by the Company of
                  state or federal laws;

            -     for theft of Company funds or corporate assets; or

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            -     for conviction of a crime (excluding traffic violations or
                  similar misdemeanors).

                                   ARTICLE 11
                   DEFINITION OF "TERMINATION FOR GOOD REASON"

      "Termination for Good Reason" shall mean termination of Executive's
employment by Executive following or in connection with:

            (i)   without the express advance written consent of Executive, (a)
                  the assignment to Executive of any duties inconsistent in any
                  substantial respect with the position, authority or
                  responsibilities of Executive immediately prior to the earlier
                  to occur of a Potential Change in Control or a Change in
                  Control or (b) any other substantial change in such position,
                  including titles, authority or responsibilities, or

            (ii)  during the one and one-half (1-1/2) year period following a
                  Change in Control or during a period of Potential Change in
                  Control, any reduction in Executive's salary or any reduction
                  in bonus or incentive compensation targets (based upon the
                  highest dollar amount or other rate of salary, bonus and
                  incentive compensation in effect at any time up to Date of
                  Employment Termination), a termination, reduction or
                  alteration of disability policies or life or disability
                  insurance benefits maintained for Executive, any alteration or
                  reduction of expense allowances or reimbursement policies or a
                  significant reduction in scope or value of the aggregate other
                  benefits to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to
                  the earlier to occur of a Potential Change in Control or a
                  Change in Control, or

            (iii) the Company's requiring Executive to be based at any office or
                  location more than 50 miles from the one where he worked
                  immediately prior to the earlier to occur of a Potential
                  Change in Control or a Change in Control, except for travel
                  reasonably required in the performance of Executives
                  responsibilities, or

            (iv)  any purported termination by the Company of Executive's
                  employment otherwise than as permitted by this Agreement, it
                  being understood that any such purported termination shall not
                  be effective for any purpose of this Agreement, or

            (v)   any failure by the Company to obtain the assumption and
                  agreement to perform this Agreement by a successor as
                  contemplated by paragraph 12.1.

                                   ARTICLE 12
                          SUCCESSORS, BINDING AGREEMENT

      12.1 The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect,
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of
the business and/or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner

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and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no
such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such agreement
prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this
Agreement and shall entitle Executive to compensation from the Company in the
same amount and on the same terms as Executive would be entitled hereunder if
the Company had terminated Executive's employment other than for Cause after a
Change in Control occurring at the time of succession, except that for purposes
of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes
effective shall be deemed the Date of Employment Termination.

      12.2 As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall include any successor to
this business and/or assets as aforesaid which executes and delivers the
agreement provided for in paragraph 12.1 or which otherwise becomes bound by all
the terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.

      12.3 This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by,
Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributes, devisees and legatees. If Executive should die
while any amounts would still be payable if he had continues to live, all such
amounts shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to
Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such
designee, to his estate.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      13.1 The Lump Sum Value of the Retirement Pension shall be determined as
of Executive's retirement at age 65, using the same methods and assumptions used
at the Date of Employment Termination for purposes of the EDO Corporation
Employees Pension Plan.

      13.2 Date of Employment Termination is the earlier of the date on which
Executive or the Company gives written notice of termination of Executive's
employment to the other party after the earlier to occur of a Potential Change
in Control or a Change in Control.

      13.3 Notice and all other communications provided for in this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered
or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of
this Agreement, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to
the attention of the corporate counsel, or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notices of
change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

      13.4 No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged
unless such modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by
Executive and, on behalf of the Company, by such officer as may be specifically
designated by the Board.

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      13.5 All benefits provided for in this Agreement are provided on an
unfunded basis and are not intended to meet the qualification requirements of
Section 401 of the Code. The Company shall not be deemed to be a trustee of any
amounts to be paid under this Agreement and shall not be required to segregate
any assets with respect to benefits under this Agreement. Such benefits shall be
payable solely from the general assets of the Company.

      13.6 Any failure at any time of either party to enforce any provision of
this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such provision, or prejudice the
right of either party to enforce such provision at any subsequent time.

      13.7 No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or
implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

      13.8 The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

      13.9 The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

      13.10 In the event of any action or proceeding between the parties arising
out of this agreement, the Company will pay the costs of any such legal
proceedings including, but not limited to, the costs of Executive for all
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in such action or proceeding. Such
costs and expenses shall be advanced to Executive currently as reasonably
required to continue such action or proceeding.

                                 EDO Corporation

                             By: /s/ JAMES M. SMITH
                                --------------------
                                    President

                                   Executive:

                             /s/ FREDERIC B. BASSETT
                           ---------------------------
                               Frederic B. Bassett

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