UNITED STATES
                       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):  June 3, 2005

                             Advanced Photonix, Inc
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             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

       Delaware                       1-11056                   33-0325836
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 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION       (COMMISSION                (IRS EMPLOYER
     OF INCORPORATION)              FILE NUMBER)             IDENTIFICATION NO.)

     1240  Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, California                   93012
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      (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                  (ZIP CODE)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (805) 987-0146

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ITEM 5.03.  AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS;  CHANGE IN FISCAL
YEAR.

Effective Friday, June 3, 2005, the Board of Directors of Advanced Photonix, Inc
("API")  approved the amended and  restated  By-Laws  (the  "Amendment")  of API
pursuant to which the number  directors was increased to between five and eleven
directors  from  between  three to seven in order to  maintain  the  majority of
independence  of the board of  directors  of API.  In  addition,  the  Amendment
amended  Article  II  Section  1 of the  By-Laws  of API  by  (i)  removing  the
requirement  that at least one director  must be a citizen of the United  States
and (ii)  removing the sentence  that read "Until  otherwise  determined  by the
Board of Directors, the exact number of directors shall be fixed at four."

A full text of the By-Laws is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report, and is
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits:



Exhibit
Number           Exhibit
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   3(ii)         By-Laws (As amended on June 3, 2005).




                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                  ADVANCED PHOTONIX, INC.

                                  By:     /s/ Richard Kurtz
                                          ______________________________________
                                          Richard Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer

Dated: June 8, 2005



                                  Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.                     Exhibit Description
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   3(ii)                        By-Laws (As amended on June 3, 2005)