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Northrop Grumman's German Subsidiary Changes Name to Northrop Grumman LITEF

LONDON - June 18, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has announced that its navigation systems subsidiary, LITEF GmbH, located in Freiburg, Germany has changed its name to Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH, to enhance its visibility in the international market and strengthen its identity with the global defense and technology company.

"Northrop Grumman LITEF is a major contributor to the European market," said Jim Pitts, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems sector. "Having LITEF reflect the Northrop Grumman name further demonstrates our commitment to supplying innovative products to the international market."

Northrop Grumman LITEF is a leading supplier of inertial sensors, inertial reference and inertial navigation systems and computers with products deployed in more than 30 countries throughout the world in aircraft, land vehicles and ships. The company is an industry leader in fiber-optic gyroscope products for aircraft, marine vessels and ground mobile applications worldwide.

"Northrop Grumman is a globally recognized name, and, although LITEF GmbH has been part of the company since 2001, officially adding Northrop Grumman to our name will communicate to customers and other stakeholders our depth of resources and expertise and strengthen the value of the brand," said Egon Tyssen, general manager of Northrop Grumman LITEF.

The company designs, develops and manufactures state-of-the-art instrument, stabilization and navigation equipment for civil and military customers worldwide and provides system integration, installation support, user training and logistic support in the European domestic and international markets. It has its own independent research, design, development, engineering and manufacturing facilities.

Northrop Grumman LITEF's products include inertial navigation systems, inertial reference systems, attitude and heading reference units, inertial measurement units, hybrid navigation systems, vertical reference systems, flight control sensors, data concentrators, vehicle electronics, vehicle stabilization systems, mechanical and micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometers, and a variety of vehicle computer systems. The Northrop Grumman LITEF technologies include fiber-optic gyros, MEMS gyros, ring laser gyros, and dry tuned gyros.

Northrop Grumman LITEF is a key contractor in a number of domestic German and European collaborative programs.

In Europe, Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems. In the UK Northrop Grumman operates from primary locations in London, Fareham, Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and Solihull and provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation systems, robotics, C4ISR solutions and mission planning, IT systems, and software development.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide. 

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