<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1998

                                                    Registration No. 333-______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                          ----------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ----------------------------
                         OBJECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                    54-1707962
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification No.)

                             50 International Drive
                         Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                          ----------------------------
                         Objective Communications, Inc.
                             1994 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                          ----------------------------
                                 Robert H. Emery
            Vice President, Administration and Finance and Secretary
                             50 International Drive
                         Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (603) 334-6700
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                   Copies to:
                              Ellen C. Grady, Esq.
                       Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge
                             1501 Farm Credit Drive
                             McLean, Virginia 22102
                                 (703) 790-7900

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Proposed Maximum           Proposed Maximum             Amount Of
Title Of Securities To Be             Amount To Be            Aggregate Offering         Aggregate Offering           Registration
        Registered                     Registered               Price Per Unit                 Price                      Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>                             <C>                  <C>                           <C>
Common Stock,
$.01 par value                       338,000 shares                 $4.00(1)             $1,352,000.00(1)               $398.84
per share
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The registration fee is calculated based on the aggregate number of shares of
Common stock issuable upon the Plan, multiplied by the option exercise price of
$4.00 per share of Common Stock.


<PAGE>   2



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by this reference and made a part
hereof:

     (a)  the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Objective Communications,
          Inc. (the "Registrant") for the year ended December 31, 1997;
          and

     (b)  the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained
          in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 1997
          registering the Common Stock of the Registrant under Section
          12(g) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act").

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such reports and documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

            Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The certificate of incorporation of the Registrant (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides for the indemnification of the Registrant's directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "GCL").

     As permitted by the GCL, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that 
directors of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or violation of law; (iii) for acts and
omissions relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the purchase or
redemption of stock; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be permitted to directors,
officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the

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<PAGE>   3

opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.

     The Registrant has also obtained officers' and directors' liability
insurance with respect to liabilities arising out of certain matters, including
matters arising under the Securities Act.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
            Exhibit
            Number                  Description of Exhibit
            ------                  ----------------------

<S>                                <C>
            4(a)                    Form of Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
                                    of Common Stock, issued in connection with
                                    the private placement of $2,000,000
                                    aggregate principal amount of Bridge Notes
                                    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4
                                    forming a part of the Registrant's
                                    Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File
                                    No. 333-20625) filed with the Securities and
                                    Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
                                    of 1933, as amended).

            4(b)                    Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of
                                    the Registrant, issued in connection with
                                    the private placement of units in June 1995
                                    and August 1996 (Incorporated by reference
                                    to Exhibit 3.5 forming a part of the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(c)                    Form of Warrant for the Purchase 100,000
                                    Shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
                                    share, issued in connection with the private
                                    placement of Series A Convertible Preferred
                                    Stock and warrants in December 1996 and
                                    January 1997 (Incorporated by reference to
                                    Exhibit 3.7 forming a part of the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange Commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(d)                    Form of Option for the Purchase of 180,000
                                    Shares of Common Stock issued to Barington
                                    Capital Group, L.P. (Incorporated by
                                    reference to Exhibit 3.8 forming a part of
                                    the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                                    Form SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with
                                    the Securities and Exchange Commission under
                                    the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(e)                    Form of Stock Option Agreement, dated
                                    December 18, 1997, by and between the
                                    Registrant and Barington Capital Group, L.P.
                                    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8
                                    forming a part of the Registrant's Annual
                                    Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
                                    December 31, 1997).
</TABLE>

                                       3
<PAGE>   4

<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>
            4(f)                    Specimen certificate evidencing shares of
                                    Common Stock of the Registrant (Incorporated
                                    by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange Commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            5                       Opinion of Counsel Shaw Pittman Potts &
                                    Trowbridge (filed herewith).


            23(a)                   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,
                                    Independent Accountants (filed herewith).


            23(b)                   Consent of Counsel, Shaw Pittman Potts &
                                    Trowbridge (filed as part of Exhibit 5
                                    hereto).
</TABLE>


ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) 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 
                       which, individually or together, represent a fundamental
                       change in the information in the registration statement;

                (iii)  to include any additional or changed material information
                       on the plan of distribution;

         (2)    that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
                Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall
                be deemed to be a new registration statement of the
                securities offered and the offering of such securities
                at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                offering; and

                                       4
<PAGE>   5

         (3)    to file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration 
                any securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.



                                       5
<PAGE>   6



                                   SIGNATURES

            The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the 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 the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on this 9th day of
April, 1998.

                                      OBJECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                      (Registrant)

                                      /s/ Steven A. Rogers
                                      -------------------------------------
                                      Steven A. Rogers
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

            Pursuant to the requirements on the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name                                                             Title                                     Date
----                                                             -----                                     ----
<S>                                                              <C>                                       <C>
                                                                 President and Chief
                                                                 Executive Officer, and
                                                                 Director (Principal
 /s/Steven A. Rogers                                             Executive Officer)                        April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Steven A. Rogers



                                                                 Vice President, 
                                                                 Administration and
 /s/Robert H. Emery                                              Finance and Secretary
-------------------------------------                            (Principal Financial
Robert H. Emery                                                  and Accounting Officer)                   April 9, 1998




 /s/Clifford M. Kendall                                          Chairman of the Board
-------------------------------------                            of Directors                             April 9, 1998
Clifford M. Kendall
</TABLE>



                                       6
<PAGE>   7

<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>                                       <C>
 /s/Anthony M. Agnello                                           Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Anthony M. Agnello

 /s/Robert L. Barnett                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Robert L. Barnett

 /s/Donald W. Barrett                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Donald W. Barrett

 /s/Eugene R. Cacciamani                                         Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Eugene R. Cacciamani

 /s/Marc S. Cooper                                               Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Marc S. Cooper

 /s/Lincoln D. Faurer                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Lincoln D. Faurer

 /s/Richard T. Liebhaber                                         Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Richard T. Liebhaber

 /s/Roy C. Nash                                                  Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Roy C. Nash
</TABLE>

                                       7
<PAGE>   8


<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>                                       <C>
 /s/John B. Torkelsen                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
John B. Torkelsen
</TABLE>



                                       8
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1998

                                                    Registration No. 333-______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                          ----------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ----------------------------
                         OBJECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                    54-1707962
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification No.)

                             50 International Drive
                         Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                          ----------------------------
                         Objective Communications, Inc.
                             1994 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                          ----------------------------
                                 Robert H. Emery
            Vice President, Administration and Finance and Secretary
                             50 International Drive
                         Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (603) 334-6700
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                   Copies to:
                              Ellen C. Grady, Esq.
                       Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge
                             1501 Farm Credit Drive
                             McLean, Virginia 22102
                                 (703) 790-7900

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Proposed Maximum           Proposed Maximum             Amount Of
Title Of Securities To Be             Amount To Be            Aggregate Offering         Aggregate Offering           Registration
        Registered                     Registered               Price Per Unit                 Price                      Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
$.01 par value                       338,000 shares                 $4.00(1)             $1,352,000.00(1)               $398.84
per share
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The registration fee is calculated based on the aggregate number of shares of
Common stock issuable upon the Plan, multiplied by the option exercise price of
$4.00 per share of Common Stock.
2

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by this reference and made a part
hereof:

     (a)  the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Objective Communications,
          Inc. (the "Registrant") for the year ended December 31, 1997;
          and

     (b)  the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained
          in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 1997
          registering the Common Stock of the Registrant under Section
          12(g) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act").

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such reports and documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

            Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The certificate of incorporation of the Registrant (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides for the indemnification of the Registrant's directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "GCL").

     As permitted by the GCL, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that 
directors of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or violation of law; (iii) for acts and
omissions relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the purchase or
redemption of stock; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be permitted to directors,
officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the

                                       2
3

opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.

     The Registrant has also obtained officers' and directors' liability
insurance with respect to liabilities arising out of certain matters, including
matters arising under the Securities Act.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
            Number                  Description of Exhibit
            ------                  ----------------------
4(a)                    Form of Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
                                    of Common Stock, issued in connection with
                                    the private placement of $2,000,000
                                    aggregate principal amount of Bridge Notes
                                    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4
                                    forming a part of the Registrant's
                                    Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File
                                    No. 333-20625) filed with the Securities and
                                    Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
                                    of 1933, as amended).

            4(b)                    Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of
                                    the Registrant, issued in connection with
                                    the private placement of units in June 1995
                                    and August 1996 (Incorporated by reference
                                    to Exhibit 3.5 forming a part of the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(c)                    Form of Warrant for the Purchase 100,000
                                    Shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
                                    share, issued in connection with the private
                                    placement of Series A Convertible Preferred
                                    Stock and warrants in December 1996 and
                                    January 1997 (Incorporated by reference to
                                    Exhibit 3.7 forming a part of the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange Commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(d)                    Form of Option for the Purchase of 180,000
                                    Shares of Common Stock issued to Barington
                                    Capital Group, L.P. (Incorporated by
                                    reference to Exhibit 3.8 forming a part of
                                    the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                                    Form SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with
                                    the Securities and Exchange Commission under
                                    the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            4(e)                    Form of Stock Option Agreement, dated
                                    December 18, 1997, by and between the
                                    Registrant and Barington Capital Group, L.P.
                                    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8
                                    forming a part of the Registrant's Annual
                                    Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
                                    December 31, 1997).
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4(f)                    Specimen certificate evidencing shares of
                                    Common Stock of the Registrant (Incorporated
                                    by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
                                    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                                    SB-2 (File No. 333-20625) filed with the
                                    Securities and Exchange Commission under the
                                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

            5                       Opinion of Counsel Shaw Pittman Potts &
                                    Trowbridge (filed herewith).

            23(a)                   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,
                                    Independent Accountants (filed herewith).

            23(b)                   Consent of Counsel, Shaw Pittman Potts &
                                    Trowbridge (filed as part of Exhibit 5
                                    hereto).
ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) 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 
                       which, individually or together, represent a fundamental
                       change in the information in the registration statement;

                (iii)  to include any additional or changed material information
                       on the plan of distribution;

         (2)    that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
                Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall
                be deemed to be a new registration statement of the
                securities offered and the offering of such securities
                at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                offering; and

                                       4
5

         (3)    to file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration 
                any securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

                                       5
6

                                   SIGNATURES

            The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the 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 the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on this 9th day of
April, 1998.

                                      OBJECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                      (Registrant)

                                      /s/ Steven A. Rogers
                                      -------------------------------------
                                      Steven A. Rogers
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

            Pursuant to the requirements on the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name                                                             Title                                     Date
----                                                             -----                                     ----
President and Chief
                                                                 Executive Officer, and
                                                                 Director (Principal
 /s/Steven A. Rogers                                             Executive Officer)                        April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Steven A. Rogers

                                                                 Vice President, 
                                                                 Administration and
 /s/Robert H. Emery                                              Finance and Secretary
-------------------------------------                            (Principal Financial
Robert H. Emery                                                  and Accounting Officer)                   April 9, 1998

 /s/Clifford M. Kendall                                          Chairman of the Board
-------------------------------------                            of Directors                             April 9, 1998
Clifford M. Kendall
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/s/Anthony M. Agnello                                           Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Anthony M. Agnello

 /s/Robert L. Barnett                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Robert L. Barnett

 /s/Donald W. Barrett                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Donald W. Barrett

 /s/Eugene R. Cacciamani                                         Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Eugene R. Cacciamani

 /s/Marc S. Cooper                                               Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Marc S. Cooper

 /s/Lincoln D. Faurer                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Lincoln D. Faurer

 /s/Richard T. Liebhaber                                         Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Richard T. Liebhaber

 /s/Roy C. Nash                                                  Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
Roy C. Nash
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/s/John B. Torkelsen                                            Director                                  April 9, 1998
-------------------------------------
John B. Torkelsen
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