UNITED STATES
              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
                    Washington, D.C. 10549

                           FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER
SECTION 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR
SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. 


                           Commission File Number: 0-19051

                   

                          LXE INC. 
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    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



         303 Research Drive, Norcross, Georgia  30092 
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including    
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) 

  
                  Common Stock, $.01 par value 
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     (Title of all classes of securities covered by this form)


                            None 
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(Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty to     
   file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the
appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend
the duty to file reports: 

     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [X]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)   [ ]
     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)    [ ]
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)   [ ]
     Rule 12h-4(a)(2)(ii)  [ ]      Rule 15d-6             [X]
     Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   [X] 

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the
certification or notice date:  0*

     * On December 31, 1996, the registrant was merged with and
into a wholly owned subsidiary ("MergSub") of Electromagnetic
Sciences, Inc.  As a result of the merger, no shares of the
registrant remain outstanding, and the name of MergSub (which has
only one shareholder) was changed to LXE Inc.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, LXE Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. 


DATE:  January 7, 1997              LXE INC. 
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                                    BY:   /s/ William S. Jacobs
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                                        William S. Jacobs 
                                        General Counsel