SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
     
     
     
     
     
     
                            FORM 8-K
     
     
                         CURRENT REPORT
     
     
     
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
     
     
      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): MARCH 14, 1997
     
     
     
                  FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC.
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
     
                 Delaware              0-8061            11-1986657
     (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
            of incorporation)       File Number)     Identification No.)
     
     
     
     55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD, NY        11553
     (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
     
     
                         (516) 794-4500
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
     
     
                              NONE
      (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                 if changed since last report)
     
     
     
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     ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
     
          On February 14, 1997, registrant commenced an action by
     filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the
     Eastern District of Virginia, Case Number CV 97-230-A, entitled
     "Frequency Electronics, Inc., Plaintiff, against United States
     of America, Department of the Air Force, Defendant".  The action
     sought to compel the defendant to discontinue registrant's
     suspension from receiving new Government contracts.  Defendant
     moved for summary judgment claiming its actions were within the
     authority granted by Federal Acquisition Regulations.  On March
     14, 1997, the United States District Court for the Eastern
     District of Virginia dismissed registrant's complaint. 
     Registrant is reviewing its alternatives for future action on
     this matter, including an appeal of the Court's decision.
     
          For a further discussion of the suspension referred to
     above and of matters related thereto, reference is made to the
     following reports of registrant filed under Section 13 of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, all of which are on file at the
     Securities and Exchange Commission:
     
               Annual reports on Form 10-K for the following fiscal
               years ended April 30 in the following items of such
               reports: Items 1 and 3 - 1988 and 1989; Items 1,3 and 8 -
               1992, 1993 and 1996; and Items 1, 3, 7 and 8 - 1990, 1991,
               1994 and 1995.
     
               Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the following
               fiscal quarters ended January 31 in Part I of such reports:
               1990 and 1991.
     
               Current reports on Form 8-K at the following dates in
               Item 5 thereof: February 5, April 6 and December 17, 1990;
               October 18, November 17 and November 22, 1993; November 7,
               1994; and July 27; November 20, 1995; and February 14,
               1997.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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                           SIGNATURES
     
     
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
     on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
                                   FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC.
     
     
     
                                   By  /s/ Joseph P. Franklin      
                                       JOSEPH P. FRANKLIN, Chairman
                                         of the Board of Directors
     
     
     Dated:    March 21, 1997
     
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