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| FORM 3 |          U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
              Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

        Northrop Grumman Corporation
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

        1840 Century Park East
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                                   (Street)

        Los Angeles               California                          90067
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)


2.  Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)              8/24/00
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3.  IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity
    (voluntary)   95-1055798
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4.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol    Comptek Research, Inc. ("CTK")
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5.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

    ___ Director    ___ Officer             _X_ 10% Owner    ___ Other
                        (give title below)                       (specify below)


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6.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

    _____ Form filed by One Reporting Person
    __X__ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

             TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene- Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value Through Yavapai $0.02 per share 5,876,589 I Acqusition, Corp. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In- Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene- Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial Date Price Security: Ownership (Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5) Year) Derivative or In- ---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I) Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5) Exer- tion Title Number of cisable Date Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ None - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/s/ 9-6-00 ------------------------------- ----------------- Name: John H. Mullan Date Title: Corporate Vice President and Secretary Explanation of Responses: * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. See Instruction 6 for procedure.