NOTE:  Effective September 1, 2001, all news releases related to Northrop Grumman
Ship Systems are posted on the Northrop Grumman website.

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS LITTON INGALLS $660 MILLION SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

• LITTON INGALLS-LED INDUSTRY TEAM AWARDED $98.4 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO OF DD 21 PROGRAM

• NEW NAVY DESTROYER HONORS VIETNAM HERO CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR SENSE OF SERVICE TO DEAL WITH FUTURE THREATS

• JERRY ST. PÉ AND PHIL CALIAN HONORED BY THE MARITIME PORT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK AND VICINITY

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER TO BE CHRISTENED "LASSEN" (DDG 82) AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON INGALLS AWARDED $1.5 MILLION FOR FIRST PHASE OF T-ADC(X) CARGO SHIP PROGRAM

• AVONDALE SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE MERGER WITH LITTON

• 33-YEAR EMPLOYEE W. PATRICK KEENE NAMED PRESIDENT OF LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• AVONDALE VINDICATED BY UNANIMOUS 5TH CIRCUIT COURT DECISION

• GERALD J. ST. PÉ ELECTED LITTON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF NEWLY FORMED LITTON SHIP SYSTEMS

• AVONDALE SETS SHAREHOLDER MEETING DATE

• DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE DEPARTS LITTON INGALLS

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO MERGE WITH LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES BOARD DETERMINATION

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF UNSOLICITED ACQUISITION PROPOSAL

• AVONDALE REPORTS HIGHER FIRST-QUARTER EARNINGS

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REJECTS GENERAL DYNAMICS' ACQUISITION OF NEWPORT NEWS

• USS PORTER (DDG 78) HAILED AS "READY TO SAIL...READY TO SERVE...READY TO WIN!"

• USS PORTER (DDG 78), LITTON INGALLS-BUILT AEGIS DESTROYER, TO BE COMMISSIONED IN FLORIDA

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO. SIGN MAJOR CONTRACT FOR CRUISE SHIP CONTSTRUCTION

• DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLEARS NEWPORT NEWS' ACQUISITION OF AVONDALE

• NEWPORT NEWS HAS RECEIVED TAKEOVER PROPOSAL FROM GENERAL DYNAMICS

• AVONDALE REPORTS 1998 GAINS

• FDR, ELEANOR ‘WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION' FOR NEW AEGIS DESTROYER ROOSEVELT'S FUTURE CREWMEMBERS ABOARD DDG 80

• NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND AVONDALE INDUSTRIES TO MERGE

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER TO BE CHRISTENED ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) AT LITTON INGALLS