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                                                Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             HERLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                23-2413500
    (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

10 Industry Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania             17603-4025
 (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

                             1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              Myron Levy, President
                             Herley Industries, Inc.
                                10 Industry Drive
                       Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-4025
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (717) 397-2777
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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                                    copy to:
                            David H. Lieberman, Esq.
                     Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C.
                             100 Jericho Quadrangle
                             Jericho, New York 11753
                                 (516) 822-4820
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<CAPTION>
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Title of Each                              Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities     Amount to be       Offering               Aggregate              Amount of
to be Registered         Registered        Price Per Share (1)    Offering Price (1)     Registration Fee
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<S>                       <C>                   <C>                 <C>                     <C>
Common Stock,             1,500,000 shs.        $13.75              $20,625,000             $5,527.50
par value $.10
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<FN>
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration  fee, based
on the closing price of the Company's  Common Stock reported on the consolidated
reporting system on January 19, 2000, pursuant to Rule 457.
(2) The Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock which may become issuable  pursuant to anti-dilution  and
adjustment provisions of the Plan.
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</TABLE>
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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
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     The following  documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission
(File No. 0-5411) pursuant to the Exchange Act, are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:

     (1)  The  Company's  Annual  Report on Forms 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          August 1, 1999;

     (2)  The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen  weeks
          ended October 31, 1999.

     (3)  The  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 with respect to the Company's
          Common Stock (File No.  333-39767),  including any amendment or report
          filed for the purpose of updating the  description of the Common Stock
          contained therein.

     All documents  filed pursuant to Section 13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange  Act after  the date of this  Registration  Statement  and prior to the
termination of this offering of Common Stock shall be deemed to be  incorporated
by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this  Registration  Statement shall
be deemed  to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this  Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein
modifies or supersedes such  statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or superseded,  to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.

     The Company  will provide  without  charge to each person to whom a copy of
this  Registration  Statement is delivered,  upon the written or oral request of
such person,  a copy of any or all of the  documents  incorporated  by reference
(except for  exhibits  thereto  unless  specifically  incorporated  by reference
therein).  Requests for such copies should be directed to the Secretary,  Herley
Industries,  Inc.,  10 Industry  Drive,  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania  17603,  (717)
397-2777.

Item 4. Description of Securities.
        -------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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     David H.  Lieberman,  a member of the law firm of Blau,  Kramer,  Wactlar &
Lieberman,  P.C. is a director of the  Registrant.  As of the date  hereof,  Mr.
Lieberman owns 600 shares of Common Stock, and options to purchase 17,333 shares
of Common Stock.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
        -----------------------------------------

     Under provisions of the By-Laws of the Company, each person who is or was a
director or officer of the Company may be indemnified by the Company to the full
extent permitted or authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

     Under such law, to the extent that such person is  successful on the merits
of defense of a suit or  proceeding  brought  against  him by reason of the fact
that he is a director or officer of the Company, he shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred in connection with such
action.

     If  unsuccessful  in defense of a  third-party  civil suit or if a criminal
suit is settled,  such a person may be  indemnified  under such law against both
(1) expenses (including  attorneys' fees) and (2) judgements,  fines and amounts
paid in  settlement  if he acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the  Company,  and
with  respect to any criminal  action,  had no  reasonable  cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful.

     If  unsuccessful  in  defense  of a suit  brought by or in the right of the
Company, or if such suit is settled, such a person may be indemnified under such
law only against expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in the defense or
settlement  of such suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests of the Company  except
that if such a person is  adjudged to be liable in such suit for  negligence  or
misconduct  in the  performance  of his duty to the  Company,  he cannot be made
whole  even for  expenses  unless  the court  determines  that he is fairly  and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses.

     The Company and the  officers  and  directors of the Company are covered by
officers and directors liability  insurance.  The policy coverage is $3,000,000,
which includes  reimbursement for costs and fees. There is a maximum  deductible
under the policy of  $200,000  for each claim.  The  Company  has  entered  into
Indemnification  Agreements  with  certain of its officers  and  directors.  The
Agreements  provide for  reimbursement  for all direct and indirect costs of any
type or nature whatsoever (including attorneys' fees and related  disbursements)
actually and reasonably  incurred in connection  with either the  investigation,
defense  or  appeal of a  Proceeding,  as  defined,  including  amounts  paid in
settlement by or on behalf of an Indemnitee.

Item 7. Exemption from registration claimed.
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     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.
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     4    1998 Stock Option Plan
     5    Opinion and consent of Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C.
     23.1 Consent of Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C. - included in their
          opinion filed as Exhibit 5.
     23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
     24   Powers of Attorney-included in signature page hereof.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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     (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (i) To include  any  prospectus  required  by Section  10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after
          the effective date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most recent
          post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the  Registration  Statement.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  any
          increase  or decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the total
          dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed that which was
          registered)  and  any  deviation  from  the  low  or  high  end of the
          estimated  maximum  offering  range  may be  reflected  in the form of
          prospectus  filed with the  Commission  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
          the aggregate,  the changes in volume and price represent no more than
          a 20% change in the maximum aggregate  offering price set forth in the
          "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective  registration
          statement;

          (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the plan of
          distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
          any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

          (2) That,  for the purposes of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final  adjudication  of such
issue.
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that  it  has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  that  it  meets  all
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on the 25 day of January, 2000.

                                   HERLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Myron Levy
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                                       Myron Levy
                                       President and Director

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed on January 25, 2000 by the following
persons in the capacities  indicated.  Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes  and appoints  Lee N. Blatt and Myron Levy,  and each of them acting
individually,   with  full   power  of   substitution,   our  true  and   lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents to do any and all acts and things in our name and
on our behalf in our capacities indicated below which they or either of them may
deem necessary or advisable to enable Herley Industries, Inc. to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules,  regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission,  in connection with this Registration
Statement  including  specifically,  but not limited to, power and  authority to
sign for us or any of us in our names in the  capacities  stated below,  any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing  requisite and necessary to be done in such  connection,  as
fully to all  intents  and  purposes  as we might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or his
substitute  or  substitutes,  may  lawfully  do or  cause  to be done by  virtue
thereof.

           Signature                                Title

/s/ Lee N. Blatt                       Chairman of the Board
Lee N. Blatt                           (Chief Executive Officer)

/s/ Myron Levy                         President and Director
Myron Levy

/s/ Anello C. Garefino                 Vice President - Finance,
Anello C. Garefino                     Treasurer  (Chief Financial Officer and
                                       Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Thomas S. Allshouse                Director
Thomas S. Allshouse

/s/ David H. Lieberman                 Secretary and Director
David H. Lieberman

/s/ Dr. Alvin M. Silver                Director
Dr. Alvin M. Silver

/s/ John Thonet                        Director
John Thonet

/s/ Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr.         Director
Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr.


                                                          Exhibit 4
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                             HERLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
                             1998 Stock Option Plan
                             ----------------------

SECTION 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1. Name and General Purpose
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    The name of this plan is the Herley Industries,  Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan
(hereinafter  called the  "Plan").  The purpose of the Plan is to enable  Herley
Industries,  Inc. (the "Company") and its  subsidiaries and affiliates to foster
and promote the  interests of the Company by attracting  and retaining  officers
and employees of the Company who  contribute  to the Company's  success by their
ability,  ingenuity and  industry,  to enable such officers and employees of the
Company to  participate  in the  long-term  success and growth of the Company by
giving them a  proprietary  interest  in the  Company  and to provide  incentive
compensation opportunities competitive with those of competing corporations.

1.2  Definitions
     -----------

     a.   "Affiliate"  means any person or entity  controlled by or under common
          control  with the  Company,  by  virtue  of the  ownership  of  voting
          securities, by contract or otherwise.

     b.   "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     c.   "Change in Control"  means a change of control of the  Company,  or in
          any person directly or indirectly controlling the Company, which shall
          mean:

          (a) a  change  in  control  as  such  term  is  presently  defined  in
          Regulation  240.12b-(f) under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended (the "Exchange Act"); or

          (b) if any "person"  (as such term is used in Section  13(d) and 14(d)
          of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or any "person" who on the
          date of this  Agreement  is a  director  or  officer  of the  Company,
          becomes the  "beneficial  owner" (as defined in Rule 13(d)-3 under the
          Exchange  Act)  directly or  indirectly,  of securities of the Company
          representing  twenty  percent (20%) or more of the voting power of the
          Company's then outstanding securities; or

          (c) if during any period of two (2) consecutive  years during the term
          of  this  Plan,  individuals  who  at the  beginning  of  such  period
          constitute the Board of Directors,  cease for any reason to constitute
          at least a majority thereof.

     d.   "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     e.   "Committee"  means the  Committee  referred  to in Section  1.3 of the
          Plan.
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     f.   "Common  Stock" means shares of the Common  Stock,  par value $.10 per
          share, of the Company.

     g.   "Company" means Herley Industries, Inc., a corporation organized under
          the laws of the State of Delaware (or any successor corporation).

     h.   "Fair Market  Value" means the market price of the Common Stock on the
          National   Association  of  Securities  Dealers  Automated   Quotation
          ("NASDAQ")  system on the date of the  grant or on any  other  date on
          which the  Common  Stock is to be valued  hereunder.  If no sale shall
          have been reported on NASDAQ on such date,  Fair Market Value shall be
          determined  by  the   Committee  in   accordance   with  the  Treasury
          Regulations applicable to incentive stock options under Section 422 of
          the Code.

     i    "Incentive  Stock Option" means an Incentive Stock Option as described
          in Section 2.1 of the Plan.

     j.   "Non-Employee Director" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 16(b)
          promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission").

     k.   "Non-Qualified  Stock  Option" means a  Non-Qualified  Stock Option as
          described in Section 2.1 of the Plan.

     l.   "Option" means any option to purchase  Common Stock under Section 2 of
          the Plan.

     m.   "Participant"  means  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  Company,  a
          Subsidiary  or an  Affiliate  who  is  selected  by the  Committee  to
          participate in the Plan.

     n.   "Subsidiary"  means any  corporation  in which the  Company  possesses
          directly or indirectly 50% or more of the combined voting power of all
          classes of stock of such corporation.

     o.   "Total  Disability"  means accidental  bodily injury or sickness which
          wholly and  continuously  disabled an optionee.  The Committee,  whose
          decisions  shall  be  final,  shall  make  a  determination  of  Total
          Disability.

1.3  Administration of the Plan
     --------------------------

     The Plan shall be  administered  by the  Committee  appointed  by the Board
consisting of two or more members of the Board all of who shall be  Non-Employee
Directors. The Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall have
such powers as the Board may, from time to time, confer upon it.

     Subject to this  Section 1.3,  the  Committee  shall have sole and complete
authority to adopt, alter, amend or revoke such administrative rules, guidelines
and  practices  governing  the  operation of the Plan as it shall,  from time to
time, deem advisable, and to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan.

     The Committee  shall keep minutes of its meetings and of action taken by it
without a meeting.  A majority of the Committee shall  constitute a quorum,  and
the acts of a majority of the  members  present at any meeting at which a quorum
is present,  or acts  approved in writing by all of the members of the Committee
without a meeting, shall constitute the acts of the Committee.
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1.4  Eligibility
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     Stock  options may be granted  only to officers or employees of the Company
or a Subsidiary  or  Affiliate.  Subject to Section 2.3, any person who has been
granted any Option may, if he is otherwise  eligible,  be granted an  additional
Option or Options.

1.5  Shares
     ------

     The aggregate  number of shares reserved for issuance  pursuant to the Plan
shall be 1,500,000  shares of Common Stock,  or the number and kind of shares of
stock or other securities which shall be substituted for such shares or to which
such shares shall be adjusted as provided in Section 1.6.

     Such number of shares may be set aside out of the  authorized  but unissued
shares of Common Stock or out of issued shares of Common Stock  acquired for and
held in the Treasury of the Company, not reserved for any other purpose.  Shares
subject to, but not sold or issued under, any Option terminating or expiring for
any reason  prior to its  exercise in full will again be  available  for Options
thereafter granted during the balance of the term of the Plan.

1.6  Adjustments Due to Stock Splits,
     Mergers, Consolidation, Etc.
     -------------------------------

     If, at any time,  the  Company  shall  take any  action,  whether  by stock
dividend,  stock split,  combination of shares or otherwise,  which results in a
proportionate  increase  or  decrease  in the  number of shares of Common  Stock
theretofore issued and outstanding,  the number of shares which are reserved for
issuance  under the Plan and the  number  of shares  which,  at such  time,  are
subject to Options shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee,  be
increased or  decreased  in the same  proportion,  provided,  however,  that the
Company shall not be obligated to issue fractional shares.

     Likewise,  in the event of any change in the  outstanding  shares of Common
Stock by reason of any recapitalization, merger, consolidation,  reorganization,
combination or exchange of shares or other corporate change, the Committee shall
make such substitution or adjustments, if any, as it deems to be appropriate, as
to the number or kind of shares of Common  Stock or other  securities  which are
reserved  for  issuance  under  the  Plan  and the  number  of  shares  or other
securities which, at such time are subject to Options.

     In the  event  of a  Change  in  Control,  at the  option  of the  Board or
Committee,  (a) all  options  outstanding  on the date of such Change in Control
shall, for a period of sixty (60) days following such Change in Control,  become
immediately  and fully  exercisable,  and (b) an optionee  will be  permitted to
surrender for  cancellation  within sixty (60) days after such Change in Control
any option or portion of an option  which was  granted  more than six (6) months
prior to the date of such  surrender,  to the extent not yet  exercised,  and to
receive a cash  payment in an amount  equal to the  excess,  if any, of the Fair
Market Value (on the date of surrender) of the shares of Common Stock subject to
the option or portion thereof surrendered, over the aggregate purchase price for
such Shares under the option.

1.7  Non-Alienation of Benefits
     --------------------------

     Except as herein  specifically  provided,  no right or unpaid benefit under
the Plan shall be subject to  alienation,  assignment,  pledge or charge and any
attempt to  alienate,  assign,  pledge or charge the same shall be void.  If any
Participant  or other person  entitled to benefits  hereunder  should attempt to
alienate,  assign,  pledge or charge any benefit  hereunder,  then such  benefit
shall, in the discretion of the Committee, cease.
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1.8  Withholding or Deduction for Taxes
     ----------------------------------

     If, at any time,  the Company or any  Subsidiary  or Affiliate is required,
under applicable laws and regulations, to withhold, or to make any deduction for
any taxes, or take any other action in connection with any Option exercise,  the
Participant  shall be  required  to pay to the  Company  or such  Subsidiary  or
Affiliate, the amount of any taxes required to be withheld, or, in lieu thereof,
at the option of the Company,  the Company or such  Subsidiary  or Affiliate may
accept a  sufficient  number  of shares  of  Common  Stock to cover  the  amount
required to be withheld.

1.9  Administrative Expenses
     -----------------------

     The entire expense of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

1.10 General Conditions
     ------------------

     a.   The Board or the Committee may, from time to time,  amend,  suspend or
          terminate  any or all of the  provisions of the Plan,  provided  that,
          without the Participant's  approval, no change may be made which would
          prevent  an  Incentive  Stock  Option  granted  under  the  Plan  from
          qualifying as an Incentive  Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code
          or result in a  "modification"  of the  Incentive  Stock  Option under
          Section  424(h) of the Code or  otherwise  alter or  impair  any right
          theretofore  granted to any  Participant ; and further  provided that,
          without the  consent and  approval of the holders of a majority of the
          outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company present at a meeting
          at which a quorum exists, neither the Board nor the Committee may make
          any  amendment  which (i)  changes the class of persons  eligible  for
          options;  (ii) increases  (except as provided under Section 1.6 above)
          the total number of shares or other  securities  reserved for issuance
          under the Plan;  (iii)  decreases the minimum  option prices stated in
          Section  2.2 hereof  (other  than to change the manner of  determining
          Fair Market Value to conform to any then  applicable  provision of the
          Code or any regulation  thereunder);  (iv) extends the expiration date
          of the  Plan,  or the limit on the  maximum  term of  Options;  or (v)
          withdraws the  administration of the Plan from a committee  consisting
          of two or more members, each of whom is a non-employee director.

     b.   With the consent of the Participant  affected  thereby,  the Committee
          may  amend  or  modify  any  outstanding  Option  in  any  manner  not
          inconsistent   with  the  terms  of  the  Plan,   including,   without
          limitation,  and irrespective of the provisions of Sections 2.3(c) and
          2.4(b)  below,  to  accelerate  the  date  or  dates  as of  which  an
          installment of an Option becomes exercisable.

     c.   Nothing  contained  in the Plan  shall  prohibit  the  Company  or any
          Subsidiary or Affiliate from establishing  other additional  incentive
          compensation  arrangements  for  employees  of  the  Company  or  such
          Subsidiary or Affiliate.

     d.   Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to limit, in any way, the right of
          the  Company  or  any   Subsidiary   or   Affiliate   to  terminate  a
          Participant's  employment  with the Company (or  such---Subsidiary  or
          Affiliate) at any time.
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     e.   Any decision or action taken by the Board or the Committee arising out
          of  or  in   connection   with   the   construction,   administration,
          interpretation  and effect of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding
          upon all  Participants  and any person  claiming  under or through any
          Participant.

     f.   No member of the Board or of the Committee shall be liable for any act
          or action,  whether of  commission  or  omission,  (i) by such  member
          except in  circumstances  involving  actual bad faith, nor (ii) by any
          other member or by any officer, agent or employee.

1.11  Compliance with Applicable Law
      ------------------------------

     Notwithstanding  any other  provision of the Plan, the Company shall not be
obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock,  or grant any Option with respect
thereto,  unless it is advised by  counsel  of its  selection  that it may do so
without  violation of the  applicable  Federal and State laws  pertaining to the
issuance of  securities  and the Company  may require any stock  certificate  so
issued to bear a legend, may give its transfer agent  instructions  limiting the
transfer  thereof,  and may  take  such  other  steps,  as in its  judgment  are
reasonably required to prevent any such violation.

1.12  Effective Dates
      ---------------

     The Plan was adopted by the Board on May 1, 1997. The Plan shall  terminate
on April 30, 2007.

Section 2.  OPTION GRANTS
            -------------

2.1  Authority of Committee
     ----------------------

     Subject to the  provisions of the Plan,  the Committee  shall have the sole
and complete  authority to determine (i) the  Participants to whom Options shall
be granted;  (ii) the number of shares to be covered by each  Option;  and (iii)
the  conditions  and  limitations,  if any,  in  addition  to those set forth in
Sections 2 and 3 hereof,  applicable  to the  exercise  of an Option,  including
without limitation,  the nature and duration of the restrictions,  if any, to be
imposed upon the sale or other  disposition of shares  acquired upon exercise of
an Option.

     Stock  options  granted  under the Plan may be of two types:  an  incentive
stock  option  ("Incentive  Stock  Option");  and a  non-qualified  stock option
("Non-Qualified Stock Option").

     It is intended that the Incentive  Stock Options  granted  hereunder  shall
constitute incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
and shall be subject to the tax treatment described in Section 422 of the Code.

     Anything in the Plan to the contrary  notwithstanding,  no provision of the
Plan  relating to  Incentive  Stock  Options  shall be  interpreted,  amended or
altered,  nor shall any  discretion  or authority  granted  under the Plan be so
exercised,  so as to disqualify  either the Plan or,  without the consent of the
optionee, any Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.

     The Committee shall have the authority to grant Incentive Stock Options, or
to grant  Non-Qualified Stock Options, or to grant both types of Options. To the
extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive  Stock Option,  in whole
or in part,  it shall  constitute a separate  Non-Qualified  Stock Option to the
extent of such disqualification.
<PAGE>
2.2  Option Exercise Price
     ---------------------

     The price of stock purchased upon the exercise of Options granted  pursuant
to the Plan shall be the Fair Market  Value  thereof at the time that the Option
is granted.

     If an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules
applicable  under  Section  424(d)  of the Code)  more than 10% of the  combined
voting  power  of  all  classes  of  the  stock  of the  Company  or any  parent
corporation  of the Company or Subsidiary and an Option granted to such employee
is  intended  to qualify as an  Incentive  Stock  Option  within the  meaning of
Section 422 of the Code,  the  exercise  price shall be no less than 110% of the
Fair Market  Value of the Common  Stock on the date the Option is  granted.  The
purchase price is to be paid in full in cash,  certified or bank cashier's check
or, at the option of the  Company,  Common Stock valued at its Fair Market Value
on the date of exercise,  or a combination thereof, when the Option is exercised
and stock certificates will be delivered only against such payment.

2.3  Incentive Stock Option Grants
     -----------------------------

     Each Incentive Stock Option will be subject to the following provisions:

     a.   Term of Option
          --------------

          An  Incentive  Stock  Option  will be for a term of not more  than ten
          years  from  the date of  grant,  except  in the  case of an  employee
          described  in the second  paragraph of Section 2.2 above in which case
          an  Incentive  Stock  Option  will be for a term of not more than five
          years from the date of the grant.

     b.   Annual Limit
          ------------

          To the extent the  aggregate  Fair  Market  Value of the Common  Stock
          (determined as of the date of grant) with respect to which any options
          granted  hereunder are intended to be  designated  as Incentive  Stock
          Options  under the Plan (or any other  incentive  stock option plan of
          the Company or any Subsidiary)  which may be exercisable for the first
          time by the  optionee in any  calendar  year  exceeds  $100,000,  such
          options shall not be considered incentive stock options.

     c.   Exercise
          --------

          Subject to the power of the Committee  under Section 1.10(b) above and
          except in the manner  described  below upon the death of the optionee,
          an Incentive  Stock Option may be exercised  only in  installments  as
          follows:  up to one-half of the subject  shares on and after the first
          anniversary  of the date of grant,  up to all of the subject shares on
          and after the second such anniversary of the date of the grant of such
          Option but in no event  later than the  expiration  of the term of the
          Option.
<PAGE>
          An Incentive  Stock Option shall be exercisable  during the optionee's
          lifetime  only by the  optionee  and shall not be  exercisable  by the
          optionee unless,  at all times since the date of grant and at the time
          of exercise,  such optionee is an employee of the Company,  any parent
          corporation  of the  Company  or any  Subsidiary,  except  that,  upon
          termination of all employment (other than by death,  Total Disability,
          or by Total Disability followed by death in the circumstances provided
          below) with the Company, any parent corporation of the Company and any
          Subsidiary or Affiliate,  the optionee may exercise an Incentive Stock
          Option at any time  within  three  months  thereafter  but only to the
          extent such Option is exercisable on the date of such termination.

          Upon termination of all employment by Total  Disability,  the Optionee
          may exercise such options at any time within one year thereafter,  but
          only to the  extent  such  option is  exercisable  on the date of such
          termination.

          In the event of the death of an optionee  (i) while an employee of the
          Company,  any parent  corporation  of the Company or any Subsidiary or
          Affiliate,  or (ii)  within  three  months  after  termination  of all
          employment with the Company, any parent corporation of the Company and
          any Subsidiary or Affiliate (other than for Total Disability) or (iii)
          within one year after  termination  on account of Total  Disability of
          all employment with the Company, any parent corporation of the Company
          and any Subsidiary or Affiliate,  such optionee's estate or any person
          who  acquires  the  right  to  exercise  such  option  by  bequest  or
          inheritance  or by reason of the death of the  optionee  may  exercise
          such  optionee's  Option at any time  within the period of three years
          from the date of death.  In the case of clauses  (i) and (iii)  above,
          such Option shall be exercisable in full for all the remaining  shares
          covered  thereby,  but in the case of clause (ii) such Option shall be
          exercisable  only to the extent it was exercisable on the date of such
          termination.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing  provisions regarding the exercise of an
          Option in the event of death, Total Disability or other termination of
          employment,  in no event shall an Option be exercisable in whole or in
          part after the termination date provided in the Option.

     d.   Transferability
          ---------------

          An  Incentive  Stock  Option  granted  under  the  Plan  shall  not be
          transferable  otherwise  than by will or by the  laws of  descent  and
          distribution.

2.4  Non-Qualified Stock Option Grants
     ---------------------------------

     Each   Non-Qualified   Stock  Option  will  be  subject  to  the  following
provisions:

     a.   Term of Option
          --------------

          A  Non-Qualified  Stock Option will be for a term of not more than ten
          years from the date of grant.
<PAGE>
     b.   Exercise
          --------

          The exercise of a  Non-Qualified  Stock Option shall be subject to the
          same terms and  conditions  as provided  under  Section  2.3(c)  above
          except  that  (i)  upon   termination   of  all  employment  by  Total
          Disability,  the Optionee may exercise such options at any time within
          three  years  thereafter  and  (ii) in the  event  of the  death of an
          Optionee  within  three  years after  termination  on account of Total
          Disability of all  employment  with the Company,  or any subsidiary or
          affiliate, such Optionee's estate or any person who acquires the right
          to exercise such option by bequest or  inheritance or by reason of the
          death of the Optionee may exercise such Optionee's  option at any time
          within a period of three years from the date of death.

     c.   Transferability
          ---------------

          A  Non-Qualified  Stock  Option  granted  under the Plan  shall not be
          transferable  otherwise  than by will or by the  laws of  descent  and
          distribution,  except  as  may  be  permitted  by  the  Board  or  the
          Committee.

2.5  Agreements
     ----------
     In  consideration  of any Options granted to a Participant  under the Plan,
each such  Participant  shall  enter into an Option  Agreement  with the Company
providing,  consistent  with the  Plan,  such  terms as the  Committee  may deem
advisable.


                                                                       EXHIBIT 5
                                                                       ---------
                                    January 25, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

     Re:  Herley Industries, Inc.
          Registration Statement on Form S-8
          ----------------------------------
Gentlemen:

     Reference  is  made  to  the  filing  by  Herley   Industries,   Inc.  (the
"Corporation")  of a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  covering the  registration  of 1,500,000  shares of the  Corporation's
Common Stock,  $.10 par value per share,  in connection  with the  Corporation's
1998 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

     As counsel for the  Corporation,  we have examined its  corporate  records,
including its Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended,  By-Laws, its corporate
minutes,  the form of its Common Stock certificate,  the Plan, related documents
under the Plan and such other documents as we have deemed  necessary or relevant
under the circumstances.

     Based upon our examination, we are of the opinion that:

     1. The Corporation is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware.

     2. There have been  reserved  for issuance by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation  1,500,000  shares of its  Common  Stock,  $.10 par value per share,
under the Plan.  The  shares of the  Corporation's  Common  Stock,  when  issued
pursuant to the Plan, will be validly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to be named in the  Registration  Statement  and in the
Prospectus which  constitutes a part thereof as counsel to the Corporation,  and
we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration
Statement.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                   /s/ Blau, Kramer, Wactlar & Lieberman, P.C.

                                  BLAU, KRAMER, WACTLAR &
                                      LIEBERMAN, P. C.


                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To the Board of Directors of
Herley Industries, Inc.



As independent  public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference in this registration  statement of our report dated September 17, 1999
included in Herley Industries, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August
1,  1999  and to all  references  to our  Firm  included  in  this  registration
statement.

                                        /s/    ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Lancaster, Pennsylvania
January 25, 2000



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