TRANSTECHNOLOGY CORP
SECOND AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.25


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2

                                       TO

                          EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

                                (THE "AGREEMENT")


                  Reference is made to the Agreement between you (the
"Executive") and the undersigned Employer with respect to certain severance
arrangements which apply only in the event that a Change in Control of the
Corporation occurs after the date of the Agreement, as the Agreement was amended
by Amendment No. 1.

                  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise.

                  As an inducement to the Executive to continue his employment
with the Employer, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                  A)       Paragraph 16 of the Agreement is amended in its
                           entirety to state:

                           Absent a change in control or unless extended in
                           writing by the parties hereto, this Agreement shall
                           expire on January 31, 2003.

                  B)       The second sentence of Paragraph 2 is deleted in its
                           entirety and the following provision substituted
                           therefor:

                           As used in clause (d), the term "fair market value"
                           means the closing price of the common stock of the
                           Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange on the
                           Termination Date, less any amounts remaining to be
                           paid by the Executive for such restricted stock or
                           the exercise of such stock options.

                  C)       The last two (2) lines of Paragraph 5.a. are deleted
                           in their entirety and the following provision
                           substituted therefor:

                           employment (i) for Cause, (ii) as a result of his
                           death or (iii) by the Executive other than for Good
                           Reason;

                  D)       Paragraph 5.e. is deleted in its entirety and the
                           following provision substituted therefor:

                           The failure by the Employer to continue to provide
                           the Executive with compensation and benefits provided
                           as of the date hereof or benefits substantially
                           similar to those provided under any of the employee
                           benefit plans in which the Executive becomes a
                           participant or the taking of any action by the
                           Employer which would directly or indirectly
                           materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the
                           Executive of any material benefit enjoyed by him at
                           the time of the Change in Control;
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                  This Amendment No. 2, extending the term and obligations of
the Agreement and Amendment No. 1 thereto, and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby has been duly approved and authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation at a Regular Meeting on January 18, 2001. The
parties agree that this Amendment No. 2 shall effectively revive all the
conditions and obligations imposed on the parties by the Agreement, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 and any rights which either party may have by virtue of the
former agreements shall be adopted as a part of this Amendment No. 2 and
considered in full force and effect, except as specifically provided in this
Amendment No. 2.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 2 is executed by or on
behalf of the undersigned as of January , 2001. -





                                       By:
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Accepted and agreed to:



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