SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 FORM 10-K
                                     
(X)  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                     
                For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995
                                    or
( )    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
       EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       For the transition period from          Commission file number
                        to                            1-3229
                                     
                       NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                                           95-1055798
(State or other jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

     1840 Century Park East
     Los Angeles, California                                  90067
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)
                                     
     Registrant's telephone number, including area code (310) 553-6262
        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                                 Name of each exchange
     Title of each class                           on which registered
      Common Stock, $1 par value               New York Stock Exchange
                                                Pacific Stock Exchange

        Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                                     
                                   None

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

          Yes x                                   No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not  contained herein, and will not be contained,
to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K.

As of February 12, 1996, 49,559, 670 shares of Common Stock were
outstanding, and the aggregate market value of the Common Stock (based upon
the closing price of the stock on the New York Stock Exchange) of the
Registrant held by nonaffiliates was approximately $3,270 million.

                    DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Part III

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

                                  PART I


Item 1.  Business

     Northrop Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1985.  Effective
May 18, 1994, Northrop Corporation was renamed Northrop Grumman
Corporation.  Northrop Grumman is an advanced technology company operating
in the aerospace industry.  The company designs, develops and manufactures
aircraft, aircraft subassemblies and electronic systems for military and
commercial use and designs and develops, operates and supports computer
systems for scientific and management information.
     Additional information required by this Item is contained in Part II
Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
Item 2.  Properties

     The major locations, general status of the company's interest in the
property and identity of the industry segments which use the property
described, are indicated in the following table.

          Location                                       Property Interest
    Arlington, Virginia (1) (5) (a)                                 Leased
    Benton, Pennsylvania (2) (b)                                    Leased
    *Bethpage, New York (1) (2) (3) (5) (a) (b) (c) (d)      Owned, Leased
    Bohemia, New York (3) (a)                                Owned, Leased
    Bridgeport, West Virginia (2) (a) (b)                    Owned, Leased
    Calverton, New York (2) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)                      Owned
    Chandler, Arizona (1) (a) (b)                                    Owned
    Compton, California (1) (b) (c)                          Owned, Leased
    El Segundo, California (1) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)           Owned, Leased
    Fairborn, Ohio (3) (a) (c)                                      Leased
    Fort Tejon, California (1) (d)                           Owned, Leased
    Gardena, California (1) (c)                                      Owned
    Glen Arm, Maryland (2) (b)                                       Owned
    Grand Prairie, Texas (1) (a) (b) (c) (d)                 Owned, Leased
    Great River, New York (2) (a) (b)                                Owned
    Hawthorne, California (1) (2) (4) (5) (a) (b) (c) (d)    Owned, Leased
    *Hicksville, New York  (2) (a) (d) (e)                           Owned
    Hondo, Texas (3) (e)                                            Leased
    Houston, Texas (3) (a)                                          Leased
    Irvine, California (2) (d)                                      Leased
    Kent, Washington (1) (c)                                        Leased
    Lake Charles, Louisiana (1) (a) (b) (c)                         Leased
    Lawton, Oklahoma (3) (a) (c)                             Owned, Leased
    Lexington, South Carolina (1) (a) (c)                    Owned, Leased
    Los Angeles, California (1) (2) (5) (a)                         Leased
    Mayfield, Pennsylvania (1) (b)                                   Owned
    Melbourne, Florida (2) (a) (b) (c) (e)                   Owned, Leased
    Milledgeville, Georgia (1) (b) (c) (e)                   Owned, Leased
    Mojave, California (1) (e)                               Owned, Leased
    Montebello, California (1) (c)                                  Leased
    Montgomery, Pennsylvania (1) (b)                                 Owned


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    New Town, North Dakota (2) (b) (c)                       Owned, Leased
    Newbury Park, California (5) (a) (b) (c) (d)                     Owned
    Norwood, Massachusetts (5) (b) (c) (e)                   Owned, Leased
    Palatine, Illinois (2) (c)                                      Leased
    Palmdale, California (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)             Owned, Leased
    Perry, Georgia (1) (4) (a) (b ) (c)                              Owned
    Pico Rivera, California (1) (a) (b) (c) (d)              Owned, Leased
    Portsmouth, Rhode Island (1) (b) (e)                     Owned, Leased
    Rolling Meadows, Illinois (2) (a)                        Owned, Leased
    Sherman, Texas (1) (b)                                           Owned
    St. Augustine, Florida (1) (a) (b) (c) (e)               Owned, Leased
    Stuart, Florida (1) (b) (c)                                     Leased
    Sturgis, Michigan (1) (a) (b) (c)                        Owned, Leased
    Torrance, California (1) (b) (c)                         Owned, Leased
    Tulare, California (1) (b)                                       Owned
    Warner Robins, Georgia (2) (3) (a)                       Owned, Leased
    Warren, Michigan (1) (b)                                        Leased







__________

* Certain portions of the properties at each of these locations are leased
  or subleased to others.  The company believes that in the aggregate the
  property covered by such leases or subleased to others is not material
  compared to the property actually utilized by the company in its
  business.


NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION


Following each described property are numbers indicating the industry
segments utilizing the property:

        (1)  Military and Commercial Aircraft
        (2)  Electronics and Systems Integration
        (3)  Data Systems and Other Services
        (4)  Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems
        (5)  General Corporate Asset

Following each described property are letters indicating the types of
facilities located at each location:

        (a)  office
        (b)  manufacturing
        (c)  warehouse
        (d)  research and testing
        (e)  other

     Government-owned facilities used or administered by the company
consist of 10.2 million square feet at various locations across the United
States.
     The company believes its properties are well-maintained and in good
operating condition.  Under present business conditions and the company's
volume of business, productive capacity is currently in excess of
requirements.


NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings


False Claims Act Litigation

     On June 9, 1987, a Complaint, entitled U.S. ex rel, David Peterson and
Jeff Kroll v. Northrop Corporation, was filed in the U.S. District Court
for the Central District of California alleging violations by the Company
of the False Claims Act in connection with the operation of petty cash
funds, inspection, testing, and pricing for the MX Peacekeeper Missile
program.  On September 1, 1989, the government intervened and reduced the
scope of the lawsuit by filing an amended complaint.  The amended complaint
does not completely specify the total amount being sought but, rather,
seeks damages in excess of $1.2 million.  On May 7, 1990, the Court ruled
that the original plaintiffs may proceed with portions of the lawsuit that
the government declined to include in the amended complaint.  In 1994, the
court granted summary judgment for the Company on the government's fraud
allegations related to petty cash, integrated test stations, extended work
week and experimental change orders.  Trial on the remaining allegations is
scheduled for March 1996.
     In addition, the Company is a party to a number of civil actions
brought by private parties alleging violation of the False Claims Act in
which the government has declined to intervene.  These actions, which have
been previously reported, relate to the MX Peacekeeper Missile, the Air
Launched Cruise Missile and the Advanced Technology Bomber (B-2) programs.
In a number of these actions, plaintiffs also allege employment related
claims including claims of wrongful termination.  Damages sought include
claims for compensatory and punitive damages.  A number of these civil
actions were initially reported when it was unclear what position, if any,
the government would take in the litigation.  In light of the government's
decision not to intervene or otherwise pursue the litigation, as well as
the amounts involved, the cases will not be individually reported.
Further, the Company learns from time to time that it has been named as a
defendant in lawsuits which are filed under seal pursuant to the False
Claims Act.  Since these matters remain under seal, the Company does not
possess sufficient information to accurately report on the particular
allegations.

Walsh, et al. v. Northrop Grumman Corporation

     In November 1994, a class action complaint was filed against Northrop
Grumman Corporation, Grumman Corporation, Renso Caporali, Howard J. Dunn,
Jr., Robert Denien and Robert E. Foster in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York, Case No. CV 94-5105 (Platt C.J.).  A first
amended complaint was filed on November 29, 1994 alleging that Grumman
Corporation's March 8 and April 4, 1994 Form 14D-9 filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission incorporated a statement concerning the
Grumman Severance Plan which violated Sections 10(b) and 14(e) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and Rule 10b-5 of the Rules
and Regulations under the Act.  The complaint also contains a cause of
action for equitable estoppel based upon the same statement and plaintiffs'
alleged reliance thereon.  The complaint also alleges that the trustees of
Grumman's Investment Plan violated their fiduciary obligations by voting
the Plan's shares in favor of the merger without consulting the class
members.  The complaint seeks an order enjoining the defendants from
amending or discontinuing the Severance Plan for a period of thirty (30)
months from the date of the merger and an order mandating that defendants
permit class members who have accepted voluntary termination with severance
pay to rescind their elections.  On December 8, 1994 the court denied
plaintiffs' application for a preliminary injunction but declined to
dismiss the action.  On April 7, 1995 the court granted plaintiffs' motion
to amend their complaint to add a claim for damages based on post-acquisition 
changes to Grumman benefit plans.  In July 1995, the court certified a class 
of plaintiffs consisting of all employees who, at the time of the tender offer, 
were Grumman employees, owned Grumman stock either directly or beneficially 
through the Employee Investment Plan, and were injured as a result of 
defendants conduct.  Absent dispositive motions, this matter will proceed 
to trial in late 1996 or early 1997.  The defendants intend to vigorously 
defend this litigation and the Company does not expect this matter to have 
a material adverse effect on its financial condition.

U.S. Government Investigation

     The Company, as a government contractor, is from time to time subject
to U.S. Government investigations relating to its operations.  Government
contractors that are found to have violated the False Claims Act, or are
indicted or convicted for violations of other Federal laws, or are
considered not to be responsible contractors may be suspended or debarred
from, government contracting for some period of time.  Such convictions
could also result in fines.  Given the Company's dependence on government
contracting, suspension or debarment could have a material adverse effect
on the Company.
     On May 3, 1995 federal agents executed search warrants at the Military
Aircraft Division facilities in Hawthorne and El Segundo, California.
Since that time, the Company has learned that the United States Attorney
for the Central District of California is conducting a Grand Jury
investigation of the F/A-18 and Targets Programs at the Military Aircraft
Division.  Although the Government has declined to inform the Company of
the details of the investigation, it has confirmed that there are no issues
regarding flight safety.



NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

Executive Officers of the Registrant


     
     The following individuals were the elected officers of the company as
of February 1996:


Business Experience Name Age Office Held Since Last Five Years Kent Kresa 57 Chairman, President & CEO 1990 President and Chief Executive Officer. Herbert W. Anderson 56 Corporate Vice President 1995 Vice President and Deputy and General Manager, General Manager, Data Data Systems & Services Systems and Services Division Division; Prior to 1994, Vice President and Center General Manager of Northrop Information Services Center; Prior to 1991, Vice President Information Resource Management, B-2 Program Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. 48 Corporate Vice President 1996 Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Manager, and General Manager, Military Aircraft Systems B-2 Division; Prior to Division 1994, Vice President Business and Advanced Systems Development at B-2 Division; Prior to 1992, Vice President Business Development and Administration; Prior to 1991, Vice President and Manager of Northrop Washington Office. Marvin Elkin 59 Corporate Vice President 1994 Corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Administration and and Administrative Officer Services; prior to 1991 Vice President, Materiel and Services Nelson F. Gibbs 58 Corporate Vice President 1992 Vice President and Controller and Controller; Prior to 1991, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP John E. Harrison 60 Corporate Vice President 1994 Senior Vice President and General Manager, and General Manager, Electronics and Systems Electronics Programs, Integration Division Aerospace and Electronics Group, Grumman Corporation; Prior to 1992, President, Electronics Division, Grumman Corporation Robert W. Helm 44 Corporate Vice 1994 Vice President, President, Government Legislative Affairs Relations James C. Johnson 43 Corporate Vice 1995 Senior Corporate Counsel; President and Secretary Prior to 1992, Senior Counsel Charles L. Jones, Jr. 54 Corporate Vice 1992 Vice President, Quality President, Quality Operations Operations; Prior to 1991 Vice President and Manager Operations, Electronics Division Richard R. Molleur 63 Corporate Vice President 1991 Senior Vice President and and General Counsel General Counsel; Prior to 1991, Partner, Winston & Strawn Albert F. Myers 50 Corporate Vice President 1994 Vice President, Business and Treasurer Strategy; Prior to 1992, Vice President, Test Operations at B-2 Division James G. Roche 56 Corporate Vice President 1993 Corporate Vice President and Chief Advanced Advanced Development and Development, Planning, Planning Officer; Prior to and Public Affairs Officer 1992 Vice President, Advanced Development and Planning; Prior to 1991, Vice President and Special Assistant to the Chairman, President and CEO Wallace G. Solberg 64 Corporate Vice President 1996 Corporate Vice President and General Manager, and General Manager, Military Aircraft Systems Military Aircraft Division; Division Prior to 1994, Corporate Vice President and General Manager-Aircraft Division; Prior to 1991, Vice President and General Manager, Electronics Systems Division Richard B. Waugh, Jr. 52 Corporate Vice President 1993 Vice President, Taxes, and Chief Financial Officer Risk Management and Business Analysis Gordon L. Williams 63 Corporate Vice President 1994 President & CEO, Vought and General Manager, Aircraft Company; Prior to Commercial Aircraft Division 1992, President, Aircraft Division, LTV Aerospace & Defense
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders No information is required in response to this Item. PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters The information required by this Item is contained in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Item 6. Selected Financial Data The information required by this Item is contained in Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Business Conditions Northrop Grumman's industry segments - military and commercial aircraft, electronics and systems integration, data systems and other services, and missiles and unmanned vehicle systems (MUVS) - are each a factor in the broadly defined aerospace industry. While Northrop Grumman is subject to the usual vagaries of the marketplace, it is also affected by the unique characteristics of the aerospace industry and by certain elements peculiar to its own business mix. In the second quarter of 1994 the company purchased the outstanding common stock of Grumman Corporation (Grumman) for $2.1 billion. Northrop Corporation was renamed Northrop Grumman Corporation effective May 18, 1994. In August 1994 the company purchased the remaining 51 percent interest in Vought Aircraft Company (Vought) for $130 million. The company had purchased a 49 percent interest in Vought in 1992. As a result of these acquisitions the company reorganized, effective January 1, 1995, into five operating divisions - B-2 Division, Military Aircraft Division, Commercial Aircraft Division(CAD), Electronics and Systems Integration Division(ESID) and the Data Systems and Services Division(DSSD). To further strengthen and streamline operations, the B-2 and Military Aircraft Divisions were combined, effective January 1, 1996. The combined division has been designated the Military Aircraft Systems Division (MASD). Northrop Grumman is one of the major companies that compete for the relatively small number of large, long-term programs that characterize both the defense and commercial segments of the aerospace business. It is common in the aerospace industry for work on major programs to be shared between a number of companies. A company competing to be a prime contractor can turn out to be a subcontractor. It is not uncommon to compete with customers, and to simultaneously be both a supplier to and customer of a given competitor. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas are the largest companies in the aerospace industry at this time. Northrop Grumman also competes against many other companies for a number of large and smaller programs, notably in the electronics and systems integration areas. Competition is intense, yet the nature of major aerospace programs, conducted under binding contracts, allows companies that perform well to benefit from a level of program continuity unknown in many industries. Thus, intense competition and long operating cycles are both characteristic of the industry's - and Northrop Grumman's - business. The B-2 bomber, for which the company is the prime contractor, is Northrop Grumman's largest program. The MASD headquartered in El Segundo, California is responsible for final assembly of the B-2's airframe and systems integration (in Palmdale, California), and the manufacture of the fuselage and parts of the B-2's navigation and electronic warfare/situation awareness system. Major subcontractors include Boeing, which makes the aft center section, outboard wing sections, landing gear and fuel system, and GM Hughes, which produces the radar systems. The Air Force currently plans to operate two B-2 bomber squadrons of eight aircraft each with an additional four aircraft available to fill in for those in depot for periodic maintenance. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The MASD is also the principal subcontractor on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 program. The F/A-18 is a fighter/ground-attack aircraft that can carry either one or two crew members. It is principally deployed by the U.S. Navy on aircraft carriers, but several other nations have purchased the aircraft and use it as a land-based combat aircraft. The company builds approximately 40 percent of the aircraft including the center and aft fuselage sections and vertical tails. Of the versions of the F/A-18 currently in production, the C is a single-seat combat aircraft that was first delivered to the Navy in 1987 and the D is a two-seat version principally used for training. The F/A-18E/F is an enhanced version currently under development for the U.S. Navy as its next generation multi- mission aircraft. MASD also produces aerial targets, principally the BQM-74/Chukar. The BQM-74 series has been in production since the 1960s. It is used by the Navy for air defense training, gunnery practice and weapon system evaluation. The company builds the airframe and the electronics that are used to guide the drone with the drone's engine being produced by Williams International. The CAD manufactures portions of the Boeing 747, 757, 767 and 777 jetliners, the Gulfstream IV and V business jets, and the McDonnell Douglas C-17. Northrop Grumman has been a principal airframe subcontractor for the Boeing 747 jetliner since the program began in 1966. The company produces the fuselage and aft body section for the 747 as well as cargo and passenger doors, the vertical and horizontal body stabilizers, floor beams and smaller structural components. The majority of the Boeing jetliner work is performed at CAD's primary production sites in Hawthorne, California; Grand Prairie, Texas; and Stuart, Florida. CAD manufactures engine nacelles for the Gulfstream IV and other business jets and recently initiated production of the wings for Gulfstream's newest business jet, the Gulfstream V. CAD also produces the empennage, engine nacelles and control surfaces for the McDonnell Douglas C-17 program, the U.S. Air Force's most advanced airlifter, at various locations. The work performed on the C-17, Gulfstream IV and V, 757, 767, 777 and some of the components of the 747 were added as a result of the Grumman and Vought acquisitions. The Northrop Grumman designed and built all-weather E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Command and Control aircraft has been in active service with the U.S. Navy since 1973 and is also employed by the air forces of five other nations. The E-2C is produced by the company's ESID. ECM denotes electronic countermeasures equipment manufactured by the ESID. The largest program in this business area is the AN/ALQ-135, which is an internally mounted radar jammer deployed on F-15 fighter aircraft as part of that aircraft's Tactical Electronic Warfare System. The AN/ALQ-162 Shadowbox is a jammer built specifically to counter continuous wave radars. The AN/ALQ-162 has been installed on the AV-8B and certain foreign F/A-18 aircraft. It is also being deployed on U.S. Army helicopters and special mission aircraft and it has been sold to the air forces of three other nations. ESID also produces the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). Joint STARS detects, locates, classifies, tracks and targets potentially hostile ground movement in all weather. It is designed to operate around the clock, in constant communication through secure data links with air force command posts, army mobile ground stations or centers of military analysis far from the point of conflict. The Joint STARS platform is a remanufactured Boeing 707-300 airframe. The 707 is remanufactured at Northrop Grumman's Lake Charles, Louisiana site. Final installation of electronics and testing are performed at the ESID integration and test facility in Melbourne, Florida. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The ESID, as the prime contractor to the U.S. Army, is developing a "brilliant" anti-armor submunition, designated as BAT, with production scheduled to commence in 1998. BAT is a three foot long, 44 pound, wide- area-attack submunition that will be used to disable and destroy armored vehicles and trucks. BATs are meant to be carried and dispensed by a larger missile. BATs are designed to be ejected over an armored vehicle column or attacking formation. Each BAT has an infrared sensor that can home in on the heat generated by a vehicle's engine, and an acoustic sensor that can home in on the noise created by the tank or truck's engine. Northrop Grumman's DSSD designs, develops, operates and supports computer systems for scientific and management information. Services provided include systems integration, systems service, information conversion and training for federal, state and local governments and private industry. DSSD also provides military base support functions and aircraft maintenance at a number of U.S. Government facilities. Tables of contract acquisitions, sales and funded order backlog by major program, follow and complement industry segment data. B-2, F/A-18, Boeing Jetliners (the 747, 757, 767 and 777) and C-17 are currently the major programs of the military and commercial aircraft industry segment. E- 2C Hawkeye, ECM, E-8 Joint STARS and BAT are included in the electronics and systems integration industry segment. The Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile (TSSAM), the segment's principal program in 1994 and prior years, and aerial targets are included in the company's MUVS industry segment. The "all other" category includes the data systems and other services as well as the balance of the company's numerous other contracts, classified and unclassified. Individual companies prosper in the competitive aerospace/defense environment according to their ability to develop and market innovative products. They must also have the ability to provide the people, facilities, equipment and financial capacity needed to deliver those products with maximum efficiency. It is necessary to maintain, as the company has, sources for raw materials, fabricated parts, electronic components and major subassemblies. In this manufacturing and systems integration environment, effective oversight of subcontractors and suppliers is as vital to success as managing internal operations. Northrop Grumman's operating policies are designed to enhance these capabilities. The company also believes that it maintains good relations with its employees, a relatively small number of whom are covered by collective bargaining agreements. U.S. Government programs in which Northrop Grumman either participates, or strives to participate, must compete with other programs for consideration during our nation's budget formulation and appropriation processes. As a consequence of the end of the Cold War and pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit, the U.S. defense budget is not expected to increase substantially in the near term. Budget decisions made in this environment will have long-term consequences for the size and structure of Northrop Grumman and the entire defense industry. An important factor in determining Northrop Grumman's ability to successfully compete for future contracts will be its cost structure vis-a-vis other bidders. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Although the ultimate size of future defense budgets remains uncertain, the defense needs of the nation are expected to provide substantial research and development (R&D) and other business for the company to pursue well into the future. Northrop Grumman has historically concentrated its efforts in such high technology areas as stealth, airborne surveillance, battle management, precision weapons and systems integration. Even though a high priority has been assigned by the Department of Defense to the company's major programs, there remains the possibility that one or more of them may be reduced, stretched or terminated. In the commercial aircraft market, many airlines have recently deferred deliveries and purchases of new aircraft. This has caused The Boeing Company to reduce scheduled production of various jetliners, including the 747. As a result, Northrop Grumman's subcontract workload for the 747, the company's largest commercial program, was stretched out beginning in late 1993, with deliveries declining 43 percent in 1994, with a further 23 percent decline in 1995. Business conditions in the commercial aircraft industry appear to be on the upswing. The three major producers of jetliners recorded more than twice the number of new aircraft orders in 1995 than in 1994. This positive trend is expected to continue in 1996, potentially signifying a new commercial airplane buying cycle. Northrop Grumman, with its involvement on various Boeing jetliners, remains optimistic about the long-term prospects for its commercial structures business. Northrop Grumman pursues new business opportunities when justified by acceptable financial returns and technological risks. The company examines opportunities to acquire or invest in new businesses and technologies to strengthen its traditional business areas. Northrop Grumman continues to capitalize on its technologies and skills by entering into joint ventures, partnerships or associations with other companies. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Results Of Operations By Industry Segment And Major Customer
Year ended December 31,$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Revenue: Military and Commercial Aircraft United States Government $ 3,371 $ 3,896 $ 3,570 $ 3,864 $ 3,728 Other customers 826 687 543 560 553 Intersegment sales 187 52 1 1 1 4,384 4,635 4,114 4,425 4,282 Electronics and Systems Integration United States Government 1,831 1,135 582 677 738 Other customers 228 306 15 9 18 Intersegment sales 103 106 114 120 118 2,162 1,547 711 806 874 Data Systems and OtherServices United States Government 363 309 79 88 95 Other customers 52 30 Intersegment sales 11 22 426 361 79 88 95 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems United States Government 138 332 250 329 541 Other customers 9 16 24 23 21 147 348 274 352 562 Intersegment eliminations (301) (180) (115) (121) (119) Total revenue $ 6,818 $ 6,711 $ 5,063 $ 5,550 $ 5,694 Operating Profit(Loss) Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 437 $ 463 $ 387 $ 357 $ 384 Electronics and Systems Integration 179 122 56 63 54 Data Systems and Other Services 15 14 4 3 4 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems 1 (18) (185) (135) 33 Total operating profit 632 581 262 288 475 Adjustments to reconcile operating profit to operating margin: Other(income)deductions included above (6) (3) (2) 10 State and local income taxes (37) (28) (18) (12) (30) General corporate expenses (109) (113) (96) (105) (107) Retiree benefit cost included in contract costs 114 80 9 7 22 Retiree benefit income(cost) (64) (33) 39 42 (24) Special termination benefits (282) Operating margin $ 536 $ 199 $ 193 $ 218 $ 346
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Year ended December 31, $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Contract Acquisitions Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 1,906 $ 8,122 $ 3,764 $ 3,072 $ 6,297 Electronics and Systems Integration 2,408 3,121 616 568 722 Data Systems and Other Services 419 526 75 89 83 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems (141) 196 352 435 450 Total acquisitions $ 4,592 $11,965 $ 4,807 $ 4,164 $ 7,552 Funded Order Backlog Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 6,898 $ 9,189 $ 5,650 $ 5,999 $ 7,351 Electronics and Systems Integration 2,728 2,379 699 680 798 Data Systems and Other Services 234 230 43 47 46 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems 87 375 527 449 366 Total backlog $ 9,947 $12,173 $ 6,919 $ 7,175 $ 8,561 Identifiable Assets Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 2,369 $ 2,974 $ 1,793 $ 1,849 $ 1,913 Electronics and Systems Integration 1,948 1,754 325 360 445 Data Systems and Other Services 497 485 104 115 109 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems 90 190 175 272 280 Operating assets 4,904 5,403 2,397 2,596 2,747 General corporate 551 644 542 566 381 Total assets $ 5,455 $ 6,047 $ 2,939 $ 3,162 $ 3,128 Capital Expenditures Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 80 $ 75 $ 71 $ 46 $ 57 Electronics and Systems Integration 36 33 30 34 22 Data Systems and Other Services 11 14 25 34 31 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3 11 8 7 7 General corporate 3 1 1 2 1 Total expenditures $ 133 $ 134 $ 135 $ 123 $ 118 Depreciation and Amortization Military and Commercial Aircraft $ 165 $ 155 $ 142 $ 85 $ 96 Electronics and Systems Integration 84 76 40 39 42 Data Systems and Other Services 27 27 24 25 21 Missiles and Unmanned Vehicle Systems 6 11 7 10 10 General Corporate 1 1 1 2 Total depreciation and amortization $ 283 $ 269 $ 214 $ 160 $ 171
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Northrop Grumman, as well as many other companies in the defense industry, suffered the effects of the Department of Defense's practice in the 1980s of structuring new, high-risk research and development contracts, such as TSSAM, as fixed-price or capped cost-reimbursement type contracts. Although Northrop Grumman has stopped accepting these types of contracts, it has experienced financial losses on TSSAM and other similar programs acquired under them in the past. The company received a termination for convenience notice on the TSSAM program in February 1995. In the event of termination for convenience, contractors are normally protected by provisions covering reimbursement for all costs incurred subsequent to termination. The company does not expect that the TSSAM termination will have a material financial effect on the company's financial position. Prime contracts with various agencies of the U.S. Government and subcontracts with other prime contractors are subject to a profusion of procurement regulations, with noncompliance found by any one agency possibly resulting in fines, penalties, debarment or suspension from receiving additional contracts with all agencies. Given the company's dependence on U. S. Government business, suspension or debarment could have a material adverse affect on the company's future. Moreover, these contracts may be terminated at the Government's convenience as was done with the TSSAM program. While Northrop Grumman conducts most of its business with the U.S. Government, principally the Department of Defense, commercial sales still represent a significant portion of total revenue. Federal, state and local laws relating to the protection of the environment affect the company's manufacturing operations. The company has provided for the estimated cost to complete remediation where it is probable that the company will incur such costs in the future, including those for which it has been named a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) by the Environmental Protection Agency or similarly designated by other environmental agencies. The company has been designated a PRP under federal Superfund laws at 11 hazardous waste sites and under state Superfund laws at seven sites. It is difficult to estimate the timing and ultimate amount of environmental cleanup costs to be incurred in the future due to the uncertainties, regarding the extent of the required cleanup and the status of the law, regulations and their interpretations. Nonetheless, to assess the potential impact on the company's financial statements, management estimates the total reasonably possible remediation costs that could be incurred by the company. Such estimates take into consideration the professional judgment of the company's environmental engineers and, when necessary, consultation with outside environmental specialists. In most instances, only a range of reasonably possible costs can be estimated. However, in the determination of accruals the most probable amount is used when determinable and the minimum is used when no single amount is more probable. The company records accruals for environmental cleanup costs in the accounting period in which the company's responsibility is established and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Management estimates that at December 31, 1995, the reasonable range of future costs for environmental remediation, including Superfund sites, is $39 million to $63 million, of which $41 million has been accrued. The amount accrued has not been offset by potential recoveries from insurance carriers or other PRPs. Should other PRPs not pay their allocable share of remediation costs the company may have to incur costs in addition to those already estimated and accrued. The company is making the necessary investments to comply with environmental laws; the amounts, while not insignificant, are not considered material to the company's financial position or results of its operations. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Measures of Volume Contract acquisitions tend to fluctuate and are determined by the size and timing of new and add-on orders. The effects of multi-year orders and/or funding can be seen in the highs and lows shown in the following table. The funded order backlog of Grumman and Vought on the date the companies were acquired are reflected as acquisitions in 1994. The 757, 767, 777 (included in Boeing Jetliners category), E-2, E-8 Joint STARS, and C-17 programs were acquired as part of Grumman and Vought. B-2 acquisitions in 1995 include incremental funding for ongoing development work, spares and other customer support for the 20 operational aircraft program. In 1994 $2.4 billion of funding to complete the last five B-2 production aircraft was received as well as incremental funding for ongoing development work, spares and other customer support. The company still stands to gain future new post-production business, such as airframe depot maintenance, repair of components, operational software changes and product improvement modifications. The debate over the future of the B-2, which is built in the nation's only active bomber producing facility, is now taking place. Without future production orders the nation's multi-billion dollar investment in this capability will be disassembled and become retrievable only at a large additional cost. Contract Acquisitions $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 B-2 $ 475 $ 3,646 $ 2,632 $ 2,235 $ 4,794 E-8 Joint STARS 608 1,151 Boeing Jetliners 464 1,177 242 76 870 E-2 475 1,136 F/A-18C/D 650 211 89 576 564 F/A-18E/F 238 249 743 131 10 ECM 590 323 445 361 431 C-17 208 434 BAT 87 88 90 147 82 TSSAM (153) 157 248 349 369 All other 950 3,393 318 289 432 $ 4,592 $11,965 $ 4,807 $ 4,164 $ 7,552 Orders for 128 F/A-18C/D shipsets were finalized in 1995. Acquisitions in 1994 and 1993 included long-lead funding received from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation for new F/A-18C/D shipsets. Advance funding for the next phase of the 747 jetliner programs was received from the Boeing Company in 1995. In 1993, additional contract value was received for, among other things, extending the delivery schedule of the current phase of the 747 into 1996. ECM acquisitions for 1995 included an award of $279 million from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to develop and produce directed infrared countermeasures systems. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The balance of Grumman and Vought funded order backlog at the dates of acquisition, for those programs not listed in the table, is included in the "all other" category and accounts for the major increase in 1994 over 1993. Year-to-year sales vary less than contract acquisitions and reflect performance under new and ongoing contracts. The 1994 results of operations include Grumman and Vought since the acquisitions in April and August 1994, respectively. Comparative results for 1993 and prior do not include Grumman and Vought data. Sales for 1995 were the highest in the company's history and were 2 percent higher than in 1994. Without the Grumman and Vought acquisitions, sales for 1994 would have declined 10 percent from the 1993 level. Net Sales $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 B-2 $1,914 $2,392 $2,881 $3,212 $3,100 E-8 Joint STARS 613 345 Boeing Jetliners 569 483 531 549 540 E-2 566 409 F/A-18C/D 418 309 362 492 562 F/A-18E/F 404 508 279 118 10 ECM 351 357 372 378 415 C-17 244 121 BAT 90 88 100 135 71 TSSAM 81 276 179 265 390 All other 1,568 1,423 359 401 606 $6,818 $6,711 $5,063 $5,550 $5,694 The decreasing trend in the B-2 revenues from both EMD and production work continued in 1995. The level of EMD effort, included in amounts reported as contract R&D, constituted 30 percent of the total B-2 revenue, up from 26 percent in 1994 and 28 percent in 1993. Current planning data indicate that the level of overall B-2 revenue will decline roughly 20 percent per year for the remainder of the decade. Sales increased in 1995 for the C/D version of the F/A-18 program with an increase of deliveries to 56, as compared to 42 shipsets delivered in 1994 and the 52 delivered in 1993. In 1996 and 1997, the company currently plans to deliver 68 and 36 F/A-18C/D shipsets respectively. A total of seven shipsets were delivered under the F/A-18E/F EMD contract in 1995. F/A-18E/F revenue is expected to drop below $300 million in 1996 with the final three shipsets for the EMD phase of the program scheduled for delivery. The Low Rate Initial Production phase of the F/A-18E/F program is expected to begin in 1996. Deliveries of 747 center fuselages were 24 in 1995, 31 in 1994 and 54 in 1993. Twenty-eight fuselages are expected to be delivered in 1996. The electronics and systems integration segment revenues increased 40 percent in 1995 as a result of higher revenues on the E-2 Hawkeye and E-8 Joint STARS programs. The increase in 1994 was due to the acquisition of Grumman which more than offset the decrease from lower BAT development revenue and lower ECM sales. Reduced electronics segment revenues in 1993 stemmed from lower BAT development revenue, lower MX Peacekeeper sales and lower sales in the sensor product area. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The year-end funded order backlog is the sum of the previous year-end backlog plus the year's contract acquisitions minus the year's sales. Backlog is converted into the following years' sales as costs are incurred or deliveries are made. It is expected that approximately 50 percent of the 1995 year-end backlog will be converted into sales in 1996. Funded Order Backlog $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 B-2 $ 3,736 $ 5,175 $ 3,921 $ 4,170 $ 5,147 E-8 Joint STARS 801 806 Boeing Jetliners 1,312 1,417 723 1,012 1,485 E-2 637 727 F/A-18C/D 577 345 443 716 632 F/A-18E/F 54 220 477 13 ECM 747 506 540 467 484 C-17 277 313 BAT 17 20 20 30 18 TSSAM 14 248 367 298 214 All other 1,775 2,396 428 469 581 $ 9,947 $12,173 $ 6,919 $ 7,175 $ 8,561 Total U.S. Government orders, including those made on behalf of foreign governments (FMS), comprised 77 percent of the backlog at the end of 1995 compared with 80 percent at the end of 1994 and 89 percent at the end of 1993. Total foreign customer orders, including FMS, accounted for 10 percent of the backlog at the end of 1995 compared with nine percent in 1994 and three percent in 1993. Domestic commercial business in backlog at the end of 1995 was 16 percent, 14 percent at the end of 1994 and 11 percent at the end of 1993. Measures of Performance The company's operating profit for 1995 was a record high and has improved in its electronics and systems integration segment for the last two years. These improvements stem from both increased revenue and improved operating margin rates in that segment. Company-wide efforts to reduce costs, install tighter business controls, improve cash management, dispose of excess assets and more effectively utilize productive assets, are all goals aimed at contributing to the future success of Northrop Grumman. This financial report demonstrates the degree to which the accomplishment of these goals is being achieved. Operating profit in the military and commercial aircraft segment decreased in 1995 primarily as a result of lower overall sales volume and $31 million in expenditures for company sponsored research and development for commercial aerostructures. The rate and amount of operating margin on the F/A-18E/F increased in 1995 due to an increase in the rate of operating margin being recorded on the EMD contract, which was made during the third quarter. This resulted from the continuing evaluation of the overall operating margin to be earned on this phase of the program. The increase on the F/A-18E/F more than offset reduced operating margin earned, on higher sales volume, for the F/A-18C/D. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The military and commercial aircraft industry segment operating profit increased to its highest level ever in 1994, exceeding the previous high reached in 1993, as margin rates improved on the B-2 and F/A-18 programs. The rate and amount of operating margin recorded on the F/A-18E/F increased in 1994 due to an approximately one and one half percent increase in the rate of operating margin being recorded on the EMD contract. The F/A-18 program operating margin improved in 1994 and 1993 despite reduced F/A- 18C/D shipset deliveries in each of these years versus the previous year. The rate and amount of operating margin recorded on the B-2 production contract increased in 1995 as a result of negotiated contract adjustments and a revised estimate of the overall operating margin expected to be earned. This increase was offset by lower operating margin recorded on decreased revenue on the other phases of the B-2 program. B-2 operating margin improved in 1994 as the amount of margin recorded on the delivery of four aircraft more than offset reduced operating margin from lower production and EMD sales. Following the award of the last increment of production funding for the B-2, the company began recording future operating margin increases on all production aircraft as these units are delivered and accepted by the customer. At the time each unit is delivered an assessment is made of the status of the production contract so as to estimate the amount of any probable additional margin available beyond that previously recognized. That unit's proportionate share of any such unrecognized remaining balance will then be recorded. In this fashion it is believed that margin improvements will be recognized on a more demonstrable basis. The current 15 production units are scheduled for their initial delivery over a five year period, which began in December 1993. All but two units (four equivalent units for this purpose) will be returned for scheduled retrofitting with final deliveries beginning in 1997 and ending in 2000. It is anticipated that the total of 30 equivalent units will be delivered at a rate of from three to five per year. Fewer deliveries and cost increases related to a stretch-out of the current production contract for the Boeing 747 jetliner resulted in a lower rate and amount of operating margin in 1995. The current phase of the program is now expected to be completed in the fall of 1996. A reduction in the rate of operating margin due to increased costs allocated, as a result of establishing a separate commercial aircraft operating element and fewer deliveries than in 1993, caused decreased operating profit on the 747 program in 1994. Operating profit in the electronics and systems integration segment reached a record level in 1995. This was a result of an increased rate of operating margin and higher sales volume on the E-2 Hawkeye and increased sales volume on the E-8 Joint STARS program. The electronics and systems integration segment operating profit increased in 1994 due primarily to the addition of the E-2 Hawkeye, E-8 Joint STARS and various other military electronics programs associated with the Grumman acquisition and an increased rate of margin recorded in the company's electronic countermeasures business, which more than offset the $8 million in provisions recorded by the ESID-Norwood operation for unrecoverable costs incurred. The 13 percent sales decline in the electronics and systems integration segment for 1993 from the level achieved in 1992 was accompanied by an 11 percent decline in operating profit. Lower margins in the sensor product area and on the BAT program more than offset the increase in ECM operating margin. A loss provision of $20 million was made during 1994 on the TSSAM development contract and followed a similar provision of $201 million in 1993. The recording of the expected loss from the performance of this long-term fixed-price R&D contract caused major losses in the MUVS segment during three of the last five years. Production delays caused increased amounts of sustaining labor to be absorbed by the development phase of the program in which the company has invested over $600 million. The ultimate loss on this contract will depend on the resolution of pending claims against the U.S. Government. The company is unable to predict whether it will realize some or all of its claims against the U.S. Government from the TSSAM contract. The company does not expect the termination of the program to have a material adverse financial impact on the company. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Operating margin in 1995 included $23 million of pension income compared with $36 million in 1994, and $71 million in 1993. Also contributing to the change from net retiree benefit income in 1993 to a net retiree benefit cost in 1994 and 1995 was the increase in the cost of providing retiree health care and life insurance benefits - $87 million in 1995 versus $69 million in 1994 and $32 million in 1993. A major contributor to the net retiree benefit cost was the addition of the Grumman and Vought retiree plans in 1994. Operating margin in 1994 was reduced by $282 million to record the effect of an early retirement incentive program. The Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) accounting standard No. 106 - Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions - was adopted by the company in 1991. The liability representing previously unrecognized costs of $145 million for all years prior to 1991 was recorded as of January 1, 1991, with an after-tax effect on earnings of $88 million or $1.86 per share. In 1994 the company recorded a $42 million pretax charge for the planned disposal of excess real estate and other assets. This was a result of the company's continuing efforts to reduce operating costs and dispose of assets which have become excess due to changes in the company's business strategy. This charge is reported in Other Deductions in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Interest expense increased $28 million in 1995, following a $71 million increase in 1994 after declining $9 million in 1993. The increases in 1995 and 1994 came primarily from the issuance of debt to finance the acquisition of Grumman. Total debt at December 31, 1995 stood at $1.4 billion compared to $1.9 billion at the end of 1994 and $160 million at the end of 1993. In 1991 the company adopted FASB standard No. 109 - Accounting for Income Taxes - and recorded, as of January 1, 1991, a benefit of $21 million, or 43 cents per share. As described in the accounting policy footnote to the financial statements, any future change in the tax rate would result in the immediate recognition in current earnings of the cumulative effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities. The company's effective federal income tax rate was 38.4 percent in 1995, 46.2 percent in 1994 and 43.5 percent in 1993. The decrease in the 1995 rate was due to a reduction in the ratio of expenses not deductible for income taxes to the tax provision at the statutory rate of 35 percent. The change in the 1994 rate was caused by an increase in the amount of expenses not deductible for income taxes, primarily the amortization of goodwill. The rate for 1993 would have been 31.8 percent but for the effects of the retroactive application of The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993. The one percentage point increase in the federal statutory income tax rate, now 35 percent, required the redetermination of the December 31, 1992 deferred tax asset and liability balances. This redetermination added $18 million to 1993's tax provision thereby reducing earnings per share by 38 cents. During 1989, final regulations were issued concerning the research tax credit. The company had taken a conservative approach in calculating its tax provisions since 1981 pursuant to uncertain proposed regulations. An exhaustive study was undertaken throughout the company to redetermine qualifying expenditures in compliance with the final regulations so as to recalculate prior years' tax credits and amend its tax returns as appropriate. The benefit resulting from the conclusion of that study was the $90 million in additional research credits recognized in the determination of the 1991 effective tax rate of 3.2 percent. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources The improvement of the company's financial condition and liquidity continued in 1995. Over the last three years operating cash flows have averaged over $500 million annually. The $744 million of cash flow from operations in 1995 was an increase of $303 million over 1994 which was an increase of $61 million over 1993 which in turn was a $96 million increase over that of 1992. The trend and relationship of sales volume with accounts receivable and inventoried cost balances, before and after the benefit of progress payments, is a useful measure in assessing liquidity. In 1993 the company's net investment in these balances represented 27 percent of sales. It rose to 33 percent at the end of 1994 with the acquisition of Grumman and Vought before decreasing to 29 percent at year-end 1995. The following table is a condensed summary of the detailed cash flow information contained in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Year ended December 31 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Cash came from Customers 96% 71% 99% 98% 100% Lenders 2% 29% 1% 2% Buyers of assets/other 2% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Cash went to Employees and suppliers of services and materials 83% 65% 89% 93% 88% Sellers of assets 2% 18% 1% Lenders 12% 15% 8% 3% 9% Suppliers of facilities/other 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% Shareholders 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% The increased cash received from lenders in 1994 resulted from the acquisition of Grumman, which was financed mainly through new borrowings. Other important indicators of short-term liquidity are the trend in working capital, the current ratio, and the ratio of long-term debt to shareholders' equity. This information is reported in the table captioned Selected Financial Data. In connection with the financing of the Grumman acquisition the company, in April 1994, replaced the $400 million credit agreement with a new $2.8 billion Credit Agreement. The new facility provided for $600 million, available on a revolving credit basis through March 1999 and a $2.2 billion term loan payable through March 1999. The Credit Agreement was amended in May 1994 to increase the revolving credit line to $800 million and reduce the term loan to $2 billion. In October 1994, the company issued $350 million of notes due in 2004 and $250 million of debentures due in 2024 pursuant to a public offering. The net proceeds from the offering, along with other available funds, were used to prepay $900 million in addition to paying the $100 million September quarterly installment due under the term loan facility. In December 1994, the company amended the Credit Agreement to provide for the repayment of the remaining $1 billion balance of the term loan in 14 quarterly installments of $62.5 million plus interest beginning in September 1995, with a final installment of $125 million due in March 1999. Cash flow from operations during 1994 enabled the company to prepay the $160 million of notes payable to institutional investors due in 1995 and acquire, in the open market, $58 million of notes due in 1999, while paying a net premium of $5 million for the early payments of these notes. The charge for the premium is included in Other Deductions in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Cash flow from operations in 1995 was sufficient to allow the company to make the $125 million required term loan payment as well as $312 million in voluntary payments for amounts which were due through March 1997. During 1995 the company entered into an agreement with a financial institution to sell designated pools of its commercial accounts receivable, in amounts up to $75 million. The company acts as an agent for the purchaser by performing record keeping and collections functions. At December 31, 1995, $34 million of accounts receivable had been sold. On January 3, 1996 the company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the defense and electronics systems business of Westinghouse Electric Corporation for $3 billion in cash. The company has obtained bank commitments totaling $4.8 billion to finance the transaction and replace its current credit agreement. The sale, which is expected to close in March 1996, is subject to normal governmental and regulatory reviews. Any future near-term borrowing needs will be met through the use of short-term credit lines and the company's revolving credit agreement. To provide for long-term liquidity the company believes it can obtain additional capital from such sources as: the public or private capital markets, the further sale of assets, sale and leaseback of operating assets, and leasing rather than purchasing new assets. The cash improvement program underway throughout the company has produced favorable results, with the expectation that further efforts will result in minimizing, the need to incur additional borrowings during 1996. Cash generated from operations is expected to be sufficient in 1996 to service debt, finance capital expansion projects and continue paying dividends to the shareholders. Capital expenditure commitments at December 31, 1995, were approximately $110 million including $2 million for environmental control and compliance purposes. The company will continue to provide the productive capacity to perform its existing contracts, dispose of assets no longer needed to fulfill operating requirements, prepare for future contracts and conduct R&D in the pursuit of developing opportunities. While these expenditures tend to limit short-term liquidity, they are made with the intention of improving the long-term growth and profitability of the company. New Accounting Standards During 1995 the company adopted the new FASB No. 121 - Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of. The adoption thereof had no material effect on the company's financial position or operating results. In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB No. 123 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. This standard changes the manner in which compensation for employee stock options is measured and reported. The company's management is presently evaluating the impact of this standard on the company's financial statements to determine if it will adopt this standard. The company must decide whether or not to adopt this new standard by the end of the first quarter of 1996. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Selected Financial Data
Year ended December 31, $ in millions, except per share 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Net sales to United States Government $5,703 $5,672 $4,481 $4,958 $5,102 The Boeing Company 569 483 531 549 540 Other customers 546 556 51 43 52 Total net sales 6,818 6,711 5,063 5,550 5,694 Net income 252 35 96 121 201 Earnings per share 5.11 .72 1.99 2.56 4.26 Cash dividends per share 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.20 1.20 Net working capital 357 467 481 354 611 Current ratio 1.21 to 1 1.24 to 1 1.45 to 1 1.25 to 1 1.51 to 1 Total assets $5,455 $6,047 $2,939 $3,162 $3,128 Long-term debt 1,163 1,633 160 160 470 Total long-term obligations 2,234 2,757 468 426 688 Long-term debt as a percentage of shareholders' equity 79.7% 126.6% 12.1% 12.8% 39.8% Operating margin as a percentage of Net sales 7.9 3.0 3.8 3.9 6.1 Average operating assets 10.4 5.2 7.7 8.2 12.4 Net income as a percentage of Net sales 3.7 .5 1.9 2.2 3.5 Average assets 4.4 .8 3.1 3.8 6.5 Average shareholders' equity 18.3 2.7 7.5 9.9 18.1 Research and development expenses Contract $1,175 $1,477 $1,603 $1,693 $1,601 Noncontract 164 121 97 93 102 Payroll and employee benefits 2,656 2,661 1,906 2,001 2,109 Number of employees at year-end 37,300 42,400 29,800 33,600 36,200 Number of shareholders at year-end 10,834 11,241 11,618 12,599 13,607 Depreciation $ 226 $ 227 $ 214 $ 160 $ 171 Amortization of Goodwill 36 27 Other purchased intangibles 21 15 Maintenance and repairs 80 105 87 106 97 Rent expense 89 84 47 52 51 Floor area (millions of square feet) Owned 20.1 21.3 12.9 12.6 12.2 Commercially leased 7.0 7.5 3.2 4.2 4.5 Leased from United States Government 10.2 9.7 2.1 1.9 1.7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
December 31, $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Assets: Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 18 $ 17 $ 100 $ 230 $ 203 Accounts receivable 1,197 1,202 820 791 860 Inventoried costs 771 1,043 569 670 693 Deferred income taxes 25 38 46 38 28 Prepaid expenses 61 47 25 31 23 Refundable federal income taxes 84 Total current assets 2,072 2,431 1,560 1,760 1,807 Property, plant and equipment at cost Land and land improvements 192 203 118 117 117 Buildings 780 857 744 719 703 Machinery and other equipment 1,864 2,024 1,898 1,982 1,990 Leasehold improvements 64 62 29 59 65 2,900 3,146 2,789 2,877 2,875 Accumulated depreciation (1,724) (1,768) (1,773) (1,753) (1,698) 1,176 1,378 1,016 1,124 1,177 Other assets Goodwill, net of amortization of $63 in 1995 and $27 in 1994 1,403 1,359 Other purchased intangibles, net of amortization of $36 in 1995 and $15 in 1994 356 376 Prepaid pension cost, intangible pension asset and benefit trust fund 99 222 278 190 98 Deferred income taxes 255 203 7 7 12 Investments in and advances to affiliates and sundry assets 94 78 78 81 34 2,207 2,238 363 278 144 $ 5,455 $ 6,047 $ 2,939 $ 3,162 $ 3,128
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
December 31, $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity: Current liabilities Notes payable to banks $ 65 $ 171 $ $ 100 $ Current portion of long-term debt 144 130 250 80 Trade accounts payable 360 396 324 363 407 Accrued employees' compensation 203 228 146 144 157 Advances on contracts 98 184 40 39 28 Income taxes payable 57 55 12 25 Deferred income taxes 471 413 426 389 353 Other current liabilities 317 387 131 121 146 Total current liabilities 1,715 1,964 1,079 1,406 1,196 Long-term debt 1,163 1,633 160 160 470 Accrued retiree benefits 1,048 1,070 308 266 218 Other long-term obligations 23 54 Deferred gain on sale/leaseback 16 20 23 26 29 Deferred income taxes 31 16 47 50 33 Shareholders' equity Paid-in capital Preferred stock, 10,000,000 shares authorized; and none issued Common stock, 200,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding 1995 - 49,462,615; 1994 - 49,241,642; 1993 - 48,913,403; 1992 - 47,398,303; 1991 - 47,090,248 272 265 256 207 199 Retained earnings 1,199 1,026 1,070 1,051 987 Unvested employee restricted award shares (1) (2) (2) (4) Unfunded pension losses, net of taxes (12) (2) (2) 1,459 1,290 1,322 1,254 1,182 $ 5,455 $ 6,047 $ 2,939 $ 3,162 $ 3,128
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Year ended December 31, $ in millions, except per share 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Net sales $ 6,818 $ 6,711 $ 5,063 $ 5,550 $ 5,694 Cost of sales Operating costs 5,319 5,477 4,385 4,877 4,817 Administrative and general expenses 963 753 485 455 531 Special termination benefits 282 Operating margin 536 199 193 218 346 Other income(deductions) Interest income 1 6 2 4 11 Other, net 9 (31) 13 5 Interest expense (137) (109) (38) (47) (80) Income before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting principle changes 409 65 170 180 277 Federal and foreign income taxes 157 30 74 59 9 Income before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes 252 35 96 121 268 Cumulative effect on prior years of changes in accounting principles for Income taxes 21 Retiree health care and life insurance benefits (88) Net income $ 252 $ 35 $ 96 $ 121 $ 201 Weighted average common shares outstanding, in millions 49.4 49.2 48.1 47.2 47.1 Earnings per share before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes $ 5.11 $ .72 $ 1.99 $ 2.56 $ 5.69 Cumulative effect on prior years of changes in accounting principles, per share, for Income taxes .43 Retiree health care and life insurance benefits (1.86) Earnings per share $ 5.11 $ .72 $ 1.99 $ 2.56 $ 4.26
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Year ended December 31, $ in millions, except per share 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Paid-in Capital At beginning of year $ 265 $ 256 $ 207 $ 199 $ 196 Employee stock awards and options exercised, net of forfeitures 7 9 49 8 3 At end of year 272 265 256 207 199 Retained Earnings At beginning of year 1,026 1,070 1,051 987 843 Net income 252 35 96 121 201 Cash dividends (79) (79) (77) (57) (57) At end of year 1,199 1,026 1,070 1,051 987 Unvested Employee Restricted Award Shares At beginning of year (1) (2) (2) (4) (6) Forfeitures, net of grants 1 Amortization 1 1 1 2 At end of year (1) (2) (2) (4) Unfunded Pension Losses, Net of Taxes At beginning of year (2) (2) Change in excess of additional minimum liability over unrecognized prior service costs (12) 2 (2) At end of year (12) (2) (2) Total shareholders' equity $ 1,459 $ 1,290 $ 1,322 $ 1,254 $ 1,182 Book value per share $ 29.50 $ 26.20 $ 27.04 $ 26.46 $ 25.11 Cash dividends per share 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.20 1.20
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year ended December 31, $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Operating Activities Sources of Cash Cash received from customers Progress payments $ 2,289 $ 2,616 $ 2,028 $ 2,647 $ 2,647 Other collections 4,355 4,767 2,924 2,914 3,050 Interest received 1 6 2 4 11 Income tax refunds received 48 11 3 3 Other cash receipts 7 13 6 5 13 Cash provided by operating activities 6,700 7,413 4,963 5,570 5,724 Uses of Cash Cash paid to suppliers and employees 5,750 6,786 4,484 5,186 4,986 Interest paid 144 94 42 47 85 Income taxes paid 59 90 52 48 32 Other cash payments 3 2 5 5 12 Cash used in operating activities 5,956 6,972 4,583 5,286 5,115 Net cash provided by operating activities 744 441 380 284 609 Investing Activities Payment for purchase, net of cash acquired, of Grumman Corporation (1,842) Vought Aircraft Company (12) Additions to property, plant and equipment (133) (134) (135) (123) (118) Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 33 17 2 5 3 Proceeds from sale of affiliates 5 8 Proceeds from sale of marketable securities 28 Funding of retiree benefit trust (31) Dividends from affiliates, net of investments 5 2 (47) Other investing activities (21) 6 (8) Net cash used in investing activities (116) (1,963) (123) (165) (123) Financing Activities Borrowings under lines of credit 153 2,371 55 100 Repayment of borrowings under lines of credit (259) (1,200) (155) Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 600 Principal payments of long-term debt/capital leases (446) (251) (251) (140) (400) Proceeds from issuance of stock 4 7 41 5 1 Dividends paid (79) (79) (77) (57) (57) Other financing activities (9) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (627) 1,439 (387) (92) (456) Increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1 (83) (130) 27 30 Cash and cash equivalents balance at beginning of year 17 100 230 203 173 Cash and cash equivalents balance at end of year $ 18 $ 17 $ 100 $ 230 $ 203
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Year ended December 31, $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Reconciliation of Net Income to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities: Net income $ 252 $ 35 $ 96 $ 121 $ 201 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided Depreciation 226 227 214 160 171 Amortization of intangible assets 57 42 Common stock issued to employees 1 3 3 4 Amortization of restricted award shares 1 1 1 2 Loss on disposals of property, plant and equipment 34 33 26 11 6 Cumulative effect on prior years of changes in accounting principles for Income taxes (21) Retiree health care and life insurance benefits 88 Noncash retiree pension cost(income) (50) (47) (40) (43) 14 Special termination benefits 282 Amortization of deferred gain on sale/leaseback (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) Decrease(increase) in Accounts receivable 197 209 (4) 339 1,058 Inventoried costs 426 (368) 142 63 123 Prepaid expenses 108 (41) (10) (17) (8) Refundable income taxes 84 (84) Increase(decrease) in Progress payments (282) 407 (90) (340) (1,054) Accounts payable and accruals (234) (268) (29) (44) 114 Provisions for contract losses (143) (84) 36 9 (100) Provisions for disposal of real estate and other assets (8) 42 1 1 2 Deferred income taxes 84 78 26 48 Income taxes payable 2 (25) 12 (25) 13 Other noncash transactions (6) 4 (1) Net cash provided by operating activities $ 744 $ 441 $ 380 $ 284 $ 609 Noncash Investing and Financing Activities: Purchase of Grumman Corporation Fair value of assets acquired $ 3,495 Cash paid (2,129) Liabilities assumed $ 1,366 Purchase of Vought Aircraft Company Fair value of assets acquired $ 722 Cash paid (130) Liabilities assumed $ 592
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the corporation and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts, transactions and profits are eliminated in consolidation. The company's financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation thereof requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingencies at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates have been prepared on the basis of the most current and best available information and actual results could differ from those estimates. Nature of Operations Northrop Grumman is a major producer of military and commercial aircraft sub-assemblies and defense electronics and is the prime contractor on the U.S. Air Force B-2 Stealth Bomber. The company operates in the military and commercial aircraft, electronics and systems integration, data systems and other services, and missiles and unmanned vehicle systems industry segments within the broadly defined aerospace industry. The majority of the company's products and services are sold to the U.S. Government and the company is therefore affected by the federal budget process and the competition in the aerospace and defense environment. Sales to the U.S. Government (including foreign military sales) are reported within each industry segment and in total in the Selected Financial Data. The company does not conduct a significant volume of activity through foreign operations or in foreign currencies. Descriptions of the company's principal products and services along with industry segment data, which is considered to be an integral part of these financial statements, can be found in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of this report. Intersegment sales are transacted at cost incurred with no profit added. Operating profit is defined to include the Other Income earned by each industry segment, but to exclude costs allocated to segments for General Corporate Expenses and State and Local Income Taxes. For segment reporting, the amount of the costs of retiree benefit plans (pension and nonpension) allocable to contracts as determined by government cost accounting standards captioned Retiree Benefit Cost Included in Contract Costs and the income(cost) of retiree benefit plans (pension and nonpension) as calculated in conformity with financial accounting standards captioned Retiree Benefit Income(Cost) are shown separately from general corporate expenses so as not to distort operating profit as reported by industry segment. General corporate assets include cash and cash equivalents, corporate office furnishings and equipment, other unallocable property, investments in affiliates, prepaid pension cost, intangible pension asset, benefit trust fund assets and certain assets held for sale. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Sales Sales under cost-reimbursement, service, research and development, and construction-type contracts are recorded as costs are incurred and include estimated earned fees or profits calculated on the basis of the relationship between costs incurred and total estimated costs (cost-to-cost type of percentage-of-completion method of accounting). Construction-type contracts embrace those fixed-price type contracts that provide for the delivery at a low volume per year or a small number of units after a lengthy period of time over which a significant amount of costs have been incurred. Sales under other types of contracts are recorded as deliveries are made and are computed on the basis of the estimated final average unit cost plus profit (units-of-delivery type of percentage-of-completion method of accounting). Certain contracts contain provisions for price redetermination or for cost and/or performance incentives. Such redetermined amounts or incentives are included in sales when the amounts can reasonably be determined. In the case of the B-2 bomber production contract, future changes in operating margin will be recognized on a units-of-delivery basis and recorded as each equivalent production unit is delivered. Amounts representing contract change orders, claims or limitations in funding are included in sales only when they can be reliably estimated and realization is probable. In the period in which it is determined that a loss will result from the performance of a contract, the entire amount of the estimated ultimate loss is charged against income. Loss provisions are first offset against costs that are included in assets, with any remaining amount reflected in Other Current Liabilities. Other changes in estimates of sales, costs, and profits are recognized using the cumulative catch-up method of accounting. This method recognizes in the current period the cumulative effect of the changes on current and prior periods. Hence, the effect of the changes on future periods of contract performance is recognized as if the revised estimates had been the original estimates. Contract Research and Development Customer-sponsored research and development costs (direct and indirect costs incurred pursuant to contractual arrangements) are accounted for like other contracts. Noncontract Research and Development This category includes independent research and development costs and company-sponsored research and development costs (direct and indirect costs not recoverable under contractual arrangements). Independent research and development (IR&D) costs are included in administrative and general expenses (indirect costs allocable to U.S. Government contracts) while company-sponsored research and development costs are charged against income as incurred. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Environmental Costs Environmental liabilities are accrued when the company determines its responsibility for cleanup costs and such amounts are reasonably estimable. When only a range of amounts is established and no amount within the range is better than another, the minimum amount in the range is recorded. The company does not anticipate and record insurance recoveries before collection is probable. Interest Rate Swap Agreements The company may enter into interest rate swap agreements to offset the variable rate characteristic of certain variable rate term loans outstanding under the company's Credit Agreement. Interest on these interest rate swap agreements is recognized as an adjustment to interest expense in the period incurred. Income Taxes Provisions for federal, state and local income taxes are calculated on reported financial statement pretax income based on current tax law and also include, in the current period, the cumulative effect of any changes in tax rates from those used previously in determining deferred tax assets and liabilities. Such provisions differ from the amounts currently payable because certain items of income and expense are recognized in different time periods for financial reporting purposes than for income tax purposes. The company accounts for certain contracts in process using different methods of accounting for financial statements and tax reporting and thus provides deferred taxes on the difference between the financial and taxable income reported during the performance of such contracts. State and local income and franchise tax provisions are included in administrative and general expenses. Earnings per Share Earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period, after giving recognition to stock splits and stock dividends. The dilutive effect of common stock equivalents, shares under stock options, was insignificant. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include interest-earning debt instruments that mature in three months or less from the date purchased. Accounts Receivable Accounts receivable include amounts billed and currently due from customers under all types of contracts; amounts currently due but unbilled (primarily related to contracts accounted for under the cost-to-cost type of percentage-of-completion method of accounting), certain estimated contract changes, claims in negotiation and amounts retained by the customer pending contract completion. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Inventoried Costs Inventoried costs primarily relate to work in process under fixed-price type contracts (excluding those included in unbilled accounts receivable as previously described). They represent accumulated contract costs less the portion of such costs allocated to delivered items. Accumulated contract costs include direct production costs, factory and engineering overhead, production tooling costs, and allowable administrative and general expenses (except for general corporate expenses and IR&D allocable to commercial contracts, which are charged against income as incurred). In accordance with industry practice, inventoried costs are classified as a current asset and include amounts related to contracts having production cycles longer than one year. Depreciable Properties Property, plant and equipment owned by the company are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of individual assets. Capital leases providing for the transfer of ownership upon their expiration or containing bargain purchase options are amortized over the estimated useful lives of individual assets. Most of these assets are depreciated using declining-balance methods, with the remainder using the straight-line method, with the following lives: Years Land improvements 4-25 Buildings 4-45 Machinery and other equipment 2-20 Leasehold improvements Length of lease Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets Goodwill and other purchased intangible assets are amortized on a straight- line basis over periods of 40 years and a weighted average 23 years, respectively. Goodwill and other purchased intangibles balances are included in the identifiable assets of the industry segment to which they have been assigned and amortization is charged against the respective industry segment operating profit. The future profitability and cash flow of the operations to which they relate are evaluated annually. These factors, along with management's plans with respect to the operations are considered in assessing the recoverability of goodwill and other purchased intangibles. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Acquisitions In April 1994, the company purchased the outstanding stock of Grumman Corporation (Grumman) at a cost of $2.1 billion and financed the transaction mainly with new borrowings. The operations of Grumman since acquisition are included in the industry segments to which products are associated. In August 1994 the company purchased the remaining 51 percent interest in Vought Aircraft Company (Vought) for $130 million cash. The company had previously purchased a 49 percent interest in Vought for $45 million in September 1992. The operations of Vought since August 1994 are included in the military and commercial aircraft industry segment. The purchase method of accounting was used to record both acquisitions with estimated fair values being assigned to assets and liabilities. The excess of the purchase price over the net tangible assets acquired was assigned to identifiable intangible assets and the balance to goodwill. The following unaudited proforma financial information combines Northrop's, Grumman's and Vought's results of operations as if the acquisitions had taken place on January 1, 1993, and is not necessarily indicative of future operating results for Northrop Grumman. $ in millions, except per share 1994 1993 Sales $7,770 $8,653 Net income 57 112 Earnings per share 1.16 2.33 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Unbilled amounts represent sales for which billings have not been presented to customers at year end, including differences between actual and estimated overhead and margin rates. These amounts are usually billed and collected within one year, progress payments are however received on a number of fixed-price contracts accounted for using the cost-to-cost type percentage-of-completion method. Amounts due upon contract completion are retained by customers until work is completed and customer acceptance is obtained. The company entered into an agreement in 1995 with a financial institution to sell designated pools of its commercial accounts receivables, with limited recourse, in amounts up to $75 million. Under the agreement, new receivables are sold as previously sold amounts are collected. The accounts receivable are sold at a loss which is included in cost of sales in the period incurred. The company acts as an agent for the purchaser by performing record keeping and collection function. At December 31, 1995, $34 million of accounts receivable had been sold. Accounts receivable at December 31, 1995, are expected to be collected in 1996 except for approximately $93 million due in 1997 and $29 million due in 1998 and later. These amounts principally relate to long-term contracts with the U.S. Government. Allowances for doubtful amounts represent mainly estimates of overhead type costs which may not be successfully negotiated and collected. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Accounts receivable were comprised of the following:
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Due from U.S. Government, long-term contracts Current accounts Billed $ 261 $ 420 $ 65 $ 82 $ 70 Unbilled 3,235 3,140 3,050 3,100 3,518 Progress payments received (2,426) (2,532) (2,410) (2,467) (2,777) Net current accounts 1,070 1,028 705 715 811 Due upon contract completion 9 55 14 19 4 1,079 1,083 719 734 815 Due from other customers, long-term contracts Current accounts Billed 14 74 66 31 37 Unbilled 50 41 43 48 15 64 115 109 79 52 Total due, long-term contracts 1,143 1,198 828 813 867 Trade and other accounts receivable Due from U.S. Government 61 34 36 28 38 Due from other customers 61 34 13 7 7 Total due, trade and other 122 68 49 35 45 1,265 1,266 877 848 912 Allowances for doubtful amounts (68) (64) (57) (57) (52) $ 1,197 $ 1,202 $ 820 $ 791 $ 860
INVENTORIED COSTS Inventoried costs were comprised of the following:
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Production costs of contracts in process $ 1,033 $ 1,384 $ 800 $ 920 $ 976 Administrative and general expenses 166 270 95 109 106 1,199 1,654 895 1,029 1,082 Progress payments received (428) (611) (326) (359) (389) $ 771 $ 1,043 $ 569 $ 670 $ 693
Inventoried costs relate to long-term contracts in process and include expenditures for raw materials and work in process beyond what is required for recorded orders. These expenditures are incurred to help maintain stable and efficient production schedules. However, no material amount representing claims, learning curve, unamortized tooling or other deferred costs is included in inventoried costs. The ratio of inventoried administrative and general expenses to total inventoried costs is assumed to be the same as the ratio of total administrative and general expenses to total contract costs. According to the provisions of U.S. Government contracts, the customer has title to, or a security interest in, substantially all inventories related to such contracts. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION INCOME TAXES Income tax expense, both federal and foreign (which arises primarily from work performed abroad by domestic operations), was comprised of the following:
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Currently payable Federal income taxes $ 76 $ 61 $ 41 $ 7 $ 11 Foreign income taxes 1 1 1 1 77 62 42 8 11 Change in deferred federal income taxes 80 (32) 32 51 (2) $ 157 $ 30 $ 74 $ 59 $ 9
Income tax expense differs from the amount computed by multiplying the statutory federal income tax rate times the income before income taxes due to the following:
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Income tax expense at statutory rate $ 143 $ 23 $ 59 $ 61 $ 94 Goodwill amortization 13 9 Provision for nondeductible expenses 4 4 1 1 8 Benefit from ESOP dividends (3) (4) (4) (3) (3) Dividend exclusion (2) Retroactive effect of statutory rate increase 18 Research and experimentation tax credit (90) $ 157 $ 30 $ 74 $ 59 $ 9
The research and experimentation tax credit shown for 1991 was the result of an internal company study that determined the amount earned over the years 1981 through 1990 in excess of the amount previously recognized for those years pending final government regulations which were not issued until 1989. Deferred income taxes arise because of differences in the treatment of income and expense items for financial reporting and income tax purposes. The principal type of temporary difference stems from the recognition of income on contracts being reported under different methods for tax purposes than for financial reporting. Effective January, 1991, the company adopted FASB Statement No. 109 - Accounting for Income Taxes. The tax effects of significant temporary differences and carryforwards that gave rise to year-end deferred federal and state tax balances, as categorized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, were as follows: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Deferred tax assets Deductible temporary differences Retiree benefit plan expense $ 421 $ 409 $ 21 $ 21 $ 16 Provision for estimated expenses 25 39 28 27 26 Income on contracts 14 17 21 13 8 Other 35 52 2 2 3 495 517 72 63 53 Taxable temporary differences Purchased intangibles (124) (133) Excess tax over book depreciation (71) (94) Retiree benefit plan income (18) (48) (19) (15) (7) Administrative and general expenses period costed for tax purposes (2) (1) (3) (6) (215) (276) (19) (18) (13) $ 280 $ 241 $ 53 $ 45 $ 40 Deferred tax liabilities Taxable temporary differences Income on contracts $ 795 $ 744 $ 811 $ 789 $ 772 Administrative and general expenses period costed for tax purposes 1 18 18 18 19 Retiree benefit plan income 94 64 33 Excess tax over book depreciation 2 70 89 93 Other 15 9 813 771 993 960 917 Deductible temporary differences Provision for estimated expenses (117) (145) (135) (120) (116) Retiree benefit plan expense (2) (2) (106) (93) (76) Other (9) (11) (17) (119) (147) (250) (224) (209) Tax carryforwards Tax credits (102) (105) (129) (140) (150) Alternative minimum tax credit (90) (90) (87) (40) (21) Operating losses (54) (117) (151) (192) (195) (270) (297) (322) $ 502 $ 429 $ 473 $ 439 $ 386 Net deferred tax liability Total deferred tax liabilities (taxable temporary differences above) $ 1,028 $ 1,047 $ 1,012 $ 978 $ 930 Less total deferred tax assets (deductible temporary differences and tax carryforwards above) 806 859 592 584 584 $ 222 $ 188 $ 420 $ 394 $ 346
The tax carryforward benefits are expected to be used in the periods that net deferred tax liabilities mature. The expiration dates for these tax credit carryforwards are in various amounts over the years 1996 through 2007. The alternative minimum tax credit can be carried forward indefinitely. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS AND LONG-TERM DEBT The company has available short-term credit lines in the form of money market facilities with several banks. The amount and conditions for borrowing under these credit lines depend on the availability and terms prevailing in the marketplace. No fees or compensating balances are required for these credit facilities. At December 31, 1995, $65 million was outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 6.15 percent. At December 31, 1994, $171 million was outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 7 percent. Additionally, the company has a credit agreement with a group of domestic and foreign banks. The Credit Agreement provides for two credit facilities: $800 million available on a revolving credit basis through March 1999 and a floating interest rate term loan payable quarterly through March 1999. In December 1994 the company amended the Credit Agreement to provide for repayment of the $1 billion balance of the term loan in 14 quarterly installments of $62.5 million plus interest beginning in September 1995, with a final installment of $125 million due in March 1999. During 1995 the company made the $125 million required term loan payments as well as $312 in voluntary prepayments for amounts which were due through March 1997. The borrowings under the term loans bear interest at various rates generally equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus .43 percent. At December 31, 1995, $563 million was outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 6.31 percent. Principal payments permanently reduce the amount available under this agreement as well as the debt outstanding. In 1995 there were no borrowings under the company's revolving credit facility. The company paid an average facility fee in 1995 of .18 percent per annum on the total amount of the revolving credit facility. Under these agreements, in the event of a "change in control," the banks are relieved of their commitments. Compensating balances are not required under these agreements. The company's credit agreements contain restrictions relating to the payment of dividends, acquisition of the company's stock, aggregate indebtedness for borrowed money and the maintenance of shareholders' equity. At December 31, 1995, $413 million of retained earnings were unrestricted as to the payment of dividends. Total indebtedness for all types of borrowed money is limited under the company's credit agreement covenants. At December 31, 1995, indebtedness was limited to $3.1 billion. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Long-term debt consisted of the following:
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Notes due 1999, 8.4% $ 143 $ 153 $ $ $ Notes due 2004, 8.625% 350 350 Debentures due 2024, 9.375% 250 250 Notes payable to institutional investors 160 370 370 Mortgages and notes payable at rates from 9.5% to 12.5% with maturities through 2001 1 10 Term loans payable to banks due in quarterly installments through 1999 at floating rates 563 1,000 Term loans payable to banks at floating rates 40 180 1,307 1,763 160 410 550 Less current portion 144 130 250 80 $ 1,163 $ 1,633 $ 160 $ 160 $ 470
In November 1995 the notes due in 1999 were called for redemption at face value, on January 2, 1996. The December 31, 1995 balance of $143 million was classified as current. The debentures due in 2024 are callable after October 15, 2004 at a premium of 4 percent declining to par after 2013. The principal amount of long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 1995, is due in: 1997 - $188 million, 1998 - $250 million, 1999 - $125 million and after five years $600 million. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The following methods and assumptions were used by the company in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments: The carrying amount reported in the consolidated Statements of Financial Position for Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accounts Receivable and amounts borrowed under the company's short-term credit lines approximate their fair value. The fair value of the long-term debt was calculated based on interest rates available for debt with terms and due dates similar to the company's existing debt arrangements. The company has limited involvement with financial instruments and does not use them for trading purposes. To mitigate the variable rate characteristic of the term loans, the company entered into interest rate swap agreements through May 1997 with several banks resulting in a fixed interest rate of 6.47 percent on a notional amount of $300 million at December 31, 1995 and $200 million at December 31, 1994. Unrealized gain(loss) on interest rate swap agreements are calculated based upon the amounts at which they could be settled at current interest rates. The unrealized market gain(loss) on interest rate swaps was $(7) million and $7 million at December 31, 1995 and 1994 respectively. The institutions have options to extend $200 million of the swaps through May 1998. The company anticipates that the banks will fully satisfy their obligations under the arrangements. Carrying amounts and the related estimated fair values of the company's financial instruments at December 31 of each year are as follows: $ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 Cash and Cash Equivalents Carrying amount $ 18 $ 17 $ 100 $ 230 Fair value 18 17 100 230 Accounts Receivable Carrying amount 1,197 1,202 820 791 Fair value 1,197 1,202 820 791 Notes payable Carrying amount 65 171 100 Fair value 65 171 100 Long-term debt Carrying amount 1,307 1,763 160 410 Fair value 1,405 1,758 160 443 Interest rate swap agreements Notional amount 300 200 Unrealized gains(losses) (7) 7 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION RETIREMENT BENEFITS The company sponsors several defined-benefit pension plans covering substantially all employees. Pension benefits for most employees are based on the employee's years of service and compensation during the last ten years before retirement. It is the policy of the company to fund at least the minimum amount required for all qualified plans, using actuarial cost methods and assumptions acceptable under U.S. Government regulations, by making payments into a trust separate from the company. Four of the company's seven qualified plans which cover over 80 percent of all employees, were in a legally defined full-funding limitation status at December 31, 1995. To protect the assets in the master trust from a "change in control" the trust agreement and the Northrop Grumman Pension Plan were appropriately amended during 1991. The company and subsidiaries also sponsor defined-contribution plans in which most employees are eligible to participate. Company contributions, up to 4 percent of compensation, are based on a matching of employee contributions. In addition, the company and its subsidiaries provide certain health care and life insurance benefits for retired employees. Employees achieve eligibility to participate in these contributory plans upon retirement from active service and if they meet specified age and years of service requirements. Election to participate must be made at the date of retirement. Qualifying dependents are also eligible for medical coverage. Approximately 85 percent of the company's current retirees participate in the medical plans. The cost and funded status for the medical and life benefits are combined in the tables that follow because (1) life benefits constitute an insignificant amount of the combined cost, and (2) for those plans with assets, the assets in trust for each plan can be used to pay benefits under either plan. Plan documents reserve the company's right to amend or terminate the plans at any time. Premiums charged retirees for medical coverage are based on years of service and are adjusted annually for changes in the cost of the plans as determined by an independent actuary. In addition to this medical inflation cost-sharing feature, the plans also have provisions for deductibles, copayments, coinsurance percentages, out-of-pocket limits, schedule of reasonable fees, managed care providers, maintenance of benefits with other plans, Medicare carve-out and a maximum lifetime benefit of from $250,000 to $1,000,000 per covered individual. It is the policy of the company to fund the maximum amount deductible for income taxes into the VEBA trust established for the Northrop Retiree Health Care Plan for Retired Employees for payment of benefits. The company elected to implement the accounting standard, FASB Statement No. 106 - Employer's Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions, for 1991 by immediately recognizing the January 1, 1991, accumulated postretirement benefit obligation of $437 million. This amount was offset by $292 million, the fair value of plan assets held in trust outside the company, in recording a net obligation and pretax charge to operations of $145 million. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION The cost to the company of these plans in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Defined benefit pension plans Actual return on assets $(1,856) $ 25 $ (449) $ (298) $ (825) Deferral of actual return on assets 1,233 (541) 153 38 604 Expected return on assets (623) (516) (296) (260) (221) Service cost 125 176 104 99 88 Interest cost 520 372 190 175 158 Amortization of unrecognized items Transition asset, net (42) (42) (42) (42) (42) Prior service costs 31 14 15 13 14 Net gain from previous years (34) (40) (42) (68) (20) Net periodic pension income $ (23) $ (36) $ (71) $ (83) $ (23) Defined contribution plans $ 54 $ 59 $ 47 $ 48 $ 45 Retiree health care and life insurance benefit plans Actual return on assets $ (95) $ 22 $ (19) $ (10) $ (85) Deferral of actual return on assets 76 (42) (1) (10) 69 Expected return on assets (19) (20) (20) (20) (16) Service cost 20 28 21 25 24 Interest cost 89 61 37 39 39 Amortization of unrecognized gain from previous years (3) (2) (6) (3) Excess dependent cost 2 Net periodic postretirement benefit cost $ 87 $ 69 $ 32 $ 41 $ 47
In addition to the net periodic pension income and postretirement benefit cost, in 1994 the company recognized the effect of an early retirement incentive program of $250 million for pension and $32 million for postretirement benefits. The total $282 million effect on the company's 1994 operating margin is shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income under the caption Special Termination Benefits. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Major assumptions as of each year-end used in the accounting for the defined-benefit plans are shown in the following table. Pension cost is determined using all three factors as of the end of the preceeding year, whereas the funded status of the plans, shown later, uses only the first two factors, as of the end of each year. 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Discount rate for obligations 7.00% 8.25% 7.00% 8.00% 8.00% Rate of increase for compensation 5.00 5.25 5.50 5.50 5.50 Expected long term rate of return on plan assets 9.00 8.75 8.25 8.25 8.25 These assumptions were also used in retiree health care and life insurance benefit calculations with one modification. Since, unlike the pension trust, the earnings of the VEBA trust are taxable, the above 9 percent expected rate of return on plan assets was reduced accordingly to 5.25 percent after taxes. A significant factor used in estimating future per capita cost, for the company and its retirees, of covered health care benefits is the health care cost trend rate assumption. The rate used was 8 percent for 1995 and is assumed to decrease gradually to 6 percent for 2006 and remain at that level thereafter. An additional one-percentage-point of increase each year in that rate would result in an $11 million annual increase in the aggregate of the service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost, and a $113 million increase in the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at December 31, 1995. The following tables set forth the funded status and amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at each year-end for the company's defined-benefit pension and retiree health care and life insurance benefit plans. The summary showing pension plans whose accumulated benefits are in excess of assets at December 31, 1995, is comprised of two qualified plans along with thirteen unfunded nonqualified plans for benefits provided to directors, officers and employees either beyond those provided by, or payable under, the company's main plans. The company changed the discount rate for obligations and rate of increase for compensation assumptions in calculating the funded status of the plans at December 31, 1995. The changes resulted in a $922 million increase in the projected benefit obligation for pension plans and a $167 million increase in the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Pension plans whose assets exceed accumulated benefits Actuarial present value of benefit obligations Vested benefits $ 6,572 $ 2,487 $ 2,059 $ 1,690 $ 1,538 Nonvested benefits 320 228 175 153 147 Accumulated benefit obligations 6,892 2,715 2,234 1,843 1,685 Effect of assumed salary rate increases 469 409 453 421 387 Projected benefit obligations 7,361 3,124 2,687 2,264 2,072 Less market value of plan assets 8,319 4,210 3,970 3,642 3,458 Excess of assets over projected benefit obligations (958) (1,086) (1,283) (1,378) (1,386) Unrecognized items Net transition asset 289 332 374 415 458 Prior service costs (286) (307) (114) (133) (135) Net gain 921 897 764 916 972 Accrued retiree benefits pension asset included in Consolidated Statements of Financial Position $ (34) $ (164) $ (259) $ (180) $ (91) Pension plans whose accumulated benefits exceed assets Actuarial present value of benefit obligations Vested benefits $ 311 $ 2,865 $ 57 $ 33 $ 32 Nonvested benefits 8 252 3 Accumulated benefit obligations 319 3,117 60 33 32 Effect of assumed salary rate increases 15 16 19 3 3 Projected benefit obligations 334 3,133 79 36 35 Less market value of plan assets 177 2,872 16 Excess of projected benefit obligations over assets 157 261 63 36 35 Unrecognized items Net transition obligation (3) (4) (5) (4) (5) Prior service costs (5) (8) (14) 5 (7) Net gain(loss) (31) 1 (7) (3) 9 Additional minimum liability 29 6 12 7 3 Accrued retiree benefits liability included in Consolidated Statements of Financial Position $ 147 $ 256 $ 49 $ 41 $ 35
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Pension plan assets at December 31, 1995, were comprised of 50 percent domestic equity type investments in listed companies (including four percent in Northrop Grumman common stock), 13 percent equity investments listed on international exchanges, eight percent in cash and venture capital real estate and 29 percent in fixed income type investments, principally U.S. Government securities. The investment in Northrop Grumman represents 5,974,826 shares, or 12 percent of the company's total shares outstanding. Effective January 1, 1995, the company adopted amendments to two of the company's retirement plans to cap the maximum years of service credit that an employee can earn and adjusted the amount of service credit earned each year. The effect of these changes was to increase the projected benefit obligation at December 31, 1994 by $210 million.
$ in millions 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Retiree health care and life insurance benefit plans Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) Retirees $ 960 $ 575 $ 274 $ 243 $ 240 Fully eligible active employees 88 172 86 82 97 Active employees not yet eligible 288 258 192 194 172 1,336 1,005 552 519 509 Less market value of plan assets 433 353 373 369 372 Excess of APBO over assets 903 652 179 150 137 Unrecognized items Prior service cost (1) Net gain(loss) (15) 156 74 72 45 Accrued retiree benefits liability included in Consolidated Statements of Financial Position $ 887 $ 808 $ 253 $ 222 $ 182
Retiree health care and life insurance plan assets at December 31, 1995, were almost entirely comprised of equity type investments in listed companies. CONTINGENCIES The corporation and its subsidiaries have been named as defendants in various legal actions. Based upon available information, it is the company's expectation that those actions are either without merit or will have no material adverse effect on the company's results of operations or financial position. Minimum rental commitments under long-term noncancellable operating leases total $158 million which is payable as follows; 1996 - $47 million, 1997 - $35 million, 1998 - $24 million, 1999 - $19 million, and 2000 - $11 million, and 2001 and thereafter - $22 million. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION STOCK RIGHTS On September 21, 1988, the company adopted a Common Stock Purchase Rights plan. One right for each outstanding share of common stock was issued to shareholders of record on October 5, 1988. The rights will become exercisable on the tenth business day after a person or group has acquired 15 percent or more of the general voting power of the company, or announces an intention to make a tender offer for 30 percent or more of such voting power, without the prior consent of the Board of Directors. If the rights become exercisable, a holder will be entitled to purchase one share of common stock from the company at an initial exercise price of $105. If a person acquires more than 15 percent of the then outstanding voting power of the company or if the company is combined with an acquiror, each right will entitle its holder to receive, upon exercise, shares of the company's or the acquiror's (depending upon which is the surviving company) common stock having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the right. The company will be entitled to redeem the rights at $.02 per right at any time prior to the earlier of the date that a person has acquired or obtained the right to acquire 15 percent of the general voting power of the company or the expiration of the rights in October 1998. The rights are not exercisable until after the date on which the company's prerogative to redeem the rights has expired. The rights do not have voting or dividend privilege and cannot be traded independently from the company's common stock until such time as they become exercisable. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN The company's 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan(LTISP) provides for stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs) and stock awards to key employees. This plan added 2,300,000 shares, of which up to one-half may be in the form of stock awards, to the pool available for future grants. The 1993 LTISP was amended in 1995, adding 1,800,000 shares, along with 300,000 shares added from the adoption of a stock option plan for non-employee directors, to the pool available for grants. The number of shares reserved for future grants shown in the following table reflects both stock options and stock awards. Stock awards, in the form of restricted performance stock rights, are granted to key employees without payment to the company. Recipients of the rights earn shares of stock based on a total shareholder return measure of performance over a five year period with interim distributions beginning three years after grant. If at the end of the five year period the performance objectives have not been met, 70 percent of the original grant will be forfeited. Compensation expense is estimated and accrued over the vesting period. Each grant of a stock option is made at the closing market price on the date of the grant. When stock options are exercised, the amount of the cash proceeds to the company is added to paid-in capital. Under current accounting standards there are no additions to or deductions from income in connection with these options. Termination of employment can result in forfeiture of some or all of the benefits extended under the plans. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Stock option activity for the last five years is summarized below:
Shares Shares Shares Reserved for Under Option Exercisable Future Grants Outstanding at January 1, 1991, nonstatutory options with 1,800,000 SARs, at $15 to $47 per share 2,846,320 1,491,420 1,161,149 Granted 67,000 Cancelled (54,420) Exercised or surrendered, at $17 to $19 per share (35,030) Outstanding at December 31, 1991, nonstatutory options with 1,800,000 SARs, at $15 to $47 per share 2,823,870 1,841,070 1,152,902 Granted 635,700 Cancelled (43,380) Exercised or surrendered, at $16 to $29 per share (281,660) Outstanding at December 31, 1992, nonstatutory options at $15 to $47 per share 3,134,530 1,798,550 413,780 Granted 515,300 Cancelled (96,640) Exercised or surrendered, at $15 to $30 per share (1,405,330) Outstanding at December 31, 1993, nonstatutory options at $15 to $36 per share 2,147,860 738,300 1,618,640 Granted 708,700 Cancelled (61,215) Exercised or surrendered, at $15 to $36 per share (265,430) Outstanding at December 31, 1994, nonstatutory options at $15 to $43 per share 2,529,915 817,660 816,485 Granted 762,500 Cancelled (130,885) Exercised or surrendered, at $15 to $43 per share (170,810) Outstanding at December 31, 1995, nonstatutory options at $15 to $62 per share 2,990,720 1,064,925 2,297,775
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION SUBSEQUENT EVENT On January 3, 1996 the company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the defense and electronics systems business of Westinghouse Electric Corporation for $3 billion in cash. The company has obtained bank commitments totaling $4.8 billion to finance the transaction and replace its current credit agreement. The transaction is subject to normal governmental and regulation reviews and is expected to close in March 1996. UNAUDITED SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA Quarterly financial results, previously reported are set forth in the following tables together with dividend and common stock price data. 1995 Quarters, $ in millions, except per share 4 3 2 1 Net sales $1,812 $1,630 $1,759 $1,617 Operating margin 121 131 167 117 Net income 58 61 79 54 Earnings per share 1.17 1.25 1.59 1.10 Dividend per share .40 .40 .40 .40 Stock price: High 64 1/4 62 5/8 54 49 3/4 Low 56 51 7/8 47 39 3/4 The operating margin in the second quarter of 1995 benefited from a net $34 million in cumulative operating margin adjustments. Positive adjustments on the B-2 stealth bomber and C-17 military transport programs were partially offset by a downward adjustment on the Boeing 747 jetliner program. The 747 adjustment reflected cost increases related to the stretch-out of the current production contract, which is now scheduled to conclude in the fall of 1996. The B-2 adjustment was made as a result of negotiated contract adjustments and a revised estimate of the overall operating margin expected to be earned on the B-2 production contract. The positive adjustment on the C-17 reflected improved operating performance on this program. 1994 Quarters, $ in millions, except per share 4 3 2 1 Net sales $1,880 $1,927 $1,686 $1,218 Operating margin(loss) (107) 99 126 81 Net income(loss) (121) 39 65 52 Earnings(loss) per share (2.45) .79 1.33 1.05 Dividend per share .40 .40 .40 .40 Stock price: High 47 3/8 45 3/8 39 3/4 45 7/8 Low 40 1/4 35 3/4 34 1/2 36 7/8 Operating margin(loss) for the first three quarters of 1994 has been restated to reflect the reclassification of losses on disposals of machinery and other equipment previously included in the "Other, net" classification in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The operating loss in the fourth quarter of 1994 resulted from a $282 million charge for a voluntary early retirement incentive program offered in 1994 and a $42 million provision for the planned disposal of real estate and other assets. The corporation's common stock is traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges (trading symbol NOC). The approximate number of holders of record of the corporation's common stock at January 31, 1996, was 10,858. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT Board of Directors and Shareholders Northrop Grumman Corporation Los Angeles, California We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31 for each of the years 1991 through 1995, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 14. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Subsidiaries at December 31 for each of the years 1991 through 1995, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. As discussed in the footnotes to the consolidated financial statements, in 1991 the company changed its method of computing income taxes by adopting Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 109 - Accounting for Income Taxes and its accounting for nonpension benefit plans by adopting Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106 - Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions. Deloitte & Touche LLP Los Angeles, California February 7, 1996 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure No information is required in response to this Item. PART III Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant The information as to Directors will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after the end of the company's fiscal year. The information as to Executive Officers is contained in Part I of this report as permitted by General Instruction G(3). Item 11. Executive Compensation The information required by this Item will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after the end of the company's fiscal year. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management The information required by this Item will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after the end of the company's fiscal year. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions The information required by this Item will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed within 120 days after the end of the company's fiscal year. PART IV Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K (a) 1. Financial Statements Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Consolidated Statements of Income Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Independent Auditors' Report 2. Financial Statement Schedule Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts All other schedules are omitted either because they are not applicable or not required or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto. Separate financial statements of the parent company are omitted since it is primarily an operating company and minority equity interests in and/or nonguaranteed long-term debt of subsidiaries held by others than the company are in amounts which together do not exceed 5 percent of the total consolidated assets at December 31, 1995. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Exhibits: 3(a) Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Form S-3 Registration Statement, filed August 18, 1994) 3(b) Northrop Grumman Corporation Bylaws, amended as of May 18, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form S-3 Registration Statement, filed August 18, 1994) and amended as of August 17, 1994 4(a) Common Stock Purchase Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-A filed September 22, 1988, amended on August 2, 1991 (incorporated by reference to Form 8 filed August 2, 1991) and amended on September 28, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 8/A- A filed October 7, 1994) 4(b) Indenture Agreement dated as of October 15, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed October 25, 1994) 10(a) Northrop Grumman Corporation Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 1994, as amended and restated as of April 18, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 1994), amended as of May 11, 1994, and amended as of December 9, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed March 21, 1995) 10(b) Uncommitted Credit Facility dated October 10, 1994, between Northrop Grumman Corporation and Wachovia Bank of Georgia, N.A., which is substantially identical to facilities between Northrop Grumman Corporation and certain banks some of which are parties to the Credit Agreement filed as Exhibit 10(a) hereto *10(c) 1973 Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Form 8-B filed June 21, 1985) *10(d) 1973 Performance Achievement Plan (incorporated by reference to Form 8-B filed June 21, 1985) *10(e) Northrop Supplemental Plan 2 *10(f) Northrop Grumman Corporation ERISA Supplemental Plan 1 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed February 28, 1994). *10(g) Retirement Plan for Independent Outside Directors (incorporated by reference to Form SE filed March 29, 1991), amended September 21, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed March 21, 1995) *10(h) 1987 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Form SE filed March 30, 1989) *10(i) Executive Life Insurance Policy *10(j) Executive Accidental Death, Dismemberment and Plegia Insurance Policy *10(k) Executive Long-Term Disability Insurance Policy *10(l) Key Executive Medical Plan Benefit Matrix NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION *10(m) Executive Dental Insurance Policy Group Numbers 5134 and 5135 *10(n) Group Excess Liability Policy *10(o) Northrop Grumman 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Northrop Grumman Corporation Proxy Statement filed March 30, 1995) *10(p) Northrop Corporation 1993 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to Northrop Corporation 1993 Proxy Statement filed March 30, 1993), amended as of September 21, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed March 21, 1995) *10(q) Northrop Grumman Corporation 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to 1995 Proxy Statement filed March 30, 1995) *10(r) Northrop Corporation Special Severance Pay Agreement (incorporated by reference to Northrop Corporation Report on Form 10-K filed February 28, 1994), amended and restated as of July 13, 1995 *10(s) Employment Agreement effective January 1, 1996 between Northrop Grumman Corporation and Gordon L. Williams *10(t) Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (effective December 29,1994) *10(u) Northrop Grumman Transition Project Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed March 21, 1995) 10(v) Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 3, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed May 2, 1994) 11 Statement Re Computation of Per Share Earnings 21 Significant subsidiaries of registrant 23 Independent Auditors' Consent 24 Power of Attorney 27 Financial Data Schedule ________________ * Listed as Exhibits pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K (b) No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the last quarter of the period covered by this report. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, on the 23rd day of February 1996. Northrop Grumman Corporation By: Nelson F. Gibbs Nelson F. Gibbs Corporate Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed on behalf of the registrant this 23rd day of February 1996, by the following persons and in the capacities indicated. Signature Title Kent Kresa* Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) Jack R. Borsting* Director John T. Chain, Jr.* Director Jack Edwards* Director Aulana L. Peters* Director John E. Robson* Director Richard R. Rosenberg* Director Brent Scowcroft* Director John Brooks Slaughter* Director Wallace C. Solberg* Director Richard J. Stegemeier* Director Richard B. Waugh, Jr.* Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer *By James C. Johnson James C. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to a power of attorney NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Dollars in Thousands)
COL. A COL. B COL. C COL. D COL. E Other Balance at Changes-- Balance Classification Beginning Additions Add at End of Period At Cost (Deduct)(1) of Period Description: Year ended December 31, 1991 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowances for doubtful amounts $82,081 $ 8,900 $(38,980) $52,001 Year ended December 31, 1992 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowances for doubtful amounts $52,001 $ 7,571 $ (2,412) $57,160 Year ended December 31, 1993 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowances for doubtful amounts $57,160 $ 9,304 $ (9,759) $56,705 Year ended December 31, 1994 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowances for doubtful amounts $56,705 $25,283(2) $(18,262) $63,726 Year ended December 31, 1995 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowances for doubtful amounts $63,726 $ 6,357 $ (2,129) $67,954
____________ (1) Uncollectible amounts written off, net of recoveries. (2) Additions include $15,625 of allowance for bad debts from acquired company. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION EXHIBIT 11 STATEMENT RE COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS (in thousands, except per share)
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Primary: Average shares outstanding 49,364 49,139 48,085 47,179 47,075 Net effect of the assumed exercise of stock options - based on the treasury stock method 1,111 758 792 251 187 Totals 50,475 49,897 48,877 47,430 47,262 Income before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes $252,159 $35,264 $95,755 $120,922 $268,256 Cumulative effect on prior years of changes in accounting principles: Income Taxes 20,282 Retiree healthcare and life insurance benefits (87,717) Net Income $252,159 $35,264 $95,755 $120,922 $200,821 Earnings per share before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes $ 5.00 $ .71 $ 1.96 $ 2.55 $ 5.68 Cumulative effect on prior years of change in accounting principles, per share: Income Taxes .43 Retiree healthcare and life insurance benefits (1.86) Earnings per share(1) $ 5.00 $ .71 $ 1.96 $ 2.55 $ 4.25 Fully diluted: Average shares outstanding 49,364 49,139 48,085 47,179 47,075 Net effect of the assumed exercise of stock options - based on the treasury stock method 1,356 837 872 805 225 Totals 50,720 49,976 48,957 47,984 47,300 Income before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes $252,159 $35,264 $95,755 $120,922 $268,256 Cumulative effect on prior years of changes in accounting principles: Income Taxes 20,282 Retiree healthcare and life insurance benefits (87,717) Net Income $252,159 $35,264 $95,755 $120,922 $200,821 Earnings per share before cumulative effect of accounting principle changes $ 4.97 $ .71 $ 1.96 $ 2.52 $ 5.67 Cumulative effect on prior years of change in accounting principles, per share: Income Taxes .43 Retiree healthcare and life insurance benefits (1.85) Earnings per share(1) $ 4.97 $ .71 $ 1.96 $ 2.52 $ 4.25
(1) This calculation was made in compliance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. Earnings per share presented elsewhere in this report exclude from their calculation shares issuable under employee stock options, since their dilutive effect is less than 3%. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION EXHIBIT 23 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements Nos. 2-73293, 2-98614, 33-15764, 33-49667, 33-55141, 33-55146, 33-59815 and 33-59853 of Northrop Grumman Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated February 7,1996, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Northrop Grumman Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Los Angeles, California February 22, 1996
 

                              
                                                            
                                               Exhibit 10(e)

                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                NORTHROP SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN 2
                              
                 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1993
                      TABLE OF CONTENTS
                              
                              
Definitions                                              1
     1.01  Affiliated Companies                         1
     1.02  Board of Directors                           1
     1.03  Code                                         1
     1.04  Company                                      1
     1.05  ERISA                                        1
     1.06  Participant                                  1
     1.07  Pension Plan                                 1
     1.08  Plan                                         1
     1.09  Program                                      1
     1.10  Termination of Employment                    1

General Provisions                                      3
     2.01  In General                                   3
     2.02  Forms and Times of Benefit Payments          3
     2.03  Beneficiaries and Spouses                    3
     2.04  Amendment and Plan Termination               4
     2.05  Not an Employment Agreement                  5
     2.06  Assignment of Benefits                       6
     2.07  Nonduplication of Benefits                   6
     2.08  Funding                                      6
     2.09  Construction                                 7
     2.10  Governing Law                                7
     2.11  Actions By Company                           7
     2.12  Plan Representatives                         7
     2.13  Number                                       7

Lump Sum Election                                       8
     3.01  In General                                   8
     3.02  Retirees Election                            8
     3.03  Retirees Lump Sum                            9
     3.04  Actives Election                            11
     3.05  Actives Lump Sum-Retirement Eligible        12
     3.06  Actives Lump Sum-Not Retirement Eligible    14
     3.07  Calculation of Lump Sum                     14
     3.08  Spousal consent                             16

Northrop Supplemental Retirement Income Program For
Senior Executives                                        17
     A.01  Purpose                                     17
     A.02  Eligibility                                 17
     A.03  Retirement Benefit                          17
     A.04  Amount of Retirement Benefit                17
     A.05  Post-55 Preretirement Surviving Spouse
     Benefit                                           18
     A.06  Amount of Post-55 Spouse's Benefit          19
     A.07  Payment of Post-55 Spouse's Benefit         19
     A.08  Pre-55 Preretirement Surviving Spouse
     Benefit                                           19
     A.09  Amount of Pre-55 Spouse's Benefit           20
     A.10  Payment of Pre-55 Spouse's Benefit          20
     A.11  Waiver of Requirements                      21
     A.12  Effective Date                              21
     A.13  Vesting Service                             21

ERISA Supplemental Program 2                           22
     B.01  Purpose                                     22
     B.02  Eligibility                                 22
     B.03  Amount of Benefit                           22
     B.04  Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit      23
     B.05  Plan Termination                            23
     B.06  Pension Plan Benefits                       23

Arthur F. Dauer Program                                25
     C.01  In General                                  25
     C.02  Forfeiture of Benefits                      25
     C.03  Purpose                                     25
     C.04  Amount of Life Benefit                      25
     C.05  Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit      26
     C.06  No Other Supplemental Pensions              26

John Harrison Program                                  27
     D.01  In General                                  27
     D.02  Purpose                                     27
     D.03  Conditions for Eligibility                  27
     D.04  Amount of Retirement Benefit                28
     D.05  Benefit Limitation                          28
     D.06  Form and Duration of Benefits               28
     D.07  Preretirement Survivor Benefit              28
     D.08  Forfeiture                                  28
                          ARTICLE I
                              
                         Definitions
                              
          For purposes of the Plan, the following terms,
          when capitalized, will have the following
          meanings:
          
  1.01   Affiliated Companies. The Company and any other
          entity related to the Company under the rules of
          section 414 of the Code. The Affiliated Companies
          include Northrop Corporation and its 80%-owned
          subsidiaries and may include other entities as
          well.
  
  1.02   Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the
          Company.
  
  1.03   Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
          amended.
  
  1.04   Company. Northrop Corporation.
  
  1.05   ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
          of 1974, as amended.
  
  1.06   Participant. Any employee of the Company who is
          eligible for benefits under a particular Program
          and has not received full payment under the
          Program.
  
  1.07   Pension Plan and Pension Plans. The Northrop
          Retirement Plan and/or the Retirement Plan of
          Northrop Corporation, Electronic Systems
          Division_Rolling Meadows Site.
  
  1.08   Plan. The Northrop Supplemental Plan 2.
  
  1.09   Program. One of the eligibility and benefit
          structures described in the Appendices.
  
  1.10   Termination of Employment. Complete termination of
          employment with the Affiliated Companies.
          
          (a)  If a Participant leaves one Affiliated
               Company to go to work for another, he or she
               will not have a Termination of Employment.
          
          (b)  A Participant will have a Termination of
               Employment if he or she leaves the Affiliated
               Companies because the affiliate he or she
               works for ceases to be an Affiliated Company
               because it is sold or spunoff.
                         ARTICLE II
                              
                     General Provisions
                              
  2.01   In General. The Plan contains a number of
          different benefit Programs which are set forth in
          the Appendices. The Appendices describe the
          eligibility conditions and the amount of benefits
          payable under the Programs.
  
  2.02   Forms and Times of Benefit Payments. Unless
          particular rules regarding the form and timing of
          benefit payments are set forth in a Program, the
          Company will determine the form and timing of
          benefit payments in its sole discretion, except
          where a lump sum election under Article III is
          applicable.
          
          For payments made to supplement those of a
          particular tax-qualified retirement or savings
          plan, the Company will only select among the
          options available under that plan, using the same
          actuarial adjustments used in that plan, except in
          cases of lump sums.
          
          Whenever the present value of the amount payable
          under the Plan does not exceed $10,000, it will be
          paid in the form of a single lump sum as of the
          first of the month following Termination of
          Employment. The lump sum will be calculated using
          the factors and methodology described in Section
          3.07 below.
          
          No payments will commence under this Plan until a
          Participant has a Termination of Employment, even
          in cases where benefits have commenced under a
          Pension Plan for Participants over age 70-1/2.
          
  2.03   Beneficiaries and Spouses. If the Company selects
          a form of payment which includes a survivor
          benefit, the Participant may make a beneficiary
          designation, which may be changed at any time
          prior to commencement of benefits. A beneficiary
          designation must be in writing and will be
          effective only when received by the Company.
          
          If a Participant is married on the date his or her
          benefits are scheduled to commence, his or her
          beneficiary will be his or her spouse unless some
          other beneficiary is named with spousal consent.
          Spousal consent, to be effective, must be
          submitted in writing before benefits commence and
          must be witnessed by a Plan representative or
          notary public. No spousal consent is necessary if
          the Company determines that there is no spouse or
          that the spouse cannot be found.
          
          With respect to Programs designed to supplement
          tax-qualified retirement or savings plans, the
          Participant's spouse will be the spouse as
          determined under the underlying tax-qualified
          plan. Otherwise, the Participant's spouse will be
          determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
          
  2.04   Amendment and Plan Termination. The Company may,
          in its sole discretion, by written resolution
          adopted by the Board of Directors or its delegate,
          terminate, suspend or amend this Plan at any time
          or from time to time, in whole or in part.
  
          (a)  Except as provided in (f) and Section 2.08,
               no amendment, suspension or termination of
               the Plan may, without the consent of a
               Participant, affect the Participant's right
               or the right of the surviving spouse to
               receive benefits in accordance with this Plan
               as in effect on the date the employee becomes
               a Participant.
          
          (b)  The Participant's rights to benefits
               following any amendment which are preserved
               by (a) will be determined as if he or she
               terminated employment immediately prior to
               the adoption of the amendment (or its
               effective date, if later). The determination
               in the preceding sentence will be based on
               the relevant factors at that time, such as
               the Participant's compensation history,
               service credits and Code limitations on
               benefits.
          
          (c)  However, the determination in (b) will be
               adjusted to take into account any post-
               amendment increases in benefits provided by
               the Company's tax-qualified retirement and
               savings plans, to the extent such benefits
               are also a factor in the benefits due under
               this Plan.
          
               Example: Assume an amendment eliminates all
               future benefits under a particular Program.
               Assume that the Program provides a level of
               benefits reduced by benefits paid under a tax-
               qualified plan. Assume further that as of the
               date of the amendment, a Participant's level
               of benefits under the Program is $150/month
               less a tax-qualified plan benefit of
               $100/month, leaving the Participant a net
               benefit of $50. Under paragraph (b), the
               Participant's right to that $50 would be
               preserved.
               
               However, assume that later the Participant's
               tax-qualified plan benefit increases to
               $130/month. Under the provisions of this
               paragraph (c), for future months, the
               Participant would only be entitled to $20
               under this Plan.
          
          (d)  In addition, the determination in (b) will
               also be adjusted to take into account post-
               amendment decreases in a Participant's
               compensation.
          
          (e)  The rights of surviving spouses claiming
               benefits under the Plan with respect to a
               Participant will be preserved and limited in
               the same fashion as a Participant's benefits.
          
          (f)  The Company may, in its sole discretion, by
               written resolution adopted by the Board of
               Directors or its delegate, amend or eliminate
               any of the provisions of the Plan with
               respect to lump sum distributions at any
               time, including the calculation factors of
               Section 3.07. This applies whether or not a
               Participant has already made a lump sum
               election.
  
  2.05   Not an Employment Agreement. Nothing contained in
          this Plan gives any Participant the right to be
          retained in the service of the Company, nor does
          it interfere with the right of the Company to
          discharge or otherwise deal with Participants
          without regard to the existence of this Plan.
  
  2.06   Assignment of Benefits. A Participant, surviving
          spouse or beneficiary may not, either voluntarily
          or involuntarily, assign, anticipate, alienate,
          commute, sell, transfer, pledge or encumber any
          benefits to which he or she is or may become
          entitled under the Plan, nor may Plan benefits be
          subject to attachment or garnishment by any of
          their creditors or to legal process.

  2.07   Nonduplication of Benefits. This Section applies
          if, despite Section 2.06, with respect to any
          Participant (or his or her beneficiaries), the
          Company is required to make payments under this
          Plan to a person or entity other than the payees
          described in the Plan. In such a case, any amounts
          due the Participant (or his or her beneficiaries)
          under this Plan will be reduced by the actuarial
          value of the payments required to be made to such
          other person or entity.
               
               Actuarial value will be determined using the
               factors and methodology described in Section
               3.07 below (in the case of lump sums) and
               using the actuarial assumptions in the
               underlying Pension Plan in all other cases.
               
               In dividing a Participant's benefit between
               the Participant and another person or entity,
               consistent actuarial assumptions and
               methodologies will be used so that there is
               no increased actuarial cost to the Company.
  
  2.08   Funding. Participants have the status of general
          unsecured creditors of the Company and the Plan
          constitutes a mere promise by the Company to make
          benefit payments in the future. The Company may,
          but need not, fund benefits under the Plan through
          a trust. If it does so, any trust created by the
          Company and any assets held by the trust to assist
          it in meeting its obligations under the Plan will
          conform to the terms of the model trust, as
          described in Internal Revenue Service Revenue
          Procedure 92-64, but only to the extent required
          by Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 92-
          65. It is the intention of the Company and
          Participants that the Plan be unfunded for tax
          purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
          
          Any funding of benefits under this Plan will be in
          the Company's sole discretion. The Company may set
          and amend the terms under which it will fund and
          may cease to fund at any time.
          
          To the extent the Company gives Participants and
          beneficiaries enforceable rights to funding, those
          rights must be determined under the terms of other
          documents. No such rights exist under this Plan
          document and the restrictions on amendments in
          this Plan document will in no case apply to
          restrict the Company's right to cease or alter the
          terms of any funding.
  
  2.09   Construction. The Company shall have full
          discretionary authority to determine eligibility
          and to construe and interpret the terms of the
          Plan, including the power to remedy possible
          ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions.
  
  2.10   Governing Law. This Plan shall be governed by the
          law of the State of California, except to the
          extent superseded by federal law.
  
  2.11   Actions By Company. Any powers exercisable by the
          Company under the Plan shall be utilized by
          written resolution adopted by the Board of
          Directors or its delegate. The Board may by
          written resolution delegate any of the Company's
          powers under the Plan and any such delegations may
          provide for subdelegations, also by written
          resolution.
  
  2.12   Plan Representatives. Those authorized to act as
          Plan representatives will be designated in writing
          by the Board of Directors or its delegate.
  
  2.13   Number. The singular, where appearing in this
          Plan, will be deemed to include the plural, unless
          the context clearly indicates the contrary.
                         ARTICLE III
                              
                      Lump Sum Election
                              
                              
  3.01   In General. This Article sets forth the rules
          under which Participants may elect to receive
          their benefits in a lump sum. This Article does
          not apply to active employees (as defined in
          Section 3.04) in cases where benefits do not
          exceed $10,000 and so are automatically payable in
          lump sum form under Section 2.02.
          
          This Article will not be applicable if a
          particular Program so provides.
  
  3.02   Retirees Election. Participants and Participants'
          beneficiaries already receiving monthly benefits
          under the Plan at its inception will be given a
          one-time opportunity to elect a lump sum payout of
          future benefit payments.
  
          (a)  The election must be made within a 45-day
               period determined by the Company. Within its
               discretion, the Company may delay the
               commencement of the 45-day period in
               instances where the Company is unable to
               timely communicate with a particular payee.
          
          (b)  The determination as to whether a payee is
               already receiving monthly benefits will be
               made at the beginning of the 45-day period.
          
          (c)  An election to take a lump sum must be
               accompanied by a waiver of the existing
               retiree medical benefits by those
               Participants (and their covered spouses or
               surviving spouses) entitled either to have
               such benefits entirely paid for by the
               Company or to receive such benefits as a
               result of their classification as an employee
               under Executive Class Code II.
               
                    Following the waiver, waiving
                    Participants (and covered spouses or
                    surviving spouses) will be entitled to
                    the coverage offered to employees who
                    are eligible for Senior Executive
                    Retirement Insurance Benefits in effect
                    as of July 1, 1993. The cost charged to
                    the retirees for this coverage will be
                    determined as if the retiree had been
                    employed 20 or more years by the
                    Company.
          
          (d)  If the person receiving payments as of the
               beginning of the 45-day period dies prior to
               making a lump sum election, his or her
               beneficiary, if any, may not make the lump
               sum election.
          
          (e)  Elections to receive a lump sum (and waivers
               under (c)) must be made in writing and must
               include spousal consent if the payee (whether
               the Participant or beneficiary) is married.
               Elections and spousal consent must be
               witnessed by a Plan representative or a
               notary public.
          
          (f)  An election (with spousal consent, where
               required) to receive the lump sum made at any
               time during the 45-day period will be
               irrevocable. If no proper election has been
               made by the end of the 45-day period,
               payments will continue unchanged in the
               monthly form that had previously been
               applicable.
          
  3.03   Retirees Lump Sum. If a retired Participant or
          beneficiary makes a valid election under Section
          3.02 within the 45-day period, monthly payments
          will continue in the previously applicable form
          for 12 months (assuming the payees live that
          long).
          
          (a)  As of the first of the 13th month, the
               present value of the remaining benefit
               payments will be paid in a single lump sum to
               the Participant, if alive, or, if not, to the
               beneficiary under the previously applicable
               form of payment.
          
          (b)  No lump sum payment will be made if:
          
               (1)  The Participant is receiving monthly
                    benefit payments in a form that does not
                    provide for survivor benefits and the
                    Participant dies before the time the
                    lump sum payment is due.
               
               (2)  The Participant is receiving monthly
                    benefit payments in a form that does
                    provide for survivor benefits but the
                    Participant and the beneficiary die
                    before the time the lump sum payment is
                    due.
          
          (c)  The following rules apply where payment is
               being made in the form of a 10-year certain
               and continuous life annuity option:
                    
               (1)  If the Participant is deceased at the
                    commencement of the 45-day election
                    period, the surviving beneficiary may
                    not make the election if there are less
                    than 13 months left in the 10-year
                    certain period.
               
               (2)  If the Participant elects the lump sum
                    and dies prior to the first of the 13th
                    month:
               
                    (A)  if the 10-year certain period has
                         already ended, all monthly payments
                         will cease at the Participant's
                         death and no lump sum payment will
                         be made;
                    
                    (B)  if the 10-year certain period ends
                         after the Participant's death and
                         before the beginning of the 13th
                         month, monthly payments will end at
                         the end of the 10-year certain
                         period and no lump sum payment will
                         be made; and
                    
                    (C)  if the 10-year certain period ends
                         after the beginning of the 13th
                         month, monthly payments will
                         continue through the 12th month,
                         and a lump sum payment will be made
                         as of the first of the 13th month,
                         equal to the present value of the
                         remaining benefit payments.
          
  3.04   Actives Election. Active Participants may elect to
          have their benefits paid in the form of a single
          lump sum under this Section.
          
          (a)  A Participant is considered to be "Active"
               under this Section if he or she is still
               employed by the Affiliated Companies on or
               after the beginning of the initial 45-day
               period referred to in Section 3.02.
          
          (b)  An election to take a lump sum may be made at
               any time during the 60-day period prior to
               Termination of Employment and covers both_
          
               (1)  Benefits payable to the Participant
                    during his or her lifetime, and
               
               (2)  Survivor benefits (if any) payable to
                    the Participant's beneficiary, including
                    preretirement death benefits (if any)
                    payable to the Participant's spouse.
          
          (c)  An election does not become effective until
               the earlier of:
               
               (1)  the Participant's Termination of
                    Employment, or
               
               (2)  the Participant's death.
               
               Before the election becomes effective, it may
               be revoked.
               
               If a Participant does not have a Termination
               of Employment within 60 days after making an
               election, the election will never take
               effect.
          
          (d)  An election may only be made once. If it
               fails to become effective after 60 days or is
               revoked before becoming effective, it cannot
               be made again at a later time.
          
          (e)  After a Participant has a Termination of
               Employment, no election can be made.
          
          (f)  If a Participant dies before making a lump
               sum election, his or her spouse may not make
               a lump sum election with respect to any
               benefits which may be due the spouse.
          
          (g)  Elections to receive a lump sum must be made
               in writing and must include spousal consent
               if the Participant is married. Elections and
               spousal consent must be witnessed by a Plan
               representative or a notary public.
          
     3.05 Actives Lump Sum_Retirement Eligible. If a
          Participant with a valid lump sum election in
          effect under Section 3.04 has a Termination of
          Employment after he or she is entitled to commence
          benefits under the Pension Plans, payments will be
          made in accordance with this Section.
          
          (a)  Monthly benefit payments will be made for up
               to 12 months, commencing the first of the
               month following Termination of Employment.
               Payments will be made:
               
               (1)  in the case of a Participant who is not
                    married on the date benefits are
                    scheduled to commence, based on a
                    straight life annuity for the
                    Participant's life and ceasing upon the
                    Participant's death should he or she die
                    before the 12 months elapse, or
               
               (2)  in the case of a Participant who is
                    married on the date benefits are
                    scheduled to commence, based on a joint
                    and survivor annuity form_
                    
                    (A)  with the survivor benefit equal to
                         50% of the Participant's benefit;
                    
                    (B)  with the Participant's spouse as
                         the survivor annuitant;
                    
                    (C)  determined by using the contingent
                         annuitant option factors used to
                         convert straight life annuities to
                         50% joint and survivor annuities
                         under the Northrop Retirement Plan;
                         and
                    
                    (D)  with all payments ceasing upon the
                         death of both the Participant and
                         his or her spouse should they die
                         before the 12 months elapse.
               
          (b)  As of the first of the 13th month, the
               present value of the remaining benefit
               payments will be paid in a single lump sum.
               Payment of the lump sum will be made to the
               Participant if he or she is still alive, or,
               if not, to his or her surviving spouse, if
               any.
               
          (c)  No lump sum payment will be made if:
          
               (1)  The Participant is receiving monthly
                    benefit payments in the form of a
                    straight life annuity and the
                    Participant dies before the time the
                    lump sum payment is due.
               
               (2)  The Participant is receiving monthly
                    benefit payments in a joint and survivor
                    annuity form and the Participant and his
                    or her spouse both die before the time
                    the lump sum payment is due.
          
          (d)  A lump sum will be payable to a Participant's
               spouse as of the first of the month following
               the date of the Participant's death, if:
          
               (1)the Participant dies after making a valid
                  lump sum election but prior to
                  commencement of any benefits under this
                  Plan;
               
               (2)the Participant is survived by a spouse
                  who is entitled to a preretirement
                  surviving spouse benefit under this Plan;
                  and
               
               (3)the spouse survives to the first of the
                  month following the date of the
                  Participant's death.
          
     3.06 Actives Lump Sum_Not Retirement Eligible. If a
          Participant with a valid lump sum election in
          effect under Section 3.04, has a Termination of
          Employment before he or she is entitled to
          commence benefits under the Pension Plans,
          payments will be made in accordance with this
          Section.
          
          (a)  No monthly benefit payments will be made.
          
          (b)  Following Termination of Employment, a single
               lump sum payment of the benefit will be made
               on the first of the month following 12 months
               after the date of the Participant's
               Termination of Employment.
          
          (c)  A lump sum will be payable to a Participant's
               spouse as of the first of the month following
               the date of the Participant's death, if:
          
               (1)the Participant dies after making a valid
                  lump sum election but prior to
                  commencement of any benefits under this
                  Plan;
               
               (2)the Participant is survived by a spouse
                  who is entitled to a preretirement
                  surviving spouse benefit under this Plan;
                  and
               
               (3)the spouse survives to the first of the
                  month following the date of the
                  Participant's death.
          
          (d)  No lump sum payment will be made if the
               Participant is unmarried at the time of death
               and dies before the time the lump sum payment
               is due.
  
  3.07   Calculation of Lump Sum. The factors to be used in
          calculating the lump sum are as follows:
          
               Interest: Whichever of the following two
               rates that produces the smaller lump sum:
               
               (1)  the discount rate used by the Company
                    for purposes of Statement of Financial
                    Accounting Standards No. 87 of the
                    Financial Accounting Standards Board as
                    disclosed in the Company's annual report
                    to shareholders for the year end
                    immediately preceding the date of
                    distribution, or
               
               (2)  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
                    (PBGC) interest rate (or rates) that
                    would be used to calculate a lump sum
                    value for the benefit under the Northrop
                    Retirement Plan_
                    
                    (A)  using 120% of the PBGC rate for
                         lump sums over $25,000, and
                    
                    (B)  substituting the PBGC rate (or
                         rates) in effect for the time for
                         distribution (even if actual
                         payment is delayed for some reason)
                         instead of the rate for the first
                         day of the calendar year of
                         distribution.
               
               Mortality: 1983 Group Annuity Mortality table
               for males with a 2-year setback.
               
               Increase in Section 415 Limit: 4% per year.
               
               Age: Age rounded to the nearest month on the
               date the lump sum is payable.
               
               Variable Unit Values: Variable Unit Values
               are presumed not to increase for future
               periods after the date the lump sum is
               payable.
          
          The annuity to be converted to a lump sum will be
          the remaining annuity currently payable to the
          Participant or his or her beneficiary at the time
          the lump sum is due.
          
               For example, assume a Participant is
               receiving benefit payments in the form of a
               50% joint and survivor annuity.
               
               If the Participant and the survivor annuitant
               are both still alive at the time the lump sum
               payment is due, the present value calculation
               will be based on the remaining benefits that
               would be paid to both the Participant and the
               survivor in the annuity form.
               
               If only the survivor is alive, the
               calculation will be based solely on the
               remaining 50% survivor benefits that would be
               paid to the survivor.
               
               If only the Participant is alive, the
               calculation will be based solely on the
               remaining benefits that would be paid to the
               Participant.
          
          In the case of a Participant who dies prior to
          commencement of benefits under this Plan so that
          only a preretirement surviving spouse benefit (if
          any) is payable, the lump sum will be based solely
          on the value of the preretirement surviving spouse
          benefit.
          
  3.08   Spousal consent. Spousal consent, as required for
          elections as described above, need not be obtained
          if the Company determines that there is no spouse
          or the spouse cannot be located.
                         APPENDIX A
                              
 Northrop Supplemental Retirement Income Program For Senior
                         Executives
                              
  A.01   Purpose. The purpose of this Program is to provide
          minimum pension and death benefits to senior
          executives participating in the Northrop
          Retirement Plan ("Retirement Plan") who have only
          had a short period of service with the Company
          prior to retirement.
  
  A.02   Eligibility. Officers of the Company may become
          Participants under this Program only if they are
          designated as such by the Board of Directors.
  
  A.03   Retirement Benefit. Upon voluntary or involuntary
          Termination of Employment with the Company (other
          than by death), at or after age 55 and with 10 or
          more years of Vesting Service, a Participant will
          be entitled to the benefit described in Section
          A.04.
  
  A.04   Amount of Retirement Benefit. A Participant
          entitled to a benefit under Section A.03 will
          receive a benefit equal in value to the excess of
          (a) over (b) as follows:

          (a)  is the greater of
          
               (1)  the amount of the Participant's
                    retirement income under the Retirement
                    Plan on a straight life annuity basis,
                    computed without regard to the
                    limitations on benefits and the cap on
                    counted compensation imposed by Code
                    sections 415 and 401(a)(17), or
               
               (2)  the amount of a straight life annuity
                    with annual payments equal to the
                    Participant's Final Average Salary (as
                    defined by the Retirement Plan) in
                    effect on the date of his or her
                    Termination of Employment multiplied by
                    the appropriate percentage shown in the
                    following schedule:

                                Percentage of Final Average
    Age at Termination Date*    Salary at Termination Date**
  
              55                           30%
              56                           34%
              57                           38%
              58                           42%
              59                           46%
              60                           50%
              61                           52%
              62                           54%
              63                           56%
              64                           58%
     65 and over                           60%
  
  
          (b)  is the amount of the Participant's retirement
               income under the Retirement Plan on a
               straight life annuity basis, computed as of
               his or her Termination of Employment, taking
               into account the limitations on benefits and
               the cap on counted compensation imposed by
               Code sections 415 and 401(a)(17).
  
  A.05   Post-55 Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit. If
          a Participant dies--

          (a)  after age 55;
          
          (b)  while credited with 10 or more years of
               Vesting Service;
          
          (c)  prior to Termination of Employment; and
          
          (d)  his or her spouse is entitled to a survivor
               annuity under the Retirement Plan,
               
          then the Participant's spouse will be entitled to
          the benefit under Section A.06.
  
  A.06   Amount of Post-55 Spouse's Benefit. The
          Participant's surviving spouse benefit under this
          Section shall be equal in value to the sum of (a)
          and (b), with such sum then reduced by (c) where:
  
          (a)  is the amount of retirement income that the
               Participant would have received under the
               100% Contingent Annuitant Option under the
               Retirement Plan had the Participant retired
               on the date of death,
          
          (b)  is the amount of the benefit under this
               Program after the offset of the Retirement
               Plan benefit the Participant would have
               received if he or she had retired on the date
               of his or her death with said 100% Contingent
               Annuitant Option in effect, and
          
          (c)  is the amount of the annuity benefit payable
               to the surviving spouse under the Retirement
               Plan (even if the annuity is commuted to a
               lump sum).
  
  A.07   Payment of Post-55 Spouse's Benefit. The spouse's
          benefit described in Section A.06 will be payable
          commencing the first day of the month next
          following the Participant's date of death and
          shall terminate on the date of death of the
          surviving spouse.
  
  A.08   Pre-55 Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit. If
          a Participant dies--
  
          (a)  before age 55;
          
          (b)  while credited with 10 or more years of
               Vesting Service; and
          
          (c)  prior to Termination of Employment,
               
          then the Participant's spouse will be entitled to
          the benefit under Section A.09.
  
  A.09   Amount of Pre-55 Spouse's Benefit. The
          Participant's surviving spouse benefit under this
          Section shall be equal in value to the benefit
          standing to the credit of the Participant under
          the Retirement Plan as of the date of his or her
          death, actuarially reduced in accordance with the
          factors in the following table:
  
    Age of Participant                  Factor to be Applied
    at Date of Death*                 to the Earned Benefit**

            55                                  .431
            54                                  .399
            53                                  .370
            52                                  .343
            51                                  .319
            50                                  .297
            49                                  .276
            48                                  .257
            47                                  .240
            46                                  .223
            45                                  .208
  
  
          Any extension of the above table below age 45
          shall be based on the following assumptions (i)
          Mortality - 1971 Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby
          Forecast Mortality Table, and (ii) Interest - 6%
          compounded annually.
  
  A.10   Payment of Pre-55 Spouse's Benefit. The spouse's
          benefit described in Section A.09 will be payable
          commencing the first day of the month next
          following the Participant's date of death and will
          terminate on the date of death of the surviving
          spouse.
  
  A.11   Waiver of Requirements. The President of the
          Company or its Chief Executive Officer may, in his
          or her discretion,
  
          (a)  waive the requirement of 10 years of Vesting
               Service in any one or all of Sections A.03,
               A.05, and A.08, and
          
          (b)  with respect to Section A.05, waive the
               requirement that the Participant's spouse be
               entitled to a survivor annuity under the
               Retirement Plan only by virtue of the fact
               that such Participant has not yet accumulated
               sufficient years of Vesting Service as of the
               date of death.
               
          This waiver authority includes the authority to
          have benefits under the Program pro rated based on
          Vesting Service for Participants receiving a
          waiver (e.g., benefits under the Program will be
          multiplied by an amount equal to the Participant's
          years of Vesting Service divided by 10). Any
          waiver will specify whether or not the pro rating
          of benefits will be applicable.
  
  A.12   Effective Date. This Program first became
          effective on July 18, 1973 and will be effective
          as to each Participant on the date the Board of
          Directors takes the action designating him or her
          as a Participant under this Program.
  
  A.13   Vesting Service. For purposes of this Program,
          Vesting Service will be determined under the
          Retirement Plan.
                         APPENDIX B
                              
                ERISA Supplemental Program 2
                              
  B.01   Purpose. The purpose of this Program is simply to
          restore to employees of the Company the benefits
          they lose under the Pension Plans as a result of
          the compensation limit in Code section 401(a)(17)
          ("section 401(a)(17)"), or any successor
          provision.
  
  B.02   Eligibility. An employee of the Company is
          eligible to receive a benefit under this Program
          if he or she:
               
          (a)  retires on or after January 1, 1989;
          
          (b)  has vested in benefits under one or both
               Pension Plans which are reduced because of
               the application of section 401(a)(17); and
          
          (c)  is not eligible to receive a benefit under
               the Northrop Corporation Supplemental
               Retirement Income Program for Senior
               Executives or any other plan or program which
               bars an employee from participation in this
               Program.
  
  B.03   Amount of Benefit. The benefit payable under this
          Program with respect to a Participant who
          commences benefits during his or her lifetime will
          equal the retirement benefit, if any, which would
          have been payable to the Participant under the
          terms of a Pension Plan, but for the restrictions
          of Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415 ("section
          415"), or any successor section.
          
          The benefit payable under this Program will be
          reduced by the combined amounts of Pension Plan
          Benefits and the Northrop Corporation ERISA
          Supplemental Plan 1 benefits attributable to the
          applicable Pension Plan.
          
          Benefits under this Program will only be paid to
          supplement benefit payments actually made from a
          Pension Plan. If benefits are not payable under a
          Pension Plan because the Participant has failed to
          vest or for any other reason, no payments will be
          made under this Program with respect to such
          Pension Plan.
  
  B.04   Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit.
          Preretirement surviving spouse benefits will be
          payable under this Program on behalf of a
          Participant if such Participant's surviving spouse
          is eligible for benefits payable from a Pension
          Plan. The benefit payable will be the amount which
          would have been payable under the Pension Plan but
          for the restrictions of section 401(a)(17) and
          section 415.
          
          The benefit payable under this Program will be
          reduced by the combined amounts of the Pension
          Plan Benefits and the Northrop Corporation ERISA
          Supplemental Plan 1 benefits attributable to the
          applicable Pension Plan.
          
          No benefit will be payable under this Program with
          respect to a spouse after the death of that
          spouse.
  
  B.05   Plan Termination. No further benefits may be
          earned under this Program with respect to a
          particular Pension Plan after the termination of
          such Pension Plan.
  
  B.06   Pension Plan Benefits. For purposes of this
          Appendix, the term "Pension Plan Benefits"
          generally means the benefits actually payable to a
          Participant, spouse, beneficiary or contingent
          annuitant under a Pension Plan. However, this
          Program is only intended to remedy pension
          reductions caused by the operation of section
          401(a)(17) and not reductions caused for any other
          reason. In those instances where pension benefits
          are reduced for some other reason, the term
          "Pension Plan Benefits" shall be deemed to mean
          the benefits that actually would have been payable
          but for such other reason.
  
          Examples of such other reasons include, but are
          not limited to, the following:
          
          (a)  A reduction in pension benefits as a result
               of a distress termination (as described in
               ERISA  4041(c) or any comparable successor
               provision of law) of a Pension Plan. In such
               a case, the Pension Plan Benefits will be
               deemed to refer to the payments that would
               have been made from the Pension Plan had it
               terminated on a fully funded basis as a
               standard termination (as described in ERISA
                4041(b) or any comparable successor
               provision of law).
          
          (b)  A reduction of accrued benefits as permitted
               under Code section 412(c)(8), as amended, or
               any comparable successor provision of law.
          
          (c)  A reduction of pension benefits as a result
               of payment of all or a portion of a
               Participant's benefits to a third party on
               behalf of or with respect to a Participant.
                         APPENDIX C
                              
                              
                   Arthur F. Dauer Program

  C.01   In General. Arthur F. Dauer will be entitled to a
          supplemental benefit in accordance with the
          provisions of this Appendix.
  
  C.02   Forfeiture of Benefits. Mr. Dauer may forfeit
          benefits under this Appendix in accordance with
          the provisions of a document entitled, "Separation
          Agreement, General Release And Covenant Not To
          Sue", between Mr. Dauer and Northrop Corporation,
          which was executed by both parties on February 14,
          1994 ("Separation Agreement").
  
  C.03   Purpose. This Appendix is intended merely to
          implement the provisions of section 3(d) of the
          Separation Agreement and no more. Accordingly, the
          provisions of this Appendix are to be construed
          and limited in accordance with all of the
          provisions of the Separation Agreement.
  
  C.04   Amount of Life Benefit. The benefit payable under
          this Program if Mr. Dauer commences his benefits
          during his lifetime will be in the form of a joint
          and 50% survivor annuity, commencing July 1, 1994,
          with Mr. Dauer's current spouse (as of July 1,
          1994) as the survivor annuitant.
          
          The annual benefit payable to Mr. Dauer during his
          lifetime will be $97,593, with 50% of that amount
          continuing to his current spouse for life if she
          should survive him.
          
          Commencing August 1, 2001, the annual benefit
          payable under this Section will be reduced by the
          annual benefit payable under the Northrop
          Retirement Plan assuming it commenced on August 1,
          2001 in the form of a joint and 50% survivor
          annuity with Mr. Dauer's current spouse (as of
          July 1, 1994) as the survivor annuitant.
  
  C.05   Preretirement Surviving Spouse Benefit. If Mr.
          Dauer should die before July 1, 1994, his spouse,
          should she survive him, will be entitled to an
          annuity for life with an annual benefit of 50% of
          $97,593, commencing July 1, 1994, reduced by the
          amount of any benefits payable to her under the
          Northrop Retirement Plan.
          
          She may elect to have her annuity under this
          Section commence on the first of any month after
          his death and prior to July 1, 1994. If she elects
          early commencement, her annual benefit will be
          reduced to equal an unsubsidized actuarial
          equivalent of the benefit in the preceding
          paragraph, using the actuarial assumptions in the
          Northrop Retirement Plan.
  
  C.06   No Other Supplemental Pensions: Mr. Dauer, his
          spouse and his beneficiaries will not be entitled
          to any benefits under Northrop Corporation ERISA
          Supplemental Plan 1 or ERISA Supplemental Program
          2.



                           APPENDIX D

                     John Harrison Program



D.01 In  General.   As  described  in  this  Appendix,  John
     Harrison  will  be  entitled to a supplemental  pension
     benefit  upon  his retirement from the  Company  on  or
     after his attainment of age 65.

D.02 Purpose.  The purpose of this Program is to provide Mr.
     Harrison, following his retirement from the Company  on
     or  after the attainment of age 65, a supplement to the
     retirement benefit that he would otherwise be  eligible
     for  from the Grumman Supplemental Retirement Plan,  as
     in  effect on October 31, 1995 (the "Grumman SRP"), the
     ERISA  Plan 1 and Plan 2, the Grumman Pension Plan  and
     any other qualified pension plan maintained by Northrop
     Grumman   or  members  of  its  controlled   group   of
     corporations.  A copy of the Grumman SRP, as in  effect
     October  31, 1995, is attached hereto.  It is  intended
     that  any amendment or modification of the Grumman  SRP
     after  October 31, 1995, including any changes  in  the
     vesting schedule or benefit increases, shall not result
     in  any changes to benefit paid to or payable on behalf
     of Mr. Harrison under this Appendix.

D.03 Conditions  for Eligibility.  In order to  be  eligible
     for the benefit provided in this Appendix, Mr. Harrison
     must  have  "Continuous Service" from the date  of  the
     adoption  of  this Appendix through his termination  of
     employment  from the Company on or after his attainment
     of  age  65.  The term "Continuous Service" shall  have
     the meaning it had under the Grumman Pension Plan prior
     to its amendment and restatement effective December 31,
     1994.  However, nothing in this Appendix generally, and
     nothing in this paragraph F.03 in particular, shall  be
     construed  to be a contract of employment  between  Mr.
     Harrison  and  Grumman Corporation or Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation.

D.04 Amount  of Retirement Benefit.  If Mr. Harrison retires
     from the Company on or after his attainment of age  65,
     Mr.  Harrison will receive a benefit under this Program
     equal  to  (a) minus (b), where (a) equals the  benefit
     Mr.  Harrison would have received under the Grumman SRP
     calculated  as  if  he  had  25  years  of  "Continuous
     Service" credited under the Grumman SRP, and (b) equals
     the  benefit to which he is actually entitled under the
     Grumman SRP.

D.05 Benefit  Limitation.  The benefit limitation of Section
     VII  of  the  Grumman  SRP  is incorporated  herein  by
     reference, and shall be applied to benefits payable  to
     Mr.  Harrison and/or his beneficiaries by  taking  into
     account  benefits  payable to him under  this  Program.
     Thus,  if  the  total  retirement benefits  taken  into
     account  in that Section VII, plus the benefits payable
     under   this  Program,  exceed  the  60-percent   limit
     otherwise payable on behalf of Mr. Harrison,  then  the
     benefits payable under this Program shall be reduced or
     eliminated  so  that  the  total  retirement   benefits
     payable  on behalf of Mr. Harrison (including  benefits
     under  this Program) shall not exceed that Section  VII
     limitation.   If the total retirement benefits  payable
     to  Mr.  Harrison  still exceed that  limit,  then  his
     benefits  shall be reduced according to the  procedures
     specified in the Grumman SRP.

D.06 Form  and Duration of Benefits.  Benefits payable under
     this Program shall be payable in the time and manner as
     benefits  are  payable under the Grumman  SRP;  and  if
     payable,  shall  commence as soon  as  administratively
     possible  after Mr. Harrison's "Annuity Starting  Date"
     (as  that term is defined in the Grumman Pension  Plan,
     restated effective January 1, 1995) under the qualified
     defined benefit plan from which he retires.

D.07 Preretirement  Survivor Benefit.  If Mr. Harrison  dies
     before  his  "Annuity  Starting  Date"  and  leaves   a
     surviving  spouse,  the  surviving  spouse   shall   be
     eligible  for  the Preretirement Death Benefit  payable
     under Section VI of the Grumman SRP, and she shall  not
     be  entitled to any additional benefits as a result  of
     this Appendix.

D.08  Forfeiture.   If, under the Forfeiture  provisions  of
Section VIII of the Grumman SRP, no benefit shall be payable
to  Mr.  Harrison under that Plan, then no benefit shall  be
payable to or on behalf of Mr. Harrison under this Appendix.
_______________________________
* Calculated to years and completed months on the
Termination Date.
** The applicable percentage shall be straight line
interpolation depending on the Participant's age on his
termination date. The percentage thus determined shall be
rounded to the nearest hundredth. For example, if a
Participant terminates when he is 55 years and 8 months old,
the applicable percentage is 30.00% + 2.67% = 32.67%.
* Calculated to years and completed months on date of death.
** The applicable factor shall be determined by straight
line interpolation depending on Participant's age at date of
death.

             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                                  
                                 91
                            Exhibit 10(i)
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                  THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
                             OF AMERICA
                   a mutual life insurance company
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
     In consideration of the Application of the Policyholder for this
Group Policy and of the payment of premiums as provided in the Group
Policy, The Prudential Insurance Company of America agrees to pay
benefits in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Group
Policy.

     The Group Policy takes effect on the Policy Date.

     The Group Policy is delivered in and is governed by the laws of
the Governing Jurisdiction.

     In Witness Whereof, The Prudential Insurance Company of America
has caused the Group Policy to be executed as of the Policy Date
provided it is duly attested under the Group Policy Schedule.




          Secretary                     President

                       GROUP INSURANCE POLICY
                              Providing
Coverage(s) as Indicated in the Coverage Rider(s) Forming Part Hereof
                   DIVIDENDS APPORTIONED ANNUALLY



GRP 31300
GEN AS5-103                             (1-101)   ED 3-66
                                   -1-
                        GROUP POLICY SCHEDULE
Policy Date
     August 1, 1970

Policy Anniversaries
     August 1 of each year, beginning in 1971.

Premium Due Dates
     The Policy Date, and thereafter the first day of each month
beginning with September, 1970

Governing Jurisdiction
     State of California

                    Policyholder
                    NORTHROP CORPORATION

                    Group Policy
                    G-91660

Employment Waiting Period
The following period of continuous service on a full-time basis with
the Employer Full-time Employees in the eligible classes on the Policy
Date:  See reverse side.  Other Employees:  See reverse side.

Associated Companies
Effective January 1, 1981, the list of OAssociated CompaniesO in the
Group Policy Schedule is replaced by the following:

     NORTHROP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
     WILCOX ELECTRIC, INC.
     NORTHROP WORLDWIDE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.

Forms Comprising the Group Policy as of the Policy Date
The following forms bearing a GRP 31300 prefix - GEN AS5-103 (pages (1-
101), (2-101) (1-2A), (2-101) (1-2B), (3-101) (1-2), (4-101) (2E-6),
(5-103) (1-3)), GEN B-102 (1-2), GEN C-111 (1-1), GEN D-101 (1-12),
GEN M-101 (1-1), GEN M-101 (1-7), GEN M-102 (1-1), GEN M-103 (1-1),
GEN M-108 (2N-1), LIFE R-101 -- Cov. LIFE 101 (1-1), LIFE T-101 (1-1),
LIFE U-101 (1-2), GC-10319, GRP 32221 SURV R-101 -- Cov. SURV 101 (1-
6), GRP 32222 SURV U-101 (1-6), DEPL R-101 -- Cov DEPL 101 (1-1), DEPL
U-101 (1-2), AD&D R-101 -- Cov. AD&D 101 (5-1), AD&D U-101 (1-2), LTD
R-102 -- Cov. LTD 102 (6-5), LTD U-101 (1-2), LTD U-102 (6-5), MM R-
609 -- Cov. MM 609 (6-1), MM U-602 (6-1); GC-3350; GC-3535; GC-10311;
ORD 30706-1 (W-3); GC-3110.
                        _____________________

Attest: ......................................................

GRP 31300
GEN A                                   (2-101)   ED 3-66   (1-2A)
                                   -2-
                    INCLUDED EMPLOYERS PROVISIONS

     The Policyholder and any Associated Companies are employers
included under the Group Policy.  OAssociated CompaniesO means those
employers subsidiary to or affiliated with the Policyholder as are
listed under OAssociated CompaniesO on the reverse side hereof.

     Any individual employed by more than one included employer shall
be considered as being employed only by one employer, and his service
with the other employer or employers shall be considered as service
with that one employer.

     If any employer ceases to be an included employer, the Group
Policy will be considered as terminating on the date of such cessation
with respect to all Employees of that employer who on the next day are
not Employees of another included employer within the eligible classes
under the Group Policy.  The Policyholder shall notify Prudential, in
writing, when an Associated Company ceases to be subsidiary to or
affiliated with the Policyholder.

                         GENERAL DEFINITIONS

Employee Insurance:  Insurance under a coverage pertaining to the
person of an Employee.

Dependents Insurance:  If Dependents Insurance is provided, the Group
Policy includes Dependents Insurance Provisions which define
Dependents Insurance and qualified dependents.

Covered Individual under a coverage:  An Employee who is insured for
Employee Insurance; a qualified dependent with respect to whom an
Employee is insured for Dependents Insurance.

The Employer:  When the term Othe EmployerO is used, it means
collectively all employers included under the Group Policy (see
Included Employers Provisions above).

Coverage Classes under a Coverage Schedule:  The Employees of the
Employer who comprise the classes to which the insurance provided in
that Schedule applies.

Insurance on Contributory or Non-Contributory Basis (each Coverage
Schedule indicates the basis for the insurance under the coverage
which is provided in that Schedule):
     Contributory insurance - insurance for which the Policyholder may
establish required contributions to be       made by Employees.
     Non-contributory insurance - insurance for which Employees are
not permitted to make contributions.

PrudentialOs Home Office:  PrudentialOs Home Office in Newark, New
Jersey, or any of its other Home or Head Offices.

Active Work Requirement:  A requirement that an Employee be actively
at work on full time at the business establishment of the Employer or
at other locations to which the EmployerOs business requires the
Employee to travel.

EmployeeOs Earnings:  If an item is determined by an EmployeeOs
earnings, they shall be based on his earnings from the Employer,
exclusive of bonus and overtime pay, for a normal work week not
exceeding forty hours.

Physician:  A licensed practitioner of the healing arts acting within
the scope of his practice.

Officers:  When the term OOfficersO is used, it means all Employees
classified as Officers, but excluding in any case those Employees
classified as Assistant Corporate Officers.

Employment Waiting Period:  (Continued):  30 days commencing with the
first day of a month; provided that no such period shall apply to
those Employees classified as (1) President, Executive Vice President
or Senior Vice President of Northrop Corporation, or (2) elected vice
presidents each of whom has entered into an employment agreement with
the Policyholder.
GRP 31300
GEN A                                   -3-       (2-101)    ED 3-66
(1-2A)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                      SCHEDULE OF PREMIUM RATES
                                                               G-91660

Classes of Employees
to which this Schedule applies:

All classes



                                   Monthly Rate Per Employee

Applicable Insurance

Term Life (Employee)                    $0.50 per $1,000 of Insurance,
except for that
                                        amount on the President of
Northrop                                          Corporation in
excess of $300,000;
                                   $0.636 per $1,000 of Insurance for
that
                                        amount on the President of
Northrop
                                        Corporation in excess of
$300,000.

Term Life (Dependents)                  $0.50 per Employee with
Dependents

Survivor Benefits Life                       0.49% of Covered Monthly
Payroll

Accidental Death and Dismemberment      $0.10 per $1,000 of Insurance

Monthly Income Long Term Disability          0.48% of Covered Monthly
Payroll, except
                                        for the President, Executive
Vice
                                        President or Senior Vice
President of
                                        Northrop Corporation;
                                   $49.00 for the President of
Northrop
                                        Corporation
                                   $34.42 for the Executive Vice
President of
                                        Northrop Corporation
                                   $19.83 for the Senior Vice
President of
                                        Northrop Corporation

Supplementary Major Medical Expense          $30.00 per Employee






GRP 31300
GEN A                              -5-       (3-101)   ED 3-66   (1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                      INSURANCE PLAN PROVISIONS
A.   ELIGIBILITY

Eligible Classes:  All Employees of the Employer who are within the
coverage classes under one or more Coverage Schedules of the Group
Policy.

EmployeeOs Date of Eligibility:  The first day, on or after the Policy
Date, on which he is a full-time Employee in the eligible classes
following his completion of the employment waiting period under the
Group Policy Schedule.
     An Employee is considered full-time if he works for the Employer
at least the number of hours in the normal work week established by
the Employer, but not less than twenty hours per week.  A proprietor
or partner of the Employer is considered a full-time Employee if he
works at least thirty hours per week in the conduct of the EmployerOs
business.

Determination of Coverage Class and Classification:  The Policyholder
shall determine each individualOs coverage class and classification,
but no Employee shall be considered as belonging to more than one
coverage class for any one type of insurance under a coverage or more
than one classification under a Coverage Schedule applicable to his
coverage class.  Such determinations shall be made on those dates
which are established by the practices of the Policyholder.  Any such
determination shall be made without discrimination among persons in
like circumstance, and shall be final and conclusive.

B.   BECOMING INSURED FOR EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
     This Section applies separately to the Employee Insurance under
each coverage and on each basis, contributory or non-contributory.
     An Employee shall be insured from the first day, on or after his
date of eligibility, on which he is included in a coverage class for
the insurance and the following requirements are simultaneously
satisfied:
(1)  If the insurance is contributory, he has requested it of the
Policyholder on a form satisfactory to Prudential      and has agreed
to make the required contributions.
(2)  If any evidence of insurability requirement applies, he has
complied with that requirement. He will be   considered as having
complied as of the date Prudential determines the evidence to be
satisfactory.
(3)  He is complying with the active work requirement of the General
Definitions.
(4)  If the Coverage Schedule for the insurance defines as Associated
Protection, he is covered for that      Associated Protection.

     An Employee becoming included in the coverage classes for
contributory Employee Insurance under a coverage will be considered as
having satisfied requirement (1) above on the date of such inclusion
if, on the day before, he was insured for any other contributory
Employee Insurance under the Group Policy.  The preceding sentence
will not apply if (a) such inclusion is effected by an amendment to
the Group Policy or if (b) on or before the thirty-first day after
such inclusion date, he gives the Policyholder written notice of his
election not to become insured for the Employee Insurance under the
coverage.

C. EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
     An employee must furnish evidence of his insurability
satisfactory to Prudential in order to become insured for Employee
Insurance under a coverage, in any of the following situations:
 (1) Late Participation under Contributory Insurance - He does not
satisfy both requirements (1) and (4) of     Section B of the
Insurance Plan Provisions before the end of the thirty-one day period
immediately following    the first day, on or after his date of
eligibility, on which he is complying with the active work requirement
of   the General Definitions.
(2)  Failure to Make Contribution - He requests the insurance after
previous termination of any insurance under  the Group Policy because
of failure to make a required contribution.
(3)  Conversion Privilege Previously Exercised - The insurance is life
insurance and an individual policy of life   insurance obtained by his
exercise of a conversion privilege of the Group Policy is inforce.
(4)  Previous Evidence Requirement - He has not satisfied a previous
requirement that evidence of his   insurability he furnished in order
for him to become insured under a coverage of the Group Policy or any
other Prudential group policy which provides or provided insurance for
Employees of the Employer.
GRP 31300
GEN A                                   -6-        (4-101)       ED 3-
66        (2E-6)
D.      CHANGES OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
     The Employee Insurance benefits for which an Employee is insured
will be those for his classification under the applicable Coverage
Schedule unless otherwise determined in accordance with this Section.
     This Section applies separately to Employee Insurance under each
coverage and on each basis, contributory or non-contributory.  It
applies unless the applicable Coverage Schedule indicates to the
contrary.
     Provisions (1) and (2) below apply when an EmployeeOs
classification changes or the benefits applicable to his
classification are changed by an amendment to the Group Policy.
(1)  Adjustment of Benefits, other than Amounts under Employee Term
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and      Dismemberment Insurance
     The EmployerOs benefits will not be adjusted until the first day,
on or after the date of the change, on which he is complying with the
active work requirement of the General Definitions.  His benefits will
be adjusted on that day to those then applicable to his
classification.
(2)  Adjustment of Amounts under Employee Term Life Insurance and
Accidental Death and Dismemberment      Insurance
     (a)  Increase in Amount of Insurance:  The EmployeeOs amount of
insurance will not be increased until        the first day, on or
after the date of the change, on which he is complying with the active
work           requirement of the General Definitions and has
satisfied the requirements listed below.  His amount        of
insurance will be increased on that day to the amount then applicable
to his classification.
     Requirements -
     (i) If the insurance is contributory, he is making, or has agreed
to make, the contribution applicable to such           classification.
     (ii) He has, if either of the following situations applies,
furnished Prudential with evidence of his insurability      for the
increase, and Prudential has determined such evidence to be
satisfactory:
     The insurance is contributory and he does not satisfy requirement
(i) above before the end of the thirty-one   day period immediately
following the first day, on or after the date of the change, on which
he is complying     with said active work requirement.
     His amount of insurance on the date immediately prior to the date
of the change was smaller than that     applicable to his
classification on such prior date.
     (b)  Decrease in Amount of Insurance:  The EmployeeOs amount of
insurance will not be decreased until        the date shown below.
His amount of insurance will be decreased on that date to the amount
then           applicable to his classification.
     (i)  Contributory insurance - the later of the date he makes
written request to the Policyholder for the            decrease and
the date of the change.
     (ii) Non-contributory insurance - the first day, on or after the
date of the change, on which he is complying           with the active
work requirement of the General Definitions.
(3)  Coverage under a OPrevious Group CoverageO
     If the Coverage Schedule indicates a previous group coverage for
which the Employee was insured     immediately prior to his becoming
included under that Schedule, provision (2) above shall apply as if
his  amount of insurance under the previous group coverage had been
provided under the insurance to which that   Schedule applies and as
if his classification were changing on the date of such inclusion.

E.   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
     The Employee Insurance of an Employee under a coverage will
automatically terminate when:
(1)  he ceases to be a member of the coverage classes for the
insurance because of termination of employment    (described below) or
for any other reason, or
(2)  his class is no longer included in the coverage classes for the
insurance, or
(3)  the provisions of the Group Policy for the insurance terminate,
or
(4)  if the insurance is contributory, any contribution required of
him for any insurance under the Group Policy is   not made when due.
Termination of Employment - For insurance purposes, an EmployeeOs
employment will be considered to terminate when he is no longer
actively engaged in work on a full-time basis for the Employer.
However, if absence from such full-time work is then of a type set
forth in the Coverage Schedule for the insurance, the Policyholder
may, without discrimination among persons in like circumstances,
consider the Employee as not having terminated his employment for
insurance purposes and, while such absence is of any such type, as
continuing to be a member of the coverage classes for the insurance up
to any applicable time limit in the schedule.

GRP 31300
GEN A                                   -7-        (4-101)       ED 3-
66        (2E-6)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                         GENERAL PROVISIONS
A.   PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS - GRACE PERIOD
     Premiums under the Group Policy are payable by the Policyholder
to Prudential, at an office of Prudential or to its authorized
representative.  There is a premium due and payable on each premium
due date specified in the Group Policy Schedule.  A grace period of
thirty-one days, without interest charge, is allowed for the payment
of each premium other than the first.  The Policyholder is liable to
Prudential for the payment of premiums for the time the Group Policy
is inforce.

B.   PREMIUM COMPUTATION - CHANGE OF PREMIUM RATES
     The premium due on each premium due date is the sum of the
premium charges for the insurance then provided under the coverages of
the Group Policy, determined from the applicable premium rates then in
effect and the Employees insured at the periodic intervals established
by Prudential.  Premiums may be computed by any other method mutually
agreeable to the Policyholder and Prudential which produces
approximately the same total amount.
     Prudential shall have the right to change premium rates as of (1)
any premium due date, provided 31 daysO written notice delivered or
mailed to the Policyholder at his last address as it appears on
PrudentialOs records has been given, (2) any date an employer becomes
or ceases to be included under the Group Policy, and (3) for a
coverage, any date the extent or nature of the risk under that
coverage, or under any other coverage considered in determining the
premium rate for that coverage, is changed by amendment or termination
or by reason of any provision of law or any governmental program or
regulation.  However, the premium rates for insurance under a
coverage, or portion separately rates, will not be changed under (1)
above before the first policy anniversary nor more than once in any
twelve consecutive months, unless otherwise provided in the schedule
of premium rates applicable on the Policy Date or in an amendment to
the Group Policy.  The Policyholder will be notified whenever a change
in the premium rates is made.

C.   DIVIDENDS
     The portion, if any, of the divisible surplus of Prudential
allocable to the Group Policy at each policy anniversary will be
determined annually by PrudentialOs Board of Directors and will be
credited to the Group Policy as a dividend on such anniversary,
provided the Group Policy is continued in force by the payments of all
premiums to such anniversary.
     Any such dividend will be (1) paid to the Policyholder in cash,
or, at the PolicyholderOs option, (2) applied to the reduction of the
premium then due.
     If the aggregate dividends under the Group Policy and any other
group policy or policies issued to the Policyholder should be in
excess of the aggregate contributions toward their cost made by the
Employer from his own funds, an amount equal to such excess will be
applied for the sole benefit of insured persons.  Payment of any
dividend to the Policyholder will completely discharge the liability
of Prudential with respect to that dividend.

D.   TERMINATION OF GROUP POLICY OR OF INSURANCE PROVISIONS
By Failure to Pay Premium:  If any premium is not paid within its
grace period (as provided in Section A of these General Provisions),
the Group Policy will terminate at the end of the grace period.
However, if the Policyholder makes written request in advance for
termination to take effect at the end of the period for which premiums
have been paid or at any time during the grace period, the Group
Policy will terminate on the date requested.

By Failure to Maintain Insuring Conditions:  Prudential may terminate
the provisions of the Group Policy for any insurance under a coverage
on any premium due date, if the applicable condition set forth below
then exists and notice of intention to terminate has been given to the
Policyholder at least thirty-one days in advance.
     Contributory insurance - The Employees insured
     (1)  total less than the Minimum Participation Number (see Group
Policy Schedule), or
     (2)  are less than seventy-five percent of the eligible
Employees, or
     (3)  are contributing at a rate greater than any maximum
contribution rate for such insurance provided under         the Group
Policy.
     Non-contributory insurance - The Employees insured
     (1)  total less than the Minimum Participation Number or
     (2)  are contributing for such insurance
By Termination of Associated Protection:  If the Coverage Schedule for
any insurance defines as Associated Protection, the provisions for
such insurance will terminated upon termination of the Associated
Protection.
GRP 31300
GEN A                                   -8-        (5-103)       ED 3-
66        (1-3)
E.   ASSIGNMENT LIMITATIONS
     Insurance under a coverage is not assignable unless the Coverage
Schedule indicates that it is assignable.  An assignment may apply to
any right, benefit or privilege of the Employee including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any right of the Employee to
designate a Beneficiary or to convert to another policy.  No
responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of any assignment is
assumed by Prudential.  Prudential shall not be considered to have
knowledge of any assignment unless the original or a duplicate is
filed with Prudential through the Policyholder.
     If, under an insurance for which the Group Policy allows
Beneficiary designations, any amount of insurance becomes payable on
account of the death of an Employee and there is, as to such amount of
insurance, at the EmployeeOs death an assignment in effect but no
Beneficiary designated by the assignee, such amount of insurance will
be payable as follows and not as otherwise provided in the Beneficiary
Provisions of the Group Policy:
(1)  In the case of a non-collateral assignment, payment will be made
to the assignee, if living, otherwise to the      estate of the
assignee.
(2)  In the case of a collateral assignment, payment will be made to
the assignee, if living, otherwise to the estate of the assignee, as
interest may appear, and payment of the balance, if any, will be made
as provided in those Beneficiary Provisions without regard to the
paragraph.

F.   EMPLOYEEOS CERTIFICATE
     Prudential will issue to the Policyholder, for delivery to each
insured Employee, an individual certificate stating to whom benefits
are payable and the essential features of his insurance protection,
including any protection and rights upon termination of his insurance
and the rights and requirements for establishment and payment of
claim.

G.   RECORDS - INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED - CLERICAL ERROR
     Either the Policyholder or Prudential, as mutually agreed, shall
keep a record of the insured Employees containing the essential
particulars of the insurance.  The Policyholder shall forward the
information periodically required by Prudential in connection with the
administration of the Group Policy and the determination of the
premium rates.  All records of the Policyholder and the Employer which
have a bearing on the insurance shall be open for inspection by
Prudential at any reasonable time.
     Prudential shall not be liable for the fulfillment of any
obligation dependent upon such information prior to its receipt in a
form satisfactory to Prudential.  Incorrect information furnished may
be corrected, if Prudential shall not have acted to its prejudice by
relying on it.  An EmployeeOs insurance under a coverage shall in no
event be invalidated by failure of the Policyholder or the Employer,
due to clerical error, to record or report the Employee for such
insurance.

H.   ENTIRE CONTRACT - INCONTESTABILITY OF POLICY - CHANGES
     The Group Policy, the Application of the Policyholder, and the
individual applications, if any, of the persons insured hereunder
constitute the entire contract between the parties, and any statement
made by the Policyholder shall, in the absence of fraud, be deemed a
representation and not a warranty.  No such statement shall be used in
defense to a claim hereunder unless it is contained in a written
application.
     The validity of the Group Policy shall not be contested, except
for non-payment of premiums, after it has been in force for one year
from its date of issue.
     No change in the Group Policy shall be valid unless approved by
an executive officer of Prudential and evidenced by an endorsement on
it, or by amendment to it signed by the Policyholder and by an
executive officer of Prudential.  No agent has authority to change the
Group Policy or to waive any of its provisions.
     The Group Policy may be amended at any time, without the consent
of the Employees insured under it or any other person having a
beneficial interest in it, upon written request made by the
Policyholder and agreed to by Prudential., but any such amendment
shall be without prejudice to any claim arising prior to the date of
change.



GRP 31300
GEN A                                   -9-        (5-103)       ED 3-
66        (1-3)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
RIDER TO GROUP POLICY NO. G-91660
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RIDER:  AUGUST 1, 1970

A.   BENEFICIARY PROVISIONS
     Any insurance under the Group Policy becoming payable on account
of the death of an Employee will be payable to the person designated
by him as his Beneficiary on a form satisfactory to Prudential,
subject to the facility of payment provision if included under the
Coverage Schedule and subject to the Assignment Limitations section of
the General Provisions.
     At any time the Employee may, without the consent of his
Beneficiary, change the Beneficiary by filing written notice of the
change through the Policyholder on a form satisfactory to Prudential.
The new designation will take effect on the date the notice was
signed, except that it will not apply as to any amount paid by
Prudential before receipt of the notice.
     If more than one Beneficiary is designated and in such
designation the Employee has failed to specify their respective
interests, the Beneficiaries will share equally.  Unless otherwise
provided in the EmployeeOs Beneficiary designation, the interest of
any designated Beneficiary predeceasing the Employee will terminate
and will be shared equally by any Beneficiaries who survive the
Employee.  Any amount of the insurance for which there is no
disposition of a terminated interest as provided above, and any other
amount of the insurance for which there is no Beneficiary at the death
of the Employee, will be payable to the estate of the Employee unless
otherwise provided in the Assignment Limitations.

B.   MODE OF SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS
     Subject to the Assignment Limitations, a mode of settlement other
than lump sum payment may be arranged for all or a part of the
Employee Life Insurance payable under the Group Policy at an
EmployeeOs death, in accordance with the following provisions.

Equal Monthly Installments Over a Fixed Period Not to Exceed Ten
Years:  The Employee may elect such a settlement during his lifetime
by his proper written request to Prudential.  The first installment is
payable upon receipt of the required proof of death.  Each installment
will include interest on the unpaid balance at the effective rate of 2
3/4% per annum.  PrudentialOs Board of Directors may authorize
additional interest.  If the Beneficiary dies, the discounted value of
any unpaid installments will be paid in one sum to the BeneficiaryOs
estate.

Other Arrangements:  Any other settlement on which the Employee and
Prudential mutually agree may be arranged during the EmployeeOs
lifetime.  If, at the EmployeeOs death, no settlement has been
arranged for an amount of his Employee Life Insurance, the Beneficiary
and Prudential may then mutually agree upon any settlement as to such
amount.

Availability Conditions:  The Beneficiary must be a natural person
taking in his own right as an individual and not in a fiduciary
capacity.  No settlement is available for secondary Beneficiaries
unless Prudential specifically consents in writing.  The amount of
each settlement to a person must not be less than $20,000.  A change
of Beneficiary will void any previous arrangement of a settlement.

Designation by Beneficiary:  A Beneficiary receiving settlement under
an arrangement in accordance with any of the above provisions may, if
Prudential approves, designate (or change such designation of) a payee
or payees to receive in one sum any amount which would otherwise be
payable to the BeneficiaryOs estate.

C.   INCONTESTABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUALOS LIFE INSURANCE

     All statements with respect to Life Insurance under the Group
Policy made by a person insured therefore shall be deemed
representations and not warranties.  With respect to each amount of
such insurance for which a person is insured., no such statement shall
be used in any contest of such insurance unless such statement is
contained in an individual application signed by such person and a
copy of such application is or has been furnished to him or to his
Beneficiary.  No statement made by a person insured under the Group
Policy relating to his insurability for such insurance shall be used
in contesting the validity of the insurance with respect to which such
statement was made after such insurance has been in force prior to the
contest for a period of two years during his lifetime.
GRP 31300
GEN B-102 ED 3-66                       -10-                     (1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
RIDER TO GROUP POLICY NO. G-91660
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RIDER:  JANUARY 1, 1980

                   DEPENDENTS INSURANCE PROVISIONS

These provisions apply separately to each coverage under which
Dependents Insurance is provided.

A.   DEFINITIONS

Dependents Insurance:  Insurance pertaining to the person of a
dependent.  Under such insurance, a charge will be considered actually
made to an Employee if actually made to his qualified dependent.

Qualified Dependent:  An EmployeeOs wife, unmarried child, or the
husband of an Employee if the Coverage Schedule indicates the
inclusion of husbands, excluding in any case --

(1)  a legally separated spouse;
(2)  a child nineteen or more years of age unless (a) wholly dependent
upon the Employee for support and  maintenance and (b) enrolled as a
full-time student in an educational institution;
(3)  a spouse or child on active duty in any military, naval or air
force of any country; and
(4)  a spouse or child who is insured for Employee Insurance under the
Group Policy.

     An EmployeeOs children include step-children, legally adopted
children and foster children, provided they are dependent upon the
Employee for support and maintenance.

     A wife is not considered to have qualified dependents while both
she and her husband are insured for Employee Insurance under the Group
Policy.

B.   BECOMING INSURED FOR DEPENDENTS INSURANCE

     This Section (other than requirement (1) below) applies
separately to each qualified dependent an Employee has or acquires.

     The Employee shall be insured with respect to a qualified
dependent from the first day, on or after the EmployeeOs date of
eligibility, on which the Employee is included in a coverage class for
the insurance and the following requirements are simultaneously
satisfied:

(1)  If the insurance is contributory, the Employee has requested it
of the Policyholder on a form satisfactory to     Prudential and has
agreed to make the required contributions.

(2)  If any evidence of insurability requirement applies with respect
to the qualified dependent, the    Employee has complied with that
requirement.  An Employee will be considered as having complied as of
the date Prudential determines the evidence to be satisfactory.

(3)  The insurance with respect to the qualified dependent is not
being deferred in accordance with  Section D of these Dependents
Insurance Provisions.

(4)  The Employee is covered for the Associated Protection defined in
the Coverage Schedule for the      insurance.

     An Employee becoming included in the coverage classes for
contributory Dependents Insurance under a coverage will be considered
as having satisfied requirement (1) above on the date of such
inclusion if, on the day before, he was insured for any other
contributory Dependents Insurance under the Group Policy.  The
preceding sentence will not apply if (a) such inclusion is effected by
an amendment to the Group Policy or if (b) on or before the thirty-
first day after such inclusion date, he gives the Policyholder written
notice of his election not to become insured for the Dependents
Insurance under the coverage.
GRP 31300
GEN D-101 ED 3-66                                                (1-
12)
C.   EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPENDENTS INSURANCE

     An Employee must furnish evidence of the insurability of a
qualified dependent satisfactory to Prudential in order to become
insured with respect to that dependent, in any of the situations
listed below.  These requirements shall not apply to any qualified
dependent acquired after the Employee becomes insured for Dependents
Insurance.

(1)  Late Participation under Contributory Insurance - The Employee
does not satisfy both requirements (1) and   (4) of Section B before
the end of the thirty-one day period immediately following the first
day, on or after    his date of eligibility, on which he has a
qualified dependent.

(2)  Failure to Make Contribution - The Employee requests the
insurance after previous termination of any  insurance under the Group
Policy because of failure to make a required contribution.

(3)  Previous Evidence Requirement - Neither the Employee nor the
dependent has satisfied a previous      requirement that evidence of
the dependentOs insurability be furnished in order for the dependent
to become      covered, as a dependent or Employee, under a coverage
of the Group Policy or any other Prudential group      policy which
provides or provided insurance for Employees of the Employer.

D.   DEFERMENTS AS TO QUALIFIED DEPENDENTS

     If any qualified dependent is confined for medical care or
treatment either in an institution or at home on the date any
Dependents Insurance under a coverage, or adjustment thereof, would
otherwise become effective with respect to that dependent, such
insurance or adjustment will be deferred until his final medical
release from all such confinement.

E.   CHANGES OF DEPENDENTS BENEFITS

     The Dependents Insurance benefits for which an Employee is
insured will be those for his classification under the applicable
Coverage Schedule unless otherwise determined in accordance with this
Section.

     This Section applies unless the Coverage Schedule indicates to
the contrary.

     When an EmployeeOs classification changes or the benefits
applicable to his classification are changed by an amendment to the
Group Policy, the change will not result in an adjustment of the
EmployeeOs benefits with respect to a qualified dependent (including
the amount) until the first day, on or after the date of the change,
on which the adjustment for that dependent is not being deferred in
accordance with Section D of these Dependents Insurance Provisions.
Such benefits will be adjusted on that day to those then applicable to
the EmployeeOs classification.

F.   TERMINATION OF DEPENDENTS INSURANCE

     An EmployeeOs Dependents Insurance will automatically terminate
when:

(1)  he ceases to be a member of the coverage classes for the
insurance because of termination of employment    (described in the
Termination of Employee Insurance section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions) or for any   other reason, or
(2)  his class is no longer included in the coverage classes for the
insurance, or
(3)  the provisions of the Group Policy for the insurance terminate,
or
(4)  if the insurance is contributory, any contribution required of
him for any insurance under the Group Policy is   not made when due.

     All of the Dependents Insurance with respect to a particular
qualified dependent will automatically terminate if that dependent
ceases to be a qualified dependent.


GRP 31300
GEN D-101 ED 3-66                                                (1-
12)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Rider to Group Policy No.:  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  December 31, 1986


                            MODIFICATIONS
                      OF GROUP POLICY SCHEDULE


1.   Effective December 1, 1984, the employment waiting period shall
     be the following period of continuous service on a full-time
     basis for the Employer:

     One month commencing with the first day of June or December;
     provided that no such period shall apply to those Employees
     classified as (1) President, Executive Vice President or Senior
     Vice President of Northrop Corporation, or (2) elected vice
     presidents each of whom entered into an employment agreement with
     the Policyholder.

2.   Effective December 31, 1986, the OPolicy AnniversariesO provision
     set forth in the Group Policy Schedule is replaced by the
     following:

     Policy Anniversaries
          December 31 of each year, beginning in 1986.


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GRP 31300
GEN M-101      ED 3-66                                      (G-91660)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Rider to Group Policy No.:  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  August 1, 1970


                            MODIFICATIONS
          OF THE OCHANGES OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITSO SECTION FOR
                       SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE
                 UNDER EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE


     The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions of the Group Policy is modified for Supplementary Insurance
under Employee Term Life Insurance by the following provisions.
Supplementary Insurance is included under Employee Term Life Insurance
when so indicated in the Coverage Schedule.

     An EmployeeOs amount of insurance under the insurance to which
the Coverage Schedule applies shall not exceed the Nonmedical Maximum
under the Coverage Schedule unless otherwise provided below or, by
reason of his prior insurance under a previous group coverage, under
the Changes of Employee Benefits section.

          If the amount of insurance applicable to the EmployerOs
classification exceeds the Nonmedical Maximum, he must furnish
evidence of his insurability satisfactory to Prudential in order to
have his insurance increased to the amount applicable to his
classification.  The increase will be effective when Prudential has
determined the evidence to be satisfactory and he has satisfied to
other applicable requirements of the Changes of Employee Benefits
section.

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GRP 31300
GEN M-101      ED 3-66                                      (1-1) LIFE
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660           Maximum Contribution Rate
for Employee
Effective Date of Rider:  December 1, 1984        Term Life Insurance:
Employee contributions                                      are not
permitted.

A.   PREMIUM RATE DETERMINATIONS FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE

     Section B (Premium Computation - Change of Premium Rates) of the
General Provisions of the Group Policy is modified by the addition of
the following paragraphs:
     For the purpose of Employee Term Life Insurance, PrudentialOs
right to change premium rates means the right to change the individual
rate factors under the following table.  At the issuance of this
Rider, Prudential has determined a monthly rate per Employee per
$1,000 of insurance.  This is an average rate obtained by applying
such individual rate factors to the amounts of insurance in force at
the respective ages, nearest birthday, of all Employees then insured
for Employee Term Life Insurance under the Group Policy, and dividing
the aggregate amount so obtained by the total amount of insurance.  On
any date on which Prudential has the right to change such individual
rate factors (whether or not exercised) Prudential or the Policyholder
may require that the monthly rate per Employee per $1,000 of insurance
be correspondingly redetermined according to the age distribution of
insurance and the individual rate factors then in effect.

Initial Table of Individual Rate Factors Per $1,000 of Employee Term
                           Life Insurance

   Age   Monthly   Age  Monthly   Age    Monthly  Age     Monthly
 Nearest   Rate  Nearest  Rate  Nearest    Rate Nearest     Rate
 Birthday Factor BirthdayFactor Birthday  FactorBirthday   Factor
        Male Female    Male Female     MaleFemale         MaleFemale
    15  .13   .05   32 .21   .12    49 1.01 .46    65     3.80 1.51
    16  .16   .06   33 .22   .13    50 1.12 .50    66     4.11 1.70
    17  .18   .07   34 .23   .14    51 1.24 .55    67     4.48 1.95
    18  .20   .07   35 .24   .14    52 1.38 .60    68     4.89 2.24
    19  .21   .07   36 .25   .15    53 1.53 .66    69     5.34 2.56
    20  .22   .07   37 .27   .16    54 1.71 .73    70     5.81 2.92
    21  .24   .07   38 .30   .17    55 1.91 .82    71     6.32 3.32
    22  .24   .07   39 .33   .20    56 2.15 .93    72     6.84 3.74
    23  .24   .07   40 .37   .23    57 2.44 1.06   73     7.38 4.21
    24  .22   .08   41 .42   .26    58 2.77 1.22   74     7.95 4.71
    25  .21   .08   42 .47   .29    59 3.15 1.41   75     8.56 5.22
26 .20  .08    43  .53 .32    60   2.191.06  76   9.24    5.78
    27  .19   .09   44 .59   .34    61 2.53 1.11   77    10.00 6.42
    28  .19   .09   45 .66   .36    62 2.88 1.18   78    10.86 7.15
    29  .19   .10   46 .74   .38    63 3.20 1.26   79    11.81 7.96
    30  .20   .11   47 .83   .40    64 3.51 1.36   80    12.83 8.85
    31  .20   .12   48 .92   .43

     Rate factors for ages not shown will be furnished by Prudential
upon request.

B.   ADJUSTMENTS IN EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE BECAUSE OF AGE
MISSTATEMENTS

     If the age of an Employee insured for Employee Term Life
Insurance under the Group Policy is found to have been misstated, the
premium charge applicable to such insurance of the Employee shall then
be adjusted to the amount required on the basis of the EmployeeOs
correct age.  If such adjustment results in an increased premium, the
difference between the premium actually paid and the premium required
on the basis of the correct age shall be paid by the Policyholder upon
notice from Prudential of the amount due.  If such adjustment results
in a decreased premium, Prudential shall refund to the Policyholder
the difference between the premium actually paid and the premium
required on the basis of the correct age.  Such insurance of the
Employee shall remain unchanged if its amount does not depend upon
age.  If the change in age affects such insurance of the Employee, the
amount shall be corrected accordingly and the premium adjustment shall
take such correction into account.
GRP 31300
GEN M-102                                                   (1-4) LIFE
C.   MAXIMUM EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE  INSURANCE

     The contributions, if any, required of an Employee for Employee
Term Life Insurance under the Group Policy shall not exceed the
Maximum Contribution Rate shown in this Rider for the insurance.








































GRP 31300
GEN M-102                                                   (1-4) LIFE
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  January 1, 1972


      PREMIUM RATE REDETERMINATIONS ON ACCOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTARY
            INSURANCE UNDER EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE

Section B (Premium Computation - Change of Premium Rates) of the
General Provisions of the Group Policy is modified for Employee Term
Life Insurance by the addition of the following paragraphs:

     On any premium due date occurring at or subsequent to the time
any Employee first becomes insured for Primary Supplementary Insurance
or the time Supplementary Insurance is terminated on any Employee but
prior to the date a redetermination of the premium rate for Employee
Term Life Insurance is next made pursuant to any other provisions of
the Group Policy, Prudential or the Policyholder may require that the
applicable premium rate be determined for premiums applying to the
Employee Term Life Insurance on and after the date of such
redetermination.  In making any such redetermination, the ages of the
Employees insured for Supplementary Insurance Primary only of both
Primary and Secondary and the distribution of such insurance at the
time of such redetermination will be used with respect to
Supplementary Insurance.  However, as to any other Employee Term Life
Insurance, it will be assumed that the age and distribution of
insurance data is the same as that used in the last Employee Term Life
Insurance premium rate determination.

     The right to have redeterminations of the premium rate made in
accordance with the above paragraph will not affect the right to have
redeterminations made pursuant to other provisions of the Group
Policy.

     For the purpose of the above paragraphs, an EmployeeOs amount of
Supplementary Insurance will, up to and including an amount thereof
equal to the applicable Primary Supplementary Insurance Maximum shown
below, be considered to be Primary Supplementary Insurance.  The
portion, if any, of his amount of such Supplementary Insurance which
is in excess of such Maximum will be considered to be Secondary
Supplementary Insurance.

     Primary Supplementary Insurance Maximum:     $600,000.

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GRP 31300
GEN M-103      ED 3-66                                       (1-1)
LIFE
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  August 1, 1970


                            MODIFICATIONS
                      OF GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR
               EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE


     The General Provisions of the Group Policy are modified for
Employee Long Term Disability Insurance by the following provisions.

A.   MODIFICATION OF SECTION B (PREMIUM COMPUTATION - CHANGE OF
PREMIUM RATES) OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS.

     No premium charge for Employee Long Term Disability Insurance
shall be made for any insured Employee while he is totally disabled
and entitled to benefits under such insurance after the applicable
Elimination Period.

B.   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
PROVISIONS.

     Prudential may also terminate the provisions of the Group Policy
for any Employee Long Term Disability Insurance under a coverage on
any premium due date occurring one year or more after the effective
date of this Rider, by giving written notice to the Policyholder at
least sixty days in advance.




















GRP 31300
GEN M-108      ED 3-67                                       (2N-1)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Coverage Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  January 1, 1982

                         EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE

A.   DEATH BENEFIT WHILE A COVERED INDIVIDUAL.
     If the Employee dies while a covered individual, the amount of
insurance under this Coverage is payable when Prudential receives due
written proof of death.

B.   DEATH BENEFIT DURING CONVERSION PERIOD.
     This benefit is payable if the Employee dies within thirty-one
days after ceasing to be a covered individual and while entitled
(under Section C) to a conversion of insurance under this Coverage to
an individual policy.

C.   CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
     An Employee ceasing to be a covered individual may convert the
insurance under this Coverage to an individual policy of life
insurance, without evidence of insurability, if the Employee then
ceases to be insured for term life insurance under the Group Policy by
reason of --
(1)  termination of the EmployeeOs membership in the classes eligible
for such insurance or
(2)  termination, by amendment of otherwise, of the provisions for
such insurance as to the eligible class of which  the Employee is a
member, provided that either
     (a)  the Employee is totally disabled (as described below) at the
date of such termination and remains so           disabled until the
effective date of the individual policy, or
     (b)  the Employee does not satisfy the requirements of provision
(a) but at the date of such termination           has been insured
under such provisions (or under such provisions and any Prudential
rider or group           policy replaced by such provisions) for at
least five years prior to such termination date.
Any such conversion shall be subject to the remainder of this Section.

Availability:  The individual policy will be issued only if written
application and the first premium payment for it are   made to
Prudential within thirty-one days after such cessation.
Individual Policy Requirements:  The individual policy must conform to
the following --
     Amount -- not in excess of the amount of the EmployeeOs insurance
under this coverage at such cessation.       Furthermore, if such
cessation occurs by reason of termination, by amendment or otherwise,
of the term life    insurance provisions of the Group Policy as the
EmployeeOs class, the total amount of individual insurance  obtainable
with respect to all of the EmployeeOs life insurance then terminating
under the Group Policy shall  in no event exceed the lesser of (1) the
total amount of such insurance then terminating, reduced by the
coverage issued by any insurance carrier within thirty-one days
thereafter, and (2) $2,000.  However, in the      case of an Employee
who is totally disabled (as described below) at the date of such
termination and     remains so continuously so disabled until the
effective date of the individual policy, (a) the reduction in item
O(1)O of the preceding sentence applies only to the extent the
Employee becomes insured under the      succeeding coverage within the
thirty-one days, and (b) item O(2)O of that sentence does not apply.
     Form -- any form of life insurance policy, other than term
insurance or any policy containing disability or  other supplementary
benefits, then customarily issued by Prudential at the age and
amount applied for.
     Premium -- based on PrudentialOs rate applicable to its form and
amount, to the class of risk to which the    Employee belongs, and to
the EmployeeOs attained age on its effective date.
     Effective Date -- at the end of the thirty-one day period during
which application for it may be made.
Total Disability of an Employee:  Exists only while both of the
following are satisfied --
(1)  The Employee is not engaged in any gainful occupation.
(2)  The Employee is completely unable, due to sickness or injury or
both, to engage in any and every gainful     occupation for which that
person is reasonable fitted by education, training or experience.
                   ______________________________

     Any death benefit provided under a section of this Coverage is
payable in accordance with that section and the Group PolicyOs
Beneficiary and Mode of Settlement provisions.
                   ______________________________
31300                                             Group Employee Term
Life Insurance
LIFE R-621                                        Coverage LIFE 621 (6-
1)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                        COVERAGE SCHEDULE #1
                  FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective November 1, 1990
Made a Part of Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Officers except (1) Assistant Corporate Officers, (2) the Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and (3) the President and
Chief Operating Officer of Northrop Corporation.

Insurance Provided:
Employee Insurance on the following assets --  [    ] Contributory
[ X ] Non-contributory

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:*

     Benefit Classes                         Amount of Insurance**

     All Employees, according to
     Annual Earnings, as follows:

     Less than
$35,000.......................................................
$100,000
     $  35,000 or more but less than $45,000.....................
$120,000
     $  45,000 or more but less than $55,000.....................
$150,000
     $  55,000 or more but less than $65,000.....................
$180,000
     $  65,000 or more but less than $75,000.....................
$210,000
     $  75,000 or more but less than $85,000.....................
$240,000
     $  85,000 or more but less than $95,000.....................
$270,000
     $  95,000 or more but less than $105,000...................
$300,000
     $105,000 or more but less than $125,000...................
$345,000
     $125,000 or more but less than $145,000...................
$405,000
     $145,000 or more but less than $165,000...................
$465,000
     $165,000 or more but less than $185,000...................
$525,000
     $185,000 or more but less than $205,000...................
$555,000
     $205,000 or
more........................................................
$600,000

Supplementary Insurance -- The amount of insurance applicable to an
EmployeeOs classification includes Supplementary Insurance if that
amount exceeds the Basic Insurance maximum of $400,000.  An EmployeeOs
amount of Supplementary Insurance is the excess, if any, of the amount
of insurance for which he is insured over the Basic Insurance Maximum.

  *See reverse side
**See reverse side

                                              (Coverage Schedule
continued)

GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
                   COVERAGE SCHEDULE  (Continued)

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:
(Continued)

*    Notwithstanding any provisions other than the OAge LimitationO
paragraph of the Group Policy      to the contrary, the following
shall apply to each Employee who on July 31, 1976, was covered   under
the coverage of which this Coverage Schedule is made a part for an
amount of insurance      other than the Amount of Insurance provided
for the Employee under this Coverage Schedule:
          While the employee remains insured under the Coverage of
which this Coverage      Schedule is made a part, the EmployeeOs
Amount of Insurance shall be an amount equal to the    Amount of
Insurance for which the Employee was insured on July 31, 1976.  This
provision      will cease to apply to an Employee on and after any
change in the EmployeeOs classification to a      classification for
which an Amount of Insurance is provided under this Coverage Schedule
which     is equal to or larger than the Amount of Insurance for which
the Employee was insured on July   31, 1976.

**   If an Employee becomes a covered individual under the Coverage of
which this Coverage      Schedule is made a part within thirty-one
days after he ceases to be insured for employee term   life insurance
under another Group Policy issued to Northrop Corporation (or a
subsidiary or  affiliate of Northrop Corporation), hereinafter
referred to as a Oprior coverage,O then during said    thirty-one day
period his amount of insurance shall be the amount for which he would
otherwise      be insured for under this Coverage Schedule reduced by
the amount of death benefit, if any,    provided with respect to the
employee under the prior coverage during said thirty-one day period.

Age Limitation -- Applicable to All Employees except (1) Executive
Vice President or Senior Vice President of Northrop Corporation and
(2) Vice President or Group Vice President elected by the Board of
Directors -- On and after the EmployeeOs attainment of the Limiting
Age shown below, his amount of insurance shall be 20% of the amount
for which he would then be insured without regard to any retirement
reduction of limitation.  The Changes of Employee Benefits section of
the Insurance Plan Provisions will not apply to any reduction provided
by this limitation.
     Limiting Age -- The EmployeeOs age on the day he is retired by
the Employer.  For the purpose of this definition, an Employee shall
not be considered as becoming retired, prior to age 65, while absent
from work on account of his disability for less than one year.

Age Limitation -- Applicable to (1) Executive Vice President or Senior
Vice President of Northrop Corporation and (2) Vice President or Group
Vice President elected by the Board of Directors -- On or after the
EmployeeOs attainment of the Limiting Age shown below, his amount of
insurance shall be the Limited Percentage for that Age of the amount
for which he would then be insured without regard to any retirement
reduction or limitation.  The Changes of Employee Benefits section of
the Insurance Plan Provisions will not apply to any reduction provided
by this limitation.
     Limiting Age -- The EmployeeOs age on the day he is retired by
the Employer.  For the purpose of this definition, an Employee shall
not be considered as becoming retired, prior to age 65, while absent
from work on account of his disability for less than one year.
     Limited Percentage -- The Limited Percentage shall be selected by
the Employee on his date of retirement.  He may select 10% or 20% as
his Limited Percentage.  But once the Employee has selected his
Limited Percentage, he may not change it.  If the Employee does not
select a Limited Percentage, the Limited Percentage will be 20%.
                                              (Coverage Schedule
continued)
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                        COVERAGE SCHEDULE #1
                  FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective November 1, 1990
Made a Part of Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

                              CONTINUED

The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions is:
Applicable except to the extent, if any, indicated under Amount of
Insurance.

Previous Group Coverage (under provision (3) of the Changes of
Employee Benefits section):
[    ] None    [    ]

Assignment:
The insurance is assignable.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
The types of absences and time limits referred to in the Termination
of Employee Insurance section of the Insurance Plan Provisions for
considering an Employee as continuing to be a member of the coverage
classes are --

     Type of Absence from
          Full-time Work                     Time Limit

Leave of absence                             Two years

Family leave of absence                      End of the fourth policy
month following
                                        the policy month in which the
Employee
                                        ceased to be actively engaged
in work on a
                                        full-time basis

Temporary lay-off, for reasons                    End of the third
policy month following
     other than disability                        the policy month
during which lay-off
                                        commences, except that if
prior thereto the
                                        Employee becomes a member of
any                                     military, naval or air force
of any country at
                                        war, declared or undeclared,
then the later of
                                        (a) the date he becomes a
member of such
                                        military, naval or air force
and (b) the end
                                        of the policy month following
the policy
                                        month during which leave or
lay-off
                                        commences.

Disability, part-time employment                  None.
     or retirement
Facility of Payment:  At its option, Prudential may pay up to $500.00
of an EmployeeOs insurance to any person appearing to it to be
equitably entitled to payment because of expense incurred in
connection with the EmployeeOs burial.  The liability of Prudential
shall be discharged to the extent of any amount so paid.
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                        COVERAGE SCHEDULE #1
                  FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective November 1, 1990
Made a Part of Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Employees of Northrop Corporation classified as OChairman of the
Board and Chief Executive OfficerO and OPresident and Chief Operating
Officer.O

Insurance Provided:
Employee Insurance on the following basis -- [    ] Contributory [X]
Non-contributory

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:

     Benefit Classes                              Amount of Insurance*

     Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer.......................$1,000,000

     President and Chief Operating
Officer...................................      .....$  780,000

*    If an Employee becomes a covered individual under the Coverage of
which this Coverage Schedule is made    a part within thirty-one days
after he ceases to be insured for employee term life insurance under
another   Group Policy issued to Northrop Corporation (or a subsidiary
or affiliate of Northrop Corporation), hereinafter     referred to as
a Oprior coverage,O then during said thirty-one day period his amount
of insurance shall be the     amount for which he would otherwise be
insured for under this Coverage Schedule reduced by the amount of
death benefit, if any, provided with respect to the employee under the
prior coverage during said thirty-one   day period.

Supplementary Insurance -- The amount of insurance applicable to an
EmployeeOs classification includes Supplementary Insurance if that
amount exceeds the Basic Insurance maximum of $400,000.  An EmployeeOs
amount of Supplementary Insurance is the excess, if any, of the amount
of insurance for which he is insured over the Basic Insurance Maximum.
The Supplementary Insurance is subject to the OModifications of the
OChanges of Employee BenefitsO Section for Supplementary Insurance
under Employee Term Life InsuranceO of the Group Policy.
The Non-medical Maximum referred to in the Modifications is $600,000.

Age Limitation (Applicable to the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Northrop Corporation classified as ORetiredO by
the Policyholder) -- In the limitation period for each Limiting Age
shown below, the EmployeeOs amount of insurance shall be the Limited
Amount (for that Age).  The limitation period for a Limiting Age
begins with the date he becomes insured under the coverage if he is
then that Age or more, and otherwise begins with the date he attains
that Age.  That limitation period will terminate immediately prior to
the limitation period for any subsequent Limiting Age.  The Changes of
Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan Provisions will not
apply to any reduction provided by this limitation.
                                              (Coverage Schedule
continued)
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
                    COVERAGE SCHEDULE (Continued)

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:
(Continued)

Age Limitation (Applicable to the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Northrop Corporation classified as ORetiredO by
the Policyholder) -- (Continued)

     Limiting Age                                 Limited Amount

65, or if later, the EmployeeOs age on the date
$450,000
of his retirement by the Policyholder

66, or if later, the EmployeeOs age on the date
$400,000
of his retirement by the Policyholder

67, or if later, the EmployeeOs age on the 2nd
$350,000
anniversary of his retirement by the Policyholder

68, or if later, the EmployeeOs age on the 3rd
$300,000
anniversary of his retirement by the Policyholder

69, or if later, the EmployeeOs age on the 4th
$250,000
anniversary of his retirement by the Policyholder

Age Limitation (Applicable to the President and Chief Operating
Officer of Northrop Corporation classified as ORetiredO by the
Policyholder) -- On and after the EmployeeOs attainment of the
Limiting Age shown below and during each Limitation Period shown
below, his amount of insurance shall be the Limited Amount shown
below.  The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions will not apply to any reduction provided by this
limitation.
     Limiting Age -- the EmployeeOs age on the day of his retirement
by the Employer.

     Limitation Period                            Limited Amount

a.   One year beginning with the day of the
     EmployeeOs retirement by the Policyholder              $450,000

b.   One year beginning with the termination
     of item Oa.O above.                          $400,000

c.   One year beginning with the termination
     of item Ob.O above.                          $350,000

d.   One year beginning with the termination
     of item Oc.O above.                          $300,000

e.   One year beginning with the termination
     of item Od.O above.                          $250,000
                                              (Coverage Schedule
continued)
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                        COVERAGE SCHEDULE #2
                  FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective November 1, 1990
Made a Part of Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660
                              CONTINUED
                                  
The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions is:
Applicable except to the extent, if any, indicated under Amount of
Insurance.

Previous Group Coverage (under provision (3) of the Changes of
Employee Benefits section):
[ X ] None     [    ]

Assignment:
The insurance is assignable.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
The types of absences and time limits referred to in the Termination
of Employee Insurance section of the Insurance Plan Provisions for
considering an Employee as continuing to be a member of the coverage
classes are --

     Type of Absence from
          Full-time Work                     Time Limit

Leave of absence                             Two years

Family leave of absence                      End of the fourth policy
month following
                                        the policy month in which the
Employee
                                        ceased to be actively engaged
in work on a
                                        full-time basis

Temporary lay-off, for reasons                    End of the third
policy month following
     other than disability                        the policy month
during which lay-off
                                        commences, except that if
prior thereto the
                                        Employee becomes a member of
any                                     military, naval or air force
of any country at
                                        war, declared or undeclared,
then the later of
                                        (a) the date he becomes a
member of such
                                        military, naval or air force
and (b) the end
                                        of the policy month following
the policy
                                        month during which leave or
lay-off
                                        commences.

Disability, part-time employment                  None.
     or retirement
Facility of Payment:  At its option, Prudential may pay up to $500.00
of an EmployeeOs insurance to any person appearing to it to be
equitably entitled to payment because of expense incurred in
connection with the EmployeeOs burial.  The liability of Prudential
shall be discharged to the extent of any amount so paid.
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                        COVERAGE SCHEDULE #3
                  FOR EMPLOYEE TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective January 1, 1992
Made a Part of Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Employees who are classified as Non-Officer Executives whose
annual earnings are (1) $111,000 or more.

Insurance Provided:
Employee Insurance on the following basis -- [    ] Contributory [X]
Non-contributory

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:*

     Benefit Classes                              Amount of
Insurance**

     All Employees, according to
     Annual Earnings, as follows:

     $  60,000 or more but less than $  70,000
$130,000
     $  70,000 or more but less than $  80,000
$150,000
     $  80,000 or more but less than $  90,000
$170,000
     $  90,000 or more but less than $100,000
$190,000
     $100,000 or more but less than $110,000                $210,000
     $110,000 or more but less than $120,000                $230,000
     $120,000 or more but less than $130,000                $250,000
     $130,000 or more but less than $140,000                $270,000

*    Notwithstanding any provisions of the Group Policy to the
contrary, the following shall apply to  each Employee who on July 31,
1976, was covered under the coverage of which this Coverage
Schedule is made a part for an amount of insurance other than the
Amount of Insurance provided  for the Employee under this Coverage
Schedule:
          While the Employee remains insured under the Coverage of
which this Coverage                Schedule  is made a part, the
EmployeeOs Amount of Insurance shall be an amount equal          to
the Amount of Insurance for which the Employee was insured on July 31,
1976.  This         provision will cease to apply to an Employee on
and after any change in the EmployeeOs       classification to a
classification for which an Amount of Insurance is provided under this
Coverage Schedule which is equal to or larger than the Amount of
Insurance for which           the Employee was insured on July 31,
1976.
**   See next page.

                                              (Coverage Schedule
continued)
GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
                    COVERAGE SCHEDULE (Continued)

Amount of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:
(Continued)

**   If an Employee becomes a covered individual under the Coverage of
which this Coverage Schedule is made    a part within thirty-one days
after he ceases to be insured to employee term life insurance under
another   Group Policy issued to Northrop Corporation (or a subsidiary
or affiliate of Northrop Corporation), hereinafter     referred to as
a Oprior coverage,O then during said thirty-one day period his amount
of insurance shall be the     amount for which he would otherwise be
insured for under this Coverage Schedule reduced by the amount of
death benefit, if any, provided with respect to the Employee under the
prior coverage during said thirty-one   day period.

The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions is:
Applicable except to the extent, if any, indicated under Amount of
Insurance.

Previous Group Coverage (under provision (3) of the Changes of
Employee Benefits section):
[ X ] None     [    ]

Assignment:  The insurance is assignable.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
The types of absences and time limits referred to in the Termination
of Employee Insurance section of the Insurance Plan Provisions for
considering an Employee as continuing to be a member of the coverage
classes are --

     Type of Absence from
          Full-time Work                     Time Limit

Leave of absence                             Two years

Family leave of absence                           End of the fourth
policy month following
                                        the policy month in which the
Employee
                                        ceased to be actively engaged
in work on a
                                        full-time basis

Temporary lay-off, for reasons                         End of the
third policy month following
     other than disability                        the policy month
during which lay-off
                                        commences, except that if
prior thereto the
                                        Employee becomes a member of
any                                          military, naval or air
force of any country at
                                        war, declared or undeclared,
then the later of
                                        (a) the date he becomes a
member of such
                                        military, naval or air force
and (b) the end
                                        of the policy month following
the policy
                                        month during which leave or
lay-off
                                        commences.

Disability, part-time employment                  None.
     or retirement

Facility of Payment:  At its option, Prudential may pay up to $500.00
of an EmployeeOs insurance to any person appearing to it to be
equitably entitled to payment because of expense incurred in
connection with the EmployeeOs burial.  The liability of Prudential
shall be discharged to the extent of any amount so paid.

GRP 31300
LIFE U-101          ED 3-66                            (G-91660)
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Rider to Group Policy No. G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  January 1, 1982
Made a Part of Coverage LIFE 621 (6-1)


        CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEE
                   TERM LIFE INSURANCE REDUCTIONS

     An Employee whose Employee Term Life Insurance under the Coverage
is subject to a reduction as specified below may convert the amount of
such reduction to an individual policy of life insurance, without
evidence of insurability, subject to the remainder of this Privilege.

Conditions for Conversion:  Both of the following --
(1)  The reduction occurs, in accordance with the provisions of the
Group Policy, because the     Employee attains a specific age or
because he is retired by the Employer, provided, in either  event, the
reduction occurs on or after the date he is so retired.
(2)  Written application and the first premium payment for the
individual policy are made to      Prudential within thirty-one days
after such reduction.

Individual Policy Requirements:  Same as would apply under the section
OConversion PrivilegeO of the Coverage were his membership in the
classes eligible for the insurance terminating on the date of such
reduction, except that the amount of the individual policy shall not
exceed the amount of the reduction.

Death Benefit during Conversion Period:  This benefit is payable if
the Employee dies within thirty-one days after a reduction specified
above and while entitled under this privilege to a conversion of such
reduction.
     An amount equal to that which might have been issued under the
individual policy is payable when Prudential receives due written
proof of death, whether or not he applied for conversion.

                       ______________________













GRP 31300
LIFE T-101          ED 3-66
(1-1)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Coverage Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  August 1, 1970
                        DEPENDENTS TERM LIFE
A.   DEATH BENEFIT WHILE A COVERED INDIVIDUAL.
     If a dependent dies while a covered individual, the amount of
insurance on the dependent under this Coverage is payable when
Prudential receives due written proof of death.

B.   DEATH BENEFIT DURING CONVERSION PERIOD.
Death of Spouse:  A benefit is payable under this Subsection if the
EmployeeOs spouse dies within thirty-one days after ceasing to be a
covered individual and while entitled (under Section C) to a
conversion of insurance to an individual policy.
     An amount equal to that which might have been issued under the
individual policy is payable under the Group Policy when Prudential
receives due written proof of death, whether or not application for
conversion has been made.
Death of Child:  A benefit is payable under this Subsection if a child
of the Employee dies within thirty-one days after ceasing to be a
covered individual, provided that the child ceased to be a covered
individual by reason of termination of the EmployeeOs membership in
the classes eligible for Dependents Term Life Insurance under the
Group Policy.
     The amount of insurance on the child under this Coverage
immediately prior to such cessation is payable when Prudential
receives due written proof of death.

 C.  CONVERSION PRIVILEGE FOR SPOUSE.
     A dependent spouse ceasing to be a covered individual may have
the insurance on him under this Coverage converted to an individual
policy of life insurance, without evidence of insurability, if the
Employee then ceases to be insured for Dependents Term Life Insurance
under the Group Policy with respect to the spouse for any reason other
than:
(1)  termination, by amendment or otherwise, of the provisions for
such insurance as to the eligible class of which  the Employee is a
member, unless at the date of such termination the Employee has been
so insured with     respect to the spouse under such provisions (or
under such provisions and any Prudential rider or group policy
replaced by such provisions) for at least five years prior to such
termination date, or
(2)  the EmployeeOs failure to make any required contribution for
insurance under the Group Policy.
Any such conversion shall be subject to the remainder of this Section.

Availability:  The individual policy will be issued only if written
application and the first premium payment for it are   made to
Prudential within thirty-one days after such cessation.
Individual Policy Requirements:  The individual policy must conform to
the following --
     Amount -- not in excess of the amount insurance on the spouse
under this Coverage at such cessation.       Furthermore, if such
cessation occurs by reason of termination, by amendment or otherwise,
of the    Dependents Term Life Insurance provisions of the Group
Policy as to the EmployeeOs class, the total amount    of individual
insurance obtainable with respect to all the Dependents Term Life
Insurance on the spouse then  terminating under the Group Policy shall
in no event exceed the lesser of (1) the total amount of such
insurance then terminating, reduced by the amount of any life
insurance for which the Employee is or  becomes eligible with respect
to the spouse under any group life insurance coverage issued by any
insurance      carrier within thirty-one days thereafter, and (2)
$2,000.
     Form -- any form of life insurance policy, other than term
insurance or any policy containing disability or  other supplementary
benefits, then customarily issued by Prudential at the age and amount
applied for.
     Premium -- based on PrudentialOs rate applicable to its form and
amount, to the class of risk to which the    spouse belongs, and to
the spouseOs attained age on its effective date.
     Effective Date -- at the end of the thirty-one day period during
which application for it may be made.
                   ______________________________
     Any death benefit provided under a section of this Coverage is
payable to the Employee, if living at the death of the dependent.  If
the Employee predeceased the dependent, the death benefit is payable
to the estate of the dependent or, at PrudentialOs option, to any one
of the following surviving relatives of the dependent:  wife, husband,
mother, father, children, brothers or sisters.
______________________________
31300                                             Group Dependents
Term Life Insurance
DEPL R-101                              -32-      Coverage DEPL 101 (1-
1)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                         COVERAGE SCHEDULE A
                 FOR DEPENDENTS TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective January 1, 1981
Made a Part of Dependents Term Life Insurance Coverage DEPL 101 (1-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Corporate Officers of Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.

Insurance Provided:
Dependents Insurance on the following basis --    [   ] Contributory
                                   [X]  Non-contributory
     Husbands are included as qualified dependents.
     Associated Protection:  Employee Term Life Insurance under the
Group Policy.

Amounts of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:
An EmployeeOs benefit class is determined by the classification of his
dependents below.

     Dependents Classification                    Amount of Insurance*
**

     EmployeeOs Spouse                            $2,500
     EmployeeOs children 14 days or over
          but less than 19 years of age                $1,000

*    If the qualified dependent of an Employee becomes a covered
individual under the Coverage      within thirty-one days after
ceasing to be a covered individual for dependents term life insurance
under another Group Policy issued to Northrop Corporation (or a
subsidiary or affiliate of    Northrop Corporation), hereinafter
referred to as a Oprior coverageO, then, during said thirty-one  day
period, the amount of insurance for which the Employee is insured
under this Coverage      Schedule with respect to said qualified
dependent during said thirty-one day period shall be the    amount for
which he would otherwise be insured under this Coverage Schedule with
respect to     said qualified dependent reduced by the amount of death
benefit, if any, provided with respect to    said qualified dependent
under the prior coverage during said thirty-one day period.

**   Insurance terminates at age 65.

The Changes of Dependents Benefits section of the Dependents Insurance
Provisions is: Applicable.

Assignment:  The insurance is assignable only as a gift assignment.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
Continuance during such absence shall be for the same time, if any,
that the Employee is considered as continuing to be a member of the
coverage classes for the Associated Protection.

Group 31300
DEPL U-101          ED 3-66
(1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                          COVERAGE SCHEDULE
                 FOR DEPENDENTS TERM LIFE INSURANCE
                                  
Effective March 1, 1983
Made a Part of Dependents Term Life Insurance Coverage DEPL 101 (1-1)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Northrop Corporation Officers and Non-Officer Executives whose
enrolled earnings are (1) $65,000 or more or (2) less than $65,000 who
were insured under this coverage February 28, 1983, but excluding, in
any case, Wilcox Electric, Inc., Defense Systems Division, Northrop
Services, Inc., Precision Products Division of Tactical Electronics
Systems Group, and Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.

Insurance Provided:
Dependents Insurance on the following basis --                   [X]
Contributory
                                              [   ] Non-contributory
     Husbands are included as qualifying dependents.
     Associated Protection:  Employee Term Life Insurance under the
Group Policy.

Amounts of Insurance applicable to each EmployeeOs Benefit Class:
An EmployeeOs benefit class is determined by the classification of his
dependents below.

     Dependents Classification                         Amount of
Insurance*

     EmployeeOs
spouse................................................................
 ........................................     $3,750.00
     EmployeeOs children according to
          attained age, as follows:
          14 days or over but less than 6
months..............................................       500.00
            6 days or
over..................................................................
 ..............................      3,750.00

*    If the qualified dependent of an Employee becomes a covered
individual under the Coverage within thirty- one days after ceasing to
be a covered individual for dependents term life insurance under
another Group  Policy issued to Northrop Corporation (or a subsidiary
or affiliate of     Northrop Corporation), hereinafter      referred
to as a Oprior coverageO, then, during said thirty-one day period, the
amount of insurance for which      the Employee is insured under this
Coverage Schedule with respect to said qualified dependent during said
thirty-one day period shall be the      amount for which he would
otherwise be insured under this Coverage     Schedule with respect to
said qualified dependent reduced by the amount of death benefit, if
any, provided  with respect to said qualified dependent under the
prior coverage during said thirty-one day period.

The Changes of Dependents Benefits section of the Dependents Insurance
Provisions is:  Applicable.

Assignment:  The insurance is assignable.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
Continuance during such absence shall be for the same time, if any,
that the Employee is considered as continuing to be a member of the
coverage classes for the Associated Protection, except that he shall
not be considered as continuing in the coverage classes for the
Dependents Term Life Insurance if his absence is due to retirement by
the Employer.





Group 31300
DEPL U-101          ED 3-66
(1-2) A
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Coverage Rider to Group Policy No.  G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  August 1, 1970

               EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE

     The benefits of Section A are subject to the provisions of
Section B (Not Covered).

     An Employee is totally disabled for the purposes of this Coverage
only while satisfying both of the following requirements:
(1)  Due to sickness or accidental bodily injury, he (a) is completely
unable to perform any and every duty    pertaining to his occupation
with the Employer and (b), after the Initial Duration (see Coverage
Schedule) of   a period of disability, is completely unable to engage
in any and every gainful occupation for which he is    reasonably
fitted by education, training or experience.
 (2) He is not engaged in any gainful occupation and is not confined
in a penal institution or other house of     correction as a result of
conviction for a criminal or other public offense.

A.   BENEFITS FOR DISABILITY

Payable for:  An EmployeeOs period of total disability.  Benefits
begin with the first day of such disability after the Elimination
Period (see Coverage Schedule) for that period of disability.

Conditions for Benefit:  Both of the following --
(1)  The period of total disability commenced while the Employee was a
covered individual.

(2)  The Employee is under the regular care of a Physician.

Amount Payable:
The applicable Adjusted Benefit (see Coverage Schedule) for each
calendar month throughout which the total disability continues beyond
the Elimination Period; one-thirtieth of the applicable Adjusted
Benefit for each day of any portion of the total disability not
constituting a full calendar month.  Benefits are payable up to the
applicable Maximum Benefit Duration (see Coverage Schedule).
Recurrent Disabilities:  If a period of an EmployeeOs total disability
commences while he is a covered individual and after a prior period of
his total disability for which any benefits were payable under this
Coverage, the subsequent period shall be considered a continuation of
the prior period unless --

 (1) the periods are separated by an interval during which the
Employee has performed all the important duties of     a gainful
occupation with the Employer on a full-time basis for at least six
consecutive months, or

(2)  the periods are due to entirely unrelated causes and are
separated by an interval during which the Employee     has performed
all the important duties of a gainful occupation with the Employer.

B.   NOT COVERED.

(1)  Any disability caused, or contributed to, by intentionally self-
inflicted bodily injury or attempted suicide,     whether the Employee
is sane or insane.

(2)  Any disability caused, or contributed to, by war or any act of
war (OwarO means declared or undeclared war  and includes resistance
to armed aggression).

(3)  Any disability caused by, contributed to by, or resulting from
the EmployeeOs pregnancy.
                      _________________________
     The benefits of this Coverage are payable to the Employee.
Payment will be made monthly and is subject to the Group PolicyOs
Claim Provisions.
                      _________________________
31300                                             Group Employee Long
Term Disability
LTD R-102 ED 3-67                       -37       Insurance Coverage
LTD 102 (6-5)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                          COVERAGE SCHEDULE
             FOR EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
                                  
Effective August 1, 1970
Made a Part of Employee Long Term Disability Insurance Coverage LTD
102 (6-5)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Employees who are (1) less than the Limiting Age stated below and
(2) classified as Officers or salaried Employees each of whose annual
earnings are $25,000 or more, but excluding in any case all Employees
of The Hallicrafters Co.

Insurance Provided:
Employee Insurance on the following basis --    [   ] Contributory
[X] Non-contributory

Limiting Age:  64 years and 6 months

Initial Duration:  The Elimination Period plus 12 months.

Elimination Period:
A duration of continuous total disability extending for 26 consecutive
weeks from the beginning of each period of total disability due to
sickness or accidental bodily injury, but not extending beyond that
date, during that continuous total disability, of exhaustion of the
maximum benefits provided for the Employee by the Basic Loss of Time
Coverage with respect to a period of disability compensable
thereunder.  OBasic Loss of Time CoverageO means a plan of periodic
benefits for loss of time on account of disability under or by reason
of, (1) any insurance (other than under the coverage) where the
Employer, directly or indirectly, has paid all or any portion of the
cost or made payroll deductions or (2) any disability benefits law or
similar law.

The Changes of Employee Benefits section of the Insurance Plan
Provisions is:  Applicable, solely to the determination of an
EmployeeOs Scheduled Benefit under this Coverage Schedule.

Assignment:  The insurance is not assignable.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work:
The types of absences and time limits referred to in the Termination
of Employee Insurance section of the Insurance Plan Provisions for
considering an Employee as continuing to be a member of the coverage
classes are --

     Type of Absence from
          Full-time Work                     Time Limit
Leave of absence                             End of the sixth policy
month following
                                        the policy month in which the
Employee
                                        ceased to be actively engaged
in work on a
                                        full-time basis, but not after
he attains the
                                        Limiting Age.
Temporary lay-off or part-time employment,             End of the
policy month following the policy
     for reasons other than disability                 month in which
the Employee ceased to be
                                        actively engaged in work on a
full-time basis,
                                        but not after he attains the
Limiting Age.
Part-time employment because of disability for
Commencement of such part-time employment.
     which benefits are not provided under
     the coverage by reason of the provision
     ONot CoveredO of the coverage rider.
Disability, part-time employment                       None.
     or retirement
31300
LTD U-101 ED 3-67                       -38-           G-91660
(1-2)
                    COVERAGE SCHEDULE (Continued)
                                  
Amount of Insurance:
     Maximum Benefit Duration --
     For total disability due to sickness or injury -- benefits to the
EmployeeOs attainment of age 65.

     Adjusted Benefit --

     With respect to Employees classified as President, Executive Vice
President or Senior Vice           President of Northrop Corporation:
     For any calendar month, the Adjusted Benefit is equal to the
smaller of
     (1)  the EmployeeOs Scheduled Benefit under this Coverage
Schedule, and
     (2)  the excess of (a) 60% of his monthly earnings over (b) his
Non-duplication Offset for         that calendar month, determined
from the applicable Non-duplication Offset Supplement       to this
Coverage Schedule.

     With respect to all other Employees:
     For any calendar month, the Adjusted Benefit is equal to the
smaller of
     (1)  the EmployeeOs Scheduled Benefit under this Coverage
Schedule, and
     (2)  the excess of (a) 60% of his monthly earnings up to
$3,333.34 of such earnings over (b)          his Non-duplication
Offset for that calendar month, determined from the applicable Non-
duplication Offset Supplement to this Coverage Schedule.

     Scheduled Benefit -- 60% of the EmployeeOs monthly earnings, but
not more than
     (1)  $3,750 with respect to an Employee classified as President
of Northrop Corporation;
     (2)  $3,000 with respect to an Employee classified as Executive
Vice President of Northrop
          Corporation
     (3)  $2,500 with respect to an Employee classified as Senior Vice
President of Northrop
          Corporation
     (4)  $2,000 with respect to all other Employees.

Exclusion Not Applicable:
Part (2) or Section B (Not Covered) does not apply with respect to any
Employee assigned to Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia from the time the
Employee leaves his residence or place of regular employment for the
assignment, whichever occurs last, until his return to his residence
or place of employment, whichever occurs first.



GRP 31300
LTD U-101 ED 3-67                  -39                       (1-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                         SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENT
             FOR EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
Effective August 1, 1970
Non-duplication Offset Supplement to Coverage Schedule
Made a Part of Employee Long Term Disability Insurance Coverage LTD
102 (6-5)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Non-duplication Offset:
The Non-duplication Offset used in determining the EmployeeOs Adjusted
Benefit under the Coverage Schedule for a calendar month is the
aggregate amount of benefits, payments or other compensation (adjusted
to a monthly basis if not so payable) which are described in the
applicable Offset Provisions below and which, for that month, he
receives or would be entitled to receive upon timely pursuit of claim
therefor.

Offset Provisions:
All of the following Offset Provisions apply to the Employee.
 (A) Periodic benefits (including any commutation of, or substitute
     for, such benefits) for loss of time on account of disability due
     to sickness or injury arising out of employment with the
     Employer, under or by reason of any workmenOs compensation law,
     occupational disease law, or similar legislation, or the maritime
     doctrine of maintenance, wages and cure.

(B)  Periodic benefits, for loss of time on account of disability,
     under or by reason of --
      (1) any insurance or any health or welfare plan or other
          employee benefit plan where the Employer, directly or
          indirectly, has paid all or any portion of the cost or made
          payroll deductions;
     (2)  the United States Social Security Act as amended from time
          to time, including benefits thereunder with respect to
          dependents of the Employee;
     (3)  any State, Provincial or other Federal law of the United
          States or Canada, other than any law providing benefits or
          payments on account of military service.

(C)  Any full or partial wage or salary payments or other payments, by
     the Employer to the Employee.

(D)  Periodic benefits, in the nature of early retirement benefits,
     under or by reason of any insurance, annuity or pension contract,
     or any welfare plan or other employee benefit plan, where the
     Employer, directly or indirectly, has paid all or any portion of
     the cost or made payroll deductions.  However, any such benefits
     available at the EmployeeOs election, whether or not he is
     disabled, are included under this (D) only if so elected.

(E)  Periodic benefits, on account of disability, under any group life
     insurance where the Employer, directly or indirectly, has paid
     all or any portion of the cost or made payroll deductions, if the
     Employee elects to receive such benefits.

(F)  Periodic benefits under the United States Social Security Act as
     amended from time to time, for any month after the EmployeeOs
     attainment of age 62, including such benefits with respect to his
     dependents.  However, this (F) does not include benefits for any
     month prior to his attainment of age 65, unless he elects to
     receive benefits for that month.
GRP 31300
LTD U-102 ED 3-67                       -40-
     (6-5)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   a mutual life insurance company

Effective Date of Rider:  January 1, 1981
Rider Attached to and Made a Part of Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes to which this Rider applies:  All Employees of
Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.


OPTION TO CONTINUE COVERAGE OF DEPENDENT CHILD INCAPACITATED WHEN
SPECIFIED AGE LIMIT FOR CHILDREN IS ATTAINED:

If a qualified dependent child is mentally or physically incapable of
earning a living on the date any coverage under the Group Policy with
respect to such child would terminate due to attainment of the
specified age limit for children, and if within thirty-one days after
such date the Insurance Company receives due proof of such incapacity,
then such specified age limit shall not operate to terminate such
coverage under the Group Policy with respect to such child so long as
such child remains in such condition.  This provision does not waive,
alter, or extend in any respect, other than as stated above, any of
the provisions, conditions, limitations and exceptions of the Group
Policy.


                              THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA



                              By
                                             Secretary
















ORD 29684-2         ED 8-66
P

                                                       NORRIS
Rider to Group Policy No. G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  August 1, 1983


                 MODIFICATION OF THE GROUP POLICYOS
                   TERM LIFE INSURANCE PROVISIONS

The Conversion Privilege of the Group PolicyOs Term Life Insurance
provisions is modified as follows:  The benefits and premium under
each form of individual life insurance contract issued to males or
females shall be those that usually apply to males, except that for
any participating settlement under the individual contract payable for
the lifetime of one or more payees, the female rates will apply to
both male and female payees.

                         THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA



                         By
                                   Assistant Secretary

                         Accepted by:




_______________________________, 19_____          NORTHROP CORPORATION




Witness ________________________________     By
__________________________________________________
                                        (Signature and Title)











83500
GBT  T  1012                                                     (6-1)
                                  
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   A Mutual Life Insurance Company
                (Herein Called The Insurance Company)
                                  
 Rider To Be Attached To and Made A Part of Group Policy No. G-91660
                                  
                                  
The Insurance Company and the Policyholder agree that, effective
August 1, 1970, the Policy is amended by the addition of the following
provision:

                           SPECIAL RESERVE

The Insurance Company may maintain a special reserve to be applied by
it from time to time toward stabilizing experience under the Policy.
Such reserve shall be established from premiums paid under the Policy,
and the amount of such reserve shall be determined by the Insurance
Company from time to time.  Such reserve shall be credited with
interest at the end of each policy year, or in the event of
termination of the Policy, at the time of such termination.  The
interest for the policy year or portion thereof, as the case may be,
shall be determined at the rate of 4 1/8% per annum and on the average
amount of the reserve during the period with respect to which the
interest is being computed, except that after this Rider has been in
effect for one full policy year and from time to time thereafter the
Insurance Company may change the rate to be used in the computation of
the interest on the reserve.

If at any time the Insurance Company shall determine that the amount
of the special reserve is then in excess of that required, the
Insurance Company shall pay such excess to the Policyholder as a
return of premium.

In the event of termination of the Policy, any balance remaining in
the special reserve after final application of the reserve by the
Insurance Company in accordance with the above provisions shall be
paid to the Policyholder as a return of premium, subject to the right
of the Insurance Company to defer the payment of any such return for
as long as six months after such final application but not exceeding
the period permitted by law.

The Insurance Company has caused this Rider to be executed this ninth
day of August, 1971.


                         THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA


Attest _________________________ By



                                        Secretary




GC-3350                            -45-
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Coverage Rider to Group Policy No. G-91660
Effective Date of Rider:  January 1, 1982

              EMPLOYEE SURVIVOR BENEFITS LIFE INSURANCE

A.   DEATH BENEFIT WHILE A COVERED INDIVIDUAL.
     If Prudential receives due written proof that the Employee died
while a covered individual and is survived by a Qualified Family
Member (see Coverage Schedule), a benefit is payable as of the
EmployeeOs death and as of each first day of a month thereafter on
which he is survived by a then Qualified Family Member and which
occurs within a Maximum Benefit Period (see Coverage Schedule)
beginning with the date of his death.  Each benefit payable is the
applicable Monthly Benefit (see Coverage Schedule) except that the
first benefit is the pro-rata portion of the Monthly Benefit for the
balance of the month in which the death occurs and, if benefits are
payable for the full Maximum Benefit Period, the last benefit is the
pro-rata portion of the Monthly Benefit for the part of the month from
the due date of such benefit to the end of the Maximum Benefit Period.

     The benefit due as of any date established above is payable to
the EmployeeOs widow or widower, if any, then a Qualified Family
Member, otherwise in equal shares to the EmployeeOs then Qualified
Family Member children.

B.   DEATH BENEFIT DURING CONVERSION PERIOD.
     If the Employee dies within thirty-one days after he ceased to be
covered individual while entitled (under Section D) to a conversion of
his insurance under this Coverage to an individual policy, benefits
will be payable as if such cessation had not occurred, whether or not
the Employee applied for conversion.

C.   CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
     If an Employee ceasing to be a covered individual then has the
right to convert all or part of his Associated Protection to an
individual policy of life insurance, the provisions for the obtaining
of such policy shall apply as though this insurance under this
Coverage were Associated Protection.  In applying those provisions,
his insurance under this Coverage shall be considered to equal the
present value of the payments which would have become due his
Qualified Family Members had he died upon such cessation, based upon
the morality tables described in the Group Policy.

D.   MINORITY OR INCOMPETENCY
     If a Qualified Family Member to whom any benefit is payable is a
minor or is otherwise incapable of giving a valid release for any
payment due, Prudential may, at its option, and until claim is made by
the duly appointed guardian or committee of such person, make payment
of the amount payable to such person at a rate not exceeding $100 per
month, to any person or institution appearing to it to have assumed
the custody and principal support of such person.  The liability of
Prudential shall thereby be discharged to the extent of the amount so
paid.
                     __________________________
     Any provisions of the Group Policy affecting life insurance and
in conflict with Employee Survivor Benefits Life Insurance shall not
apply to this Coverage.
                     __________________________
GRP 32221                               Group Employee Survivor
Benefits
SURV R-205           ED 5-67                 Life Insurance Coverage
SURV 205 (6-2)
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                          COVERAGE SCHEDULE
            FOR EMPLOYEE SURVIVOR BENEFITS LIFE INSURANCE

Effective:  January 1, 1982
Made a Part of Employee Survivor Benefits Life Insurance Coverage SURV
     205 (6-2)
Under Group Policy No. G-91660

Coverage Classes:
All Northrop Corporation Officers and Non-Officer Executives with
Qualified Family Members, whose enrolled earnings are (1) $65,000 or
more or (2) less than $65,000 who were insured under this coverage
January 31, 1981, and (3) have completed the period of employment to
the first of the month following ninety days or more of continuous
service on a full-time basis with the Employer, but excluding, in any
case, Wilcox Electric, Inc., Defense Systems Division, Northrop
Services, Inc. and Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.

Qualified Family Member:
The term OQualified Family MemberO, as of any date, means the then
living spouse or unmarried child of an Employee or the then surviving
widow, widower or unmarried child of a deceased Employee, excluding in
any case --

(1)  a widow or widower who has received an interlocutory decree of
     divorce or a decree of separate maintenance;

(2)  a child who is (a) an Employee of the Policyholder, (b) on active
     duty in any military, naval or air force of any country, or (c)
     nineteen or more years of age unless (i) less than twenty-three
     years of age and (ii) such childOs time is principally devoted to
     attending an educational institution;

(3)  a person who would otherwise become a Qualified Family Member as
     of any date, unless and until reported to the Policyholder with
     respect to the insurance, subject to the following --

     No person shall become a Qualified Family Member after the
     EmployeeOs death, except that this shall not apply to a child
     reported before the end of the thirty-one day period immediately
     following the date specified in this provision (3) and
     
     (i)  another child of the Employee is a Qualified Family Member
          at the time of such report or
     (ii) the reported child is born within thirty-one days prior to
          the EmployeeOs death or is born after such death and the
          EmployeeOs widow or widower is a Qualified Family Member at
          the time of such report.
     
An EmployeeOs children includes his legally adopted children who are
dependent upon him for support and maintenance or, in the case of a
deceased Employee, were so dependent upon him at his death.


                                             (Coverage Schedule
continued)

GRP 32222
SURV U-101          ED 5-67                                      (1-6)
                    COVERAGE SCHEDULE (Continued)

Insurance Provided:
Employee Insurance on the following basis--  [   ]   Contributory
[   ]   Non-Contributory

Associated Protection:
Employee Term Life Insurance under the Group Policy.

Assignment:
The insurance is assignable.
Benefits payable after an EmployeeOs death are not assignable and, to
the extent permitted by law, are not subject to the claims of any
creditor.

Mortality X X X X Tables referred to in Section D (Conversion
Privilege) of the Coverage
The following tables published by the U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.

Tables of mortality of Public Health Service Publication No. 1252:
     For spouses--  United States White Females: 1959-61, with such
     adjustment as determined by Prudential,           at interest of
     5% for first 5 years and 4 1/4% thereafter.

     For children-- United States White Males: 1959-61, at interest of
               5% for first 5 years and 4 1/4% thereafter.

Prudential shall have the right to change the basis for the
determination of present value under Section D, for future
conversions, as of any premium due date.  The policyholder will be
notified whenever a change in such basis is made.

Continuance in Coverage Classes During Absence from Full-time Work
Continuance during such absence shall be for the same time, if any,
that the Employee is considered as continuing to be a member of the
coverage classes for the Associated Protection, except that he shall
not be considered as continuing in the coverage classes for Employee
Survivor Benefits Life Insurance if he ceases to have a Qualified
Family Member or if his absence is due to retirement.

Participation Condition:
Those conditions of the following section shall be determined without
regard to provision (3) of the definition of Qualified Family Member.
The Termination of Group Policy or of Insurance Provisions section of
the General Provisions.

Amount of Insurance:
Maximum Benefit Period:
The number of payments applicable to the EmployeeOs length of
continuous service with the Policyholder at the time of death, as
determined from the following table:

     Continuous Service                      Number of Payments
     Less than 10 years                      12
     10 years or more but less than 15 years 20
     15 years or more but less than 20 years 30
     20 years or more                        40
     
*See next page.
                                         (Coverage Schedule continued)
GRP 3222
SURV U-101  ED 5-67                                           (1-6)
                  THE PRUDENTIAL COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                  
                          COVERAGE SCHEDULE
            FOR EMPLOYEE SURVIVOR BENEFITS LIFE INSURANCE

Effective January 1, 1982
Made a Part of Employee Survivor Benefits Life Insurance Coverage SURV
                                                             205 (6-
                                                             2)
Under Group Policy No.  G-91660

                              CONTINUED
                                  
Amount of Insurance:*    (Continued)

Monthly Benefit:
The EmployeeOs Monthly Benefit on any date shall, subject to the
OChanges in BenefitO provision, be the applicable amount indicated
below, according to length of continuous service with the Employer at
time of death.

(a)  Less than 10 years                                     $200.00
(b)  10 years or more, the amount applicable to the Employee under the
     following table:

     Classification                          Monthly Benefit*

All Employees according to Weekly Earnings, as follows:

Less than $220.00                                      $200.00
$220.00 or more but less than $250.00                  $220.00
  250.00 or more but less than   300.00                $250.00
  300.00 or more but less than   350.00                $300.00
  350.00 or more but less than   385.00                $350.00
  385.00 or more but less than   450.00                $385.00
  450.00 or more but less than   500.00                $450.00
  500.00 or more but less than   600.00                $500.00
  600.00 or more                                       $600.00

*If and Employee becomes a covered individual under the Coverage of
which this Coverage Schedule is made a part, within thirty-one days
after his ceasing to be insured for employee survivor benefits life
insurance under another Group Policy issued to Northrop Corporation
(or a subsidiary of affiliate of Northrop Corporation), hereinafter
referred to as Oprior coverageO, and, if the Employee dies while a
covered individual under the Coverage and within said thirty-one days,
then the Monthly Benefit otherwise payable under the Coverage with
respect to the Qualified Family Members of the Employee for any month
for which a monthly benefit is payable under the prior coverage as a
result of the EmployeeOs death shall be the excess, if any, of the
Monthly Benefit otherwise payable under the prior Coverage.
                                         (Coverage Schedule continued)
GRP 32222
SURV U-101
(1-6)

                    COVERAGE SCHEDULE (Continued)

Changes is Benefit--This applies to adjustments in Monthly Benefit
resulting from a change in weekly earnings or in Qualified Family
Members

     (1)                                               Increases in
       weekly earnings - The EmployeeOs insurance will be increase to
       the amount provided for his classification on the date of the
       change.  Such increase shall take effect on the first day, on
       or after the date of the change, on which he is complying with
       the active work requirement of the General Definitions.
     
     (2)                                               Decreases in
       weekly earnings -  The EmployeeOs insurance will be decreased
       on the ate of the change to the amount then provided for his
       classification, subject to the active work requirement of the
       General Definitions.
     
      (3)                                              Changes in the
       EmployeeOs Qualified Family Members - An adjustment in Monthly
       Benefits caused by a change in the EmployeeOs qualified Family
       Members shall take effect immediately, whether the change
       occurs before or after the EmployeeOs death.  The adjusted
       Monthly Benefit shall be determined as if no change is his
       weekly earnings occurred since the last previous determination
       of his Transition Benefit.
     
     
EmployeeOs Classification - On dates established by practices of the
     Employer, determination of the EmployeeOs classification under
     the insurance shall be made by the Employer without
     discrimination among persons in like circumstances and shall be
     final and conclusive.


EmployeeOs Earnings:  If an item is determined by an EmployeeOs
     Earnings, it shall be based on the EmployeeOs Base Weekly
     Earnings from the Employer.  Base Weekly Earnings mean the
     EmployeeOs gross straight time dollar remuneration for regularly
     scheduled hours on a weekly basis including lead man
     differentials, shift differentials, cost of living adjustments
     and, for Cafeteria covered Employees, the value of meals provided
     by the Employer.  Base Weekly Earnings do not include bonuses,
     incentive compensation, overtime pay, relocation allowances,
     payment for extra hazardous work, per diems, extended work week
     allowances, cost of living allowances for services abroad, or any
     other bonuses, premiums, differentials or adjustments not
     specifically included in the definition of Base Weekly Earnings
     in the preceding sentence.









GRP 2222
SURV U-101   ED 5-67                                        (1-6)

Rider to Group Policy No. G-91660                    Made a Part of
     Coverage
                                                         LIFE 101(1-1)
Effective Date of Ride: August 1,1970

SUPPLEMENTARY RIDER PROVIDING RETIRED EMPLOYEE MAJOR MEDICAL EXPENSE
BENEFITS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROVISIONS OF GROUP
INSURANCE
                         POLICY NO. G-91660
                                  
                              Issued by
                                  
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                (Herein Called The Insurance Company)
                                  
The Insurance Company hereby agrees that the following provisions
shall for a part of the Policy.

                             DEFINITIONS
                                  
As used in this Rider, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:

The term Oretired EmployeeO means an Employee in one of the following
classifications who is retired by the Policyholder: (1) President;
Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President of Northrop
Corporation or (2) elected vice presidents each of whom has entered
into an employment agreement with the Policyholder.

The term Ocovered retired EmployeeO means a person insured under the
Policy as a retired Employee who, pursuant to the provisions of the
section of this rider entitled OAllocation of Portion of Group Life
Insurance for Disbursement as Retired Employee Supplementary Major
Medical Expense BenefitsO, has an unexpected allocation of a portion
of his group life insurance available toward the payments of benefits
under this Rider.

The term OphysicianO means a licensed practitioner of the healing arts
acting within the scope of his practice.

The term OhospitalO means (1) an institution which is operated
pursuant to law and is primarily engaged in providing on an in-patient
basis for the medical care and treatment of sick and injured persons
through medical, diagnostic and major surgical facilities, all of
which facilities must be provided on its premises, under the
supervision of a staff of Physicians and with twenty-four hour a day
nursing service, or (2) an institution not meeting all the
requirements of (1) but which is accredited as a hospital by the Joint
Commissions on Accreditation of Hospitals.  In no event shall the term
OHospitalO included a convalescent nursing home or any institution or
part thereof which is used principally as a convalescent facility,
rest facility, nursing facility, or facility for the aged or for the
care of drug addicts or alcoholics.

The term OIllnessO means a bodily disorder, mental infirmity or bodily
injury.



(Continued)

GC-10319                           -26a-
            ALLOCATION OF PORTION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
                FOR DISBURSEMENT AS RETIRED EMPLOYEE
            SUPPLEMENTARY MAJOR MEDICAL EXPENSE BENEFITS

A person who is insured under the Policy for non-contributory group
life insurance as a retired Employee may elect, by making written
request to the Policyholder on a form approved by the Insurance
Company, that any portion of such non-contributory life insurance, up
to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such non-
contributory insurance provided under the Policy on the life of the
retired Employee on and after the fourth anniversary of his
retirement, be allocated for disbursement as retired Employee
supplementary major medical expense benefits under the Policy as
hereinafter provided.

Any such allocation or allocations made by a covered retired Employee
in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph shall effect a reduction in a like amount or amounts in the
amount of the retired EmployeeOs non-contributory life insurance
otherwise payable under the group life insurance provisions of the
Policy.

Benefits shall be payable under this Rider with respect to the
illnesses of a covered retired Employee only to the extent that there
remains an unexpected allocated portion of such group life insurance
available for such payment.

In the event of the death of a covered retired Employee, any portion
of group life insurance previously allocated for disbursement as
provided herein which remains unexpected after satisfaction of all
claims on account of charges incurred prior to the covered retired
EmployeeOs death, shall be payable to the person or persons otherwise
entitled thereto under the covered retired EmployeeOs remaining non-
contributory group life insurance under the Policy.
                              BENEFITS

Benefits shall be payable under this Rider, on the basis of the
eligible charges described in the subsection OEligible ChargesO, in an
amount equal to the amount, if any, by which the total eligible
charges incurred during each calendar year in connection with the
illnesses of a covered retired Employee exceed the deductible
applicable to such covered retired Employee for the calendar year.
The payment such benefits shall, however, be subject to the section
OIndividual Yearly MaximumO and all other provisions of this Rider.

Deductible - The deductible applicable to a covered retired Employee
for each calendar year shall be the sum of:
     (a)  $500.00, and
     
     (b)  the total of the charges for services, treatments and
          supplies enumerated in the provisions of the subsection
          OEligible ChargesO preceding the exceptions contained
          therein which are incurred during each calendar year in
          connection with the illnesses of a covered retired Employee,
          to the extent to which such services, treatments and
          supplies are provided for the covered retired Employee under
          or by (i) Medicare (including benefits provided under the
          voluntary program established  by Medicare) and (ii) any
          insurance coverage (other than under this Rider) with the
          Insurance Company providing protection for such covered
          retired Employee, in respect of which the Policyholder
          shall, directly or indirectly, have paid all or any portion
          of the cost.
                                                       (Continued)
     GC-10319                      -26b-
                        BENEFITS (Continued)
     
     If, (1) all, or (2) any portion, of the amount under (a) above
     has been satisfied by the application of charge incurred during
     the last three months of a calendar year, then, in the case of
     (1), the (a) portion of the deductible for the next ensuing
     calendar year shall also be considered as having been satisfied,
     and, in the case of (2), such amount may be used towards
     satisfaction of the (a) portion of the deductible for the next
     ensuing calendar year.
     
     Eligible Charges - Eligible charges shall be the charges actually
     made to the covered retired Employees on account of their
     illnesses for the services, treatments and supplies ordered by a
     physician, subject to the exceptions hereinafter set forth.
      (1) Room and board (including all regular daily services ) in a
          hospital;
     
     (2)  All other hospital services for medical care and treatment
          exclusive of professional services;
     
     (3)  Anesthesia and its administration;
     
     (4)  Ambulance service;
     
     (5)  PhysiciansO services for medical care and treatment and
          surgery, excluding dental services unless for the treatment
          immediately below;
     
     (6)  Dental services rendered by a physician, dentist or dental
          surgeon for the treatment of a fractured jaw or of
          accidental injuries to natural teeth within twelve months of
          the accident (the treatment to include replacement of such
          natural teeth within said period);
     
     (7)  Professional nursing services rendered by a registered
          graduate nurse other than a close relative;
     
     (8)  The following other service, treatments and supplies;
          Oxygen and rental of equipment for its administration;
          X-ray and laboratory examinations, excluding dental X-rays
            unless rendered for dental treatment of a fractured jaw
            of a accidental injuries to natural teeth within six
            months of the accident;
          Treatments by X-rays, and by radium or other radio-active
            substances;
          Treatments by a physiotherapist other than a close relative;
          Drugs and medicines dispensed by a licensed pharmacist
          Surgical dressingsO
          Blood and blood plasma;
          Artificial limbs and eyes;
          Cast, splints, trusses, braces and crutches;
          Rental of wheel chair, hospital bed, iron lung or other
            similar durable equipment.

The term Oclose relativeO as used above in connection with a
registered graduate nurse and physiotherapist comprises the covered
retired EmployeeOs spouse, and a child, brother, sister, and parent of
the covered retired Employee and of the covered retired EmployeeOs
spouse.
                                                           (Continued)
GC-10319                           -26c-
                        BENEFITS (Continued)

In no event shall the eligible charges include charges for services,
treatments or supplies which are not reasonable necessary for the care
ad treatment of illness, nor shall charges for any services, treatment
or supplies be included in excess of customary charges therefor or in
excess of such charges as would have been made in the absence of this
insurance.  A customary charge means the usual charge made by the
person, group or other entity rendering or furnishing the services,
treatments or supplies but in no event shall it mean a charge in
excess of the general level of charges made by others rendering or
furnishing such services, treatments or supplies, within the area in
which the charge is incurred, for illnesses comparable in severity and
nature to the illness being treated.  The term OareaO, referred to
above, as it would apply to any particular service, treatment or
supply , means a county or such greater area as is necessary to obtain
in representative cross section of persons, groups or other entities
rendering or furnishing such service, treatment or supply.

A charge shall be deemed to be incurred as of the date of the service,
treatment or purchase giving rise to the charge.

Exceptions -  The eligible charges shall in no event include:

(a)  Charges for eye refractions or examination for the fitting of
     glasses or hearing aids.

(b)  Charges for medical examinations of any covered retired Employee
     for Ocheck-upO purposes when not incident and necessary to the
     treatment of an illness.

(c)  Charges incurred in connection with remedying a condition by
     means of cosmetic surgery unless such condition is the result of
     accidental bodily injuries sustained while a covered retired
     Employee.

(d)  Charges for services, treatments or supplies furnished by or for
     the United States Government or any agency thereof, and charges
     incurred during confinement in a hospital owned or operated by a
     State, Province or political subdivision unless there is an
     unconditional requirement to pay these last mentioned charges
     without regard to any rights against others, contractual or
     otherwise.

(e)  Charges incurred in connection with illnesses due to an act of
     war, declared or undeclared.

(f)  Charges incurred for services, treatments and supplies in
     connection with an illness of a covered retired Employee, to the
     extent to which such services, treatments and supplies are
     provided for the covered retired Employee under a workmenOs
     compensation law, occupational disease law or similar legislation
     on account of accidental bodily injury or disease arising out of
     employment with the Policyholder.

                      INDIVIDUAL YEARLY MAXIMUM

Not more than $5,000 of benefits in the aggregate (herein called the
Individual Yearly Maximum) shall be payable by the Insurance Company
under the provisions of
                                                           (Continued)

GC-10319                           -26d-
                                  
                INDIVIDUAL YEARLY MAXIMUM (Continued)

this Rider with respect to all eligible charges incurred by a covered
retired Employee during each calendar year.

                         PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

All benefits provided in this Rider shall be paid to the retired
Employee as they accrue or as stated in the following sentence hereof
upon receipt of written proof covering the occurrence , character and
extent of the event for which claim is made.  Indemnity, if any,
provided for loss of life shall be payable in accordance with the
provisions respecting such payment prescribed in the last paragraph of
the section of this Rider entitled OAllocation of Portion of Group
Life Insurance for Disbursement as Retired Employee Supplementary
Major Medical Expense BenefitsO.

           NOT IN LIEU OF WORKMENOS COMPENSATION INSURANCE
                                  
The insurance under this Rider is not in lieu of and does not affect
any requirement for coverage by WorkmenOsO Compensation Insurance.

                            NO ASSIGNMENT

The insurance under this Rider shall be non-assignable.

                    __________________________________


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Prudential Insurance Company of America has
caused this Rider to be executed as of the effective date of the Rider
indicated on the first page hereof.







          Secretary.                         President.











GC-10319                           -26e-

             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                (Herein Called The Insurance Company)
                                  

Policyholder:                                Northrop Corporation

Group Policy No.:                     G-91660     Effective Date of
               Rider: August 1, 1970

                RIDER MADE A PART OF THE GROUP POLICY
                (to be attached to the Group Policy)
                                  
The Insurance Company hereby agrees that the Policy is modified by the
addition of the following provisions:

                     INSURANCE CONTINUANCE FUND
1.   Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4 of this Rider,
     this Rider shall be applicable to the following classes of
     Employees of the Policyholder:

     Those Employees designated as (1) President, Executive Vice
     President, or Senior Vice President of Northrop Corporation or
     (2) elected vice presidents each of whom has entered into an
     employment agreement with the Policyholder, who have been retired
     under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Northrop
     Corporation and who are insured under Employee Term Life
     Insurance Coverage Rider form LIFE 101(1-1), such Rider
     hereinafter to be referred to as the Northrop Primary Group Life
     Insurance Rider; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
     any time include any Employee who, on or prior to the date of
     such treatment, shall have furnished proof of total and permanent
     disability as provided under Section OExtension of Death BenefitO
     of the Northrop Primary Group Life Insurance Rider and whose
     insurance is extended as provided in such Section.  The Employees
     shall be limited to Employees in such designated classes.
     Wherever reference is made in this Ride to Retired Employees
     Coverage such reference shall mean the term insurance provided
     under the Northrop Primary Group Life Insurance Rider for Retired
     Employees as defined in this Section 1.  Wherever reference is
     made in this Rider to a Covered Retired Employee such reference
     shall mean that Retired Employees Coverage as defined in this
     Section 1 is provided for such person.  Wherever reference is
     made in this Rider to Other Employees Coverage such reference
     shall mean the term insurance provided under the Northrop Primary
     Group Life Insurance Rider for persons other than Retired
     Employees as defined in this Section 1.  The term OHome OfficeO
     as used in this Rider means the Home Office of the Insurance
     Company in the City of Newark, New Jersey or any of the other
     Home or Head Offices of the Insurance Company.
     
2.   For the purpose of providing the Retired Employees Coverage
     subject to the terms and conditions of the Policy and the
     limitations set forth in this Rider, the Policyholder shall pay
     to the Insurance Company premium charges determined by the
     Insurance Company in accordance with such cost estimates as may
     from time to time be made by the Insurance Company, such premium
     charges to be referred to in this Rider as basic premium charges.
     Basic premium charges under this Rider in amounts determined by
     the Insurance Company, as specified in the preceding sentences,
     shall be due during the continuance of this Rider on

GC-10311                           -47a-

     the same dates as the premium charges for the Other Employees
     Coverage, provided, however, that no basic premium charges under
     the Rider shall be due after the termination of the Other
     Employees Coverage.
     
     Whenever the Insurance Company determines that a policy dividend,
     or any portion thereof, declared on the Policy during the
     continuance of this Rider is attributable to the Retired
     Employees Coverage, such policy dividend, or portion thereof, as
     the case may be, shall be applied by the Insurance Company as a
     supplemental premium charge under this Rider, regardless of
     whether on or prior to the date on which such policy dividend is
     declared, basic premium charges under this Rider have ceased to
     be due.

3.   The basic and supplemental premium charges under this Rider paid
     to or applied by the Insurance Company in accordance with the
     provisions of Sections 2 and 7 of this Rider shall be accounted
     for in a fund maintained  by the Insurance Company with respect
     to the Policy, referred to in this Rider as the Insurance
     Continuance Fund.  The Insurance Continuance Fund shall from time
     to time be increased by interest, in accordance with the
     provisions of the second paragraph of this Section 3, and
     decreased by the basic cost of insurance charges, and any
     supplemental cost of insurance charges, in accordance with the
     provisions of the last paragraph of this Section 3.

     Interest shall be added to the Insurance Continuance Fund on each
     policy anniversary of the Policy occurring during the continuance
     of this Rider, and in the event of the termination of this Rider,
     also on the day following the date of such termination.  The
     interest for any period, whether a policy year as defined in the
     last sentence of this paragraph, or part of a policy year, shall
     be computed at such rate or rates as determined by the Insurance
     Company to be applicable with respect to such period.  Any other
     elements required for the computation of the interest, including
     the dates as of which the basic and supplemental premium charges
     under this Rider will be added to the Insurance Continuance Fund
     shall be determined by the Insurance Company.  The term Opolicy
     yearO as used in this Rider shall mean a period commencing on a
     policy anniversary and ending on the last day prior to the next
     succeeding policy anniversary, provided, however, that with
     respect to the period ending on the last day prior to the policy
     anniversary next following the effective date of the Rider the
     term Opolicy yearO shall mean the period commencing on the
     effective date of this Rider and ending on the last day prior to
     the policy anniversary next following the effective date of this
     Rider.
     
     Unless otherwise agreed upon by the Insurance Company and the
     Policyholder, the basic cost of insurance charge for the Retired
     Employees Coverage shall be deducted from the Insurance
     Continuance Fund on the first day of each month during the
     continuance of this Rider and the amount so deducted each month
     shall be equal to the product of the total amount of the Retired
     Employees Coverage in force on such day and the average monthly
     basic cost of insurance rate then in effect.  If the deduction
     from the Insurance Continuance Fund is made other than monthly ,
     the amount deducted from time to time shall be determined by a
     method mutually agreeable to the Insurance Company and the
     Policyholder.
     
     
     
     GC-10311                      -47b-
     The Insurance Company will determine as of the first due date of
     a basic premium charge under this Rider on which there are
     covered Retired Employees, an average monthly basic cost of
     insurance rate for the Retired Employee Coverage by applying the
     individual rate for the Retired Employees Coverage Basic Cost of
     Insurance Rates, as set forth below, to the amounts of insurance
     in force at the respective ages, nearest birthday, of all persons
     who are then Covered Retired Employees, and dividing the
     aggregate amount so obtained by the total amount of such
     insurance, provided, however, that if no persons became Covered
     Retired Employees prior to the discontinuance of the payment of
     the basic premium charges under this Rider by the Policyholder,
     the determination shall be made on such other date as may be
     determined by the Insurance Company on which there are Covered
     Retired Employees.
     
    Initial Table of Individual Basic Cost of Insurance Rates Per
      $1,000 of Insurance under the Policy on Retired Employees
                                  
     Rate Basis. - The individual rates set forth below are based on
     the Commissioners 1960 Standard Group Mortality Table and 3%
     interest.
     
      Age               Age                 Age
     Nearest Monthly   Nearest   Monthly   Nearest   Monthly
     Birthday  Rate    Birthday    Rate    Birthday    Rate
     
      45       $.68       57      $1.97       69      $5.34
      46        .74       58        2.14      70        5.81
       47      .81       59        2.32      71        6.32
       48      .89       60        2.51      72        6.84
       49      .97       61        2.72      73        7.38
       50      1.06      62        2.96      74        7.95
       51      1.16      63        3.21      75        8.56
      52        1.26      64        3.48      76        9.24
      53        1.38      65        3.78      77       10.00
      54        1.51      66        4.11      78       10.86
      55        1.65      67        4.48      79       11.81
      56        1.80      68        4.89      80       12.83
     
     Rates for ages not shown herein will be determined by the
     Insurance Company on the same Rate Basic as specified above and
     will be furnished upon request.
     
                     **************************
     
     The Insurance Company may (a) as of any due date of a basic cost
     of insurance charge, and (b) whenever the extent of the Retired
     Employees Coverage is changed by agreement of the Insurance
     Company and the Policyholder, change the table of individual
     basic cost of insurance rates on the basis of which further basic
     cost of insurance charges, including any then due, shall be
     computed, by notifying the Policyholder prior to the date as of
     which the basic cost of insurance rates are to be changed.  The
     Insurance Company, however, shall not have the right to change
     the table of individual basic cost of insurance rates under (a)
     of this paragraph prior to the first anniversary of the effective
     date of this Rider, nor, after such anniversary, more than once
     during any twelve (12) consecutive months.
     GC-10311                      -47c-
     
     The Insurance Company or the Policyholder may (a) as of any
     policy anniversary of the Policy following the effective date of
     this Rider, and (b) as of any due date of a basic cost of
     insurance charge on which the table of individual basic cost of
     insurance rates may be changed, in accordance with the provisions
     of the preceding paragraph of this Section 3, and (c) whenever
     the extent of the Retired Employees Coverage is changed by
     agreement of the Insurance Company and the Policyholder, require
     that the average monthly basic cost of insurance rate be
     determined according to the then attained ages of all persons who
     are then Covered Retired Employees and the table of individual
     basic cost of insurance rates then in effect.
     
     Whenever 105% of the incurred benefit charges for the Retired
     Employees Coverage, as defined in the next sentence of this
     paragraph, is for any policy year in excess of the basic cost of
     insurance charge for the Retired Employees Coverage for the same
     policy year, as determined by the Insurance Company in accordance
     with the provisions of the third paragraph of this Section 3, a
     supplemental cost of insurance charge for the Retired Employees
     Coverage shall be deducted from the Insurance Continuance Fund as
     of the policy anniversary next following the end of such policy
     year, provided that this Rider is continued in force to the end
     of such policy year, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such
     excess, and (ii) the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund as
     of such policy anniversary.  The term Oincurred benefit charges
     for the Retired Employees CoverageO as used in this paragraph
     shall, for any policy year, mean (i) the amount of claims and
     conversions charges, as determined by the Insurance Company, for
     the Retired Employees Coverage, recorded by the Insurance Company
     during such policy year, plus (ii) the estimated amount of claims
     and conversions charges, as determined by the Insurance Company,
     for the Retired Employees Coverage, unrecorded by the Insurance
     Company as of the end of such policy year but chargeable to the
     experience of the Policy as of the end of such policy year, less
     (iii) the amount corresponding to (ii) of this sentence that was
     used by the Insurance Company to determine the incurred benefit
     charges  for the Retired Employees Coverage for the preceding
     policy year.  In the event of the termination of this Rider prior
     to the end of a policy year, the Insurance Company shall
     determine the supplemental cost of insurance charge for the
     period from the last preceding policy anniversary of the Policy
     to the termination date of this Rider by a method consistent with
     the principles specified in the preceding sentences of this
     paragraph, as if the termination of this Rider had occurred at
     the end of a policy year, but taking the shorter duration into a
     account, and deduct the supplemental cost of insurance charge so
     determined as of the day following such termination date.  The
     Insurance Company may, by notifying the Policyholder, change the
     percentage f incurred benefit charges specified in the first
     sentence of this paragraph, as of any date on which the average
     monthly basic cost of insurance rate may be redetermined in
     accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
     provided, however, that any new percentage of incurred benefit
     charges shall not be applicable to any period elapsed prior to
     the date as of which the change in the percentage of incurred
     benefit charges is made.
     
4.   Anything in the Policy to the contrary notwithstanding, the
     Policyholder may either (a) discontinue the payment of the basic
     premium charges under this Rider, but continue the payment of the
     premium charges for the Other Employees Coverage, or (b)
     discontinue both payment of the basic premium charges under this
     Rider and the payment of the premium charges for the Other
     Employees

GC-10311                      -47d-
     Coverage.  The discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment
     of the basic premium charges under the Rider, under the
     circumstances specified in (a) of the first sentence of this
     paragraph, shall not effect the termination of this Rider nor the
     termination of the Policy, either with respect to the Retired
     Employees Coverage or with respect to the Other Employees
     Coverage.  The discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment
     of the basic premium charges under this Rider, under the
     circumstances specified in (b) of the first sentence of this
     paragraph, shall effect the termination of the Policy with
     respect to the Other Employees Coverage only, whereas this Rider
     and the Policy with respect to the Retired Employees Coverage
     shall remain in force until this Rider terminates.
     
     In the event of the discontinuance by the Policyholder of the
     amount of the basic premium charges under this Rider, no person
     who is not a Covered Retired Employee at the time when such
     discontinuance is deemed to occur, within the meaning specified
     in Section 6 of this Rider, may thereafter become a Covered
     Retired Employee, except as otherwise provided hereafter in this
     Section 4, but any person who is then a Covered Retired Employee
     shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the Policy and the
     limitations set forth in this Rider, remain insured under the
     Policy for the Retied Employees Coverage until this Rider
     terminates or such person ceases to be a Retired Employee,
     whichever occurs earlier.
     
     If the Insurance Continuance Fund, on or after the date of
     discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment of the basic
     premium charges under this Rider is in excess of the amount
     estimated by the Insurance Company to be sufficient to provide
     for the periodic continuance of the Retired Employees Coverage on
     all persons who at the time when such discontinuance is deemed to
     occur, within the meaning specified in Section 6 of this Rider,
     are Covered Retired Employees, for as long as such persons remain
     Retired Employees, the Policyholder and the Insurance Company may
     agree that certain persons who are then not Covered Retired
     Employees shall thereafter be eligible to become insured under
     the Policy for the Retired Employees Coverage, subject to the
     terms and conditions of the Policy and the limitations set forth
     in this Rider.  Any such estimate of the sufficiency of the
     Insurance Continuance Fund shall be made by the Insurance Company
     by a method consistent with the cost estimates referred to in
     Section 2 of this Rider.
     
5.   The Retired Employees Coverage shall, unless otherwise specified
     in this Rider, be subject to all the terms and conditions of the
     Policy applicable thereto while this Rider remains in force,
     provided, however, that by agreement of the Policyholder and the
     Insurance Company the terms and conditions of the Policy with
     respect to the Retired Employees Coverage may be changed from
     time to time.

6.   A grace period of thirty one-one days will be allowed for the
     payment of any basic premium charges under this Rider except the
     first.  If any basic premium charge under this Rider is not paid
     within the days of grace, the discontinuance of the payment of
     the basic premium charges under this Rider shall be deemed to
     have occurred at the end of such grace period, unless otherwise
     agreed upon by the Insurance Company and the Policyholder.  The
     foregoing provisions of this Section 6 are applicable only to the
     basic premium charges under this Rider and



GC-10311                      -47e-

     shall not modify any provisions of the Policy, or of any other
     rider attached thereto, which apply to the payment of the premium
     charges for the Other Employees Coverage.
     
7.   The Insurance Company may terminate this Rider, provided written
     notice of the CompanyOs intention to effect such termination as
     of a certain date has been given to the Employer at least 31 dyas
     in advance of such date, whenever, as of the date the Insurance
     Company gives such notice, the Insurance Company determines that
     the Insurance Continuance Fund does not equal or exceed 40% of
     the sum of the amounts of insurance for Covered Retired Employees
     immediately prior to the earlier of the Covered Retired
     EmployeeOs retirement or attainment of age 65.

     The termination of this Rider as specified in the preceding
     paragraph shall be effective on the date specified in the notice
     of this Insurance Company, excetp that the Employer may pay to
     the Insurance Company prior to such date a supplemental premium
     charge, whereupon the Insurance CompanyOs notice of intention to
     effect such termination shall be deemed withdrawn and this Rider
     shall continue in force beyond the date on which termination was
     to become effective, subject to the terms and conditions of the
     Policy and the limitations set forth in this Rider.  The
     supplemental premium charge referred to in the preceding sentence
     will be determined by the Insurance Company, at the request of
     the Employer, by a method consistent with the cost estimates
     referred to in Section 2 of this Rider.
     
     This Rider shall terminate automatically upon receipt by the
     Insurance Company at the Home Office of written notice from the
     Employer of the last person to die of the group of persons
     composed of all persons who either are Covered Retired Employees
     or are eligible to become Covered Retired Employees.
     
8.   Upon the termination of this Rider, the Policy shall terminate
     with respect to the Retired Employees Coverage, and any persons
     who are then Covered Retired Employees shall automatically cease
     to be insured under the Policy for the Retired Employees Coverage
     at the same time as the termination of this Rider becomes
     effective.  The Insurance Company will as soon as practicable
     thereafter determine, by the first in, first our rule of
     accounting, which of the basic and supplementla premium charges
     under this Rider paid to or applied by the Insurance Company,
     increased by interest, as determined in accordance with the
     provisions of the second paragraph of Section 3 of this Rider,
     and which of the basic and supplemental premium charges under
     this Rider paid to or applied by the Insurance Company were (c)
     not required to be used, either in full or in part, for such
     purpose.  If such determination discloses that any basic and
     supplemental premium charges under this Rider paid to or applied
     by the Insurance Company will pay to the Policyholder, in the
     manner specified in the following paragraph of this Section 8, a
     refund equal to the sum of (A) and (B), as defined in the last
     two sentences








GC-10311                      -47f-
     of this paragraph, to be used for the sole benefit of employees.
     Payment by the Insurance Company in accordance with the
     provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 8, shall
     completely discharge the liability of the Insurance Company with
     respect to any amount of amounts so paid.  The term (A) as used
     in the third sentence this paragraph means an amount equal to the
     unused portion of any basic and supplemental premium charge
     included in (b) of the second sentence of this paragraph, either
     increased by the excess of (i) 95% of the interest on such unused
     portion of any basic and supplemental premium charge to the
     termination date of this Rider, as determined in accordance with
     the provisions of the second paragraph of Section 3 of this
     Rider, over (ii) 5% of such unused portion of any basic and
     supplemental premium charge, if (i) is greater than (ii), or
     decreased by the excess of (ii) over (i), if (i) is smaller than
     (ii).  The term (B) as used in the third sentence of this
     paragraph means the aggregate of the basic and supplemental
     premium charges included in (c) of the second sentence of this
     paragraph, either increased by the excess of (i) the aggregate of
     (i) the aggregate of 95% of the interest on each of such basic
     supplemental premium charges to the termination date of this
     Rider, as determined in accordance with the provisions of the
     second paragraph of Section 3 of this Rider, over (ii) 5% of the
     aggregate of such basic and supplemental premium charges, if (i)
     is greater than (ii), or decreased by the excess of (ii) over
     (i), if (i) is smaller than (ii)
     
     The Insurance Company will pay the amount due by reason of the
     termination of the Rider, in accordance with the provisions of
     the first paragraph of this Section 8, in 120 monthly
     installments.  The first such installment shall be due on the day
     following the end of the six monthsO period commencing with the
     policy anniversary next following the termination date of this
     Rider, regardless of whether on such policy anniversary the
     Policy is in force with respect to the Other Employee Coverage or
     not, and each subsequent installment shall be due on the
     corresponding day of each month thereafter until all installments
     have been paid, provided, however, that the Insurance Company may
     at any time and from time to time advance the due date of any one
     or more of such installments including the first installment.
     Each installment shall be equal to the sum of (i) the 120th part
     of the amount due by reason of the termination of this Rider, in
     accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of this
     Section 8, and (ii) interest on (i) computed at such effective
     rate or rates as determined by the Insurance Company from time to
     time, but not less than 2 per cent per annum. for the day
     following the termination date of this Rider to the date on which
     such installment is paid.
     
     Whenever the Insurance Company, in accordance with the provisions
     of this Section 8, determines as an effective rate of interest
     for any period of time, such rate shall be used by the Insurance
     Company with respect to all interest calculations required under
     this Section 8 for the same period of time.
     
The Insurance Company has caused this Rider to be executed as of the
effective date of the Rider indicated on the first page hereof.

                           THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA


                       By


                                            Secretary
GC-10311                      -47g-
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                (Herein Called the Insurance Company)
                                  
Policyholder:  NORTHROP CORPORATION
Group Policy No.:   G-91660                      Effective Date of
Rider: October 1,1980
                                  
                RIDER MADE A PART OF THE GROUP POLICY
                (to be attached to the Group Policy)
                                  
The Insurance Company hereby agrees that the policy is modified by the
addition of the following provisions:

                     INSURANCE CONTINUANCE FUND
                                  
Subject to the limitations set forth in the section ODiscontinuance of
Premium ChargesO, this Rider shall be applicable to:

Those Employees of Northrop Corporation classified as Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating
Officer, or Senior Vice President, who prior to, on , or after the
effective date of this Rider have been, are, or shall be retired under
the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Northrop Corporation,
except that this Rider shall not be applicable to any employees of the
Policyholder who on or prior to the date of their retirement shall
have furnished proof of total and permanent disability as provided
under the section OExtended Death Benefit During Total DisabilityO of
Group Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage Riders LIFE 604(6-4) or
LIFE 604(6-5), forming part of the Policy and whose insurance is being
extended as provided in such section.

                             Definitions

Whenever used in this Rider, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:

  ORetired EmployeesO means those employees of the Policyholder to
  whom this Rider is applicable.
  
  ORetired Employees CoveragesO means the term insurance provided
  under the Group Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage Riders LIFE
  604(6-4) and LIFE 604(6-5), forming parts of the Policy for Retired
  Employees, and for which cost of insurance charges are made in
  accordance with the provisions of the section OFund MaintenanceO.
  
  OCovered Retired EmployeesO means Retired Employees for whom
  Retired Employees Coverage is provided.
  
  OOther Employees CoverageO means the term insurance provided under
  the Group Employee Term Life Insurance Coverage Riders LIFE 604(6-
  4) and LIFE 604(6-5), forming parts of the Policy, for persons
  other than Retired Employees.
  
  OPolicy YearO means the period commencing on the effective date of
  this Rider and ending the last day prior to the policy anniversary
  of the Policy next following the effective date of this Rider, and
  subsequent period commencing on a policy anniversary of the Policy.
  Policy Anniversaries of the Policy shall be deemed to continue to
  occur after termination of the Retired Employees Coverage or of the
  Policy.
  
GC-10442

OIncurred Benefit Charges for the Retired Employees CoverageO means
the sum of the following charges for Retired Employees Coverage as
determined by the Insurance Company: (I) the amount of claims and
conversion charges recorded by the Insurance Company during any Policy
Year, plus (ii) the estimated amount of claims and conversion charges
unrecorded by the Insurance Company as of the end of such Policy Year
but chargeable to the experience of the Policy as of the end of such
Policy Year, less (iii) the amount corresponding to (ii) of this
sentence that was used by the Insurance Company to determine the
incurred benefit charges for the preceding Policy Year.

OHome OfficeO means the Home Office of the Insurance Company in the
City of Newark, New Jersey, or any of the other Home or Head Offices
of the Insurance Company.


                           Premium Charges
                                  

Basic Premium Charges - For the purpose of providing the Retired
Employees Coverage subject to the terms and conditions of the Policy
and the limitations set forth in this Rider, the Policyholder shall
pay to the Insurance Company premium charges determined by the
Insurance Company in accordance with such cost estimates as may from
time to time be made by the Insurance Company, such premium charges to
be referred to in this Rider as basic premium charges.  The first
basic premium charge under this Rider is due on the effective date of
this Rider and subsequent basic premium charges under this Rider in
amounts determined by the Insurance Company, as specified in the
preceding sentence, shall be due during the continuance of the Retired
Employees Coverage on the same dates as the premium charges under this
Rider shall be due after the termination of the Other Employees
Coverage.

Supplemental Premium Charges - Whenever the Insurance Company
determines that a policy dividend, or any portion thereof, declared on
the Policy as of a policy anniversary of the Policy, is attributable
to the Retired Employees Coverage, such policy dividend, or portion
thereof, as the case may be, shall be applied by the Insurance Company
as a supplemental premium charge under this Rider, regardless of
whether on or prior to such policy anniversary basic premium charge
under this Rider have ceased to be due.  During continuance of the
Retired Employees Coverage, in computing the average rate and the
premium charge for the insurance in force under the Group Employee
Term Life Insurance Coverage Riders LIFE 604(6-4) and LIFE 604(6-5),
forming parts of the Policy, the Retired Employees Coverage shall be
excluded for any purpose other than the determining of the amount by
which each individual rate per $1,000 of insurance, as specified in
the section OComputation Riders LIFE 604(6-4) and LIFE 604(6-5), is
increased.

A supplemental premium charge may also be payable under the section
OTermination of Retired Employees CoverageO.

                          Fund Maintenance

The basic and supplemental premium charges under this Rider paid to or
applied by the Insurance Company shall be accounted for in a fund
maintained by the Insurance Company with respect to the Policy,
referred to in this Rider as the Insurance Continuance Fund.

GC-10442                      -2-
Interest Additions - Interest shall be added to the Insurance
Continuance Fund (1) on each policy anniversary of the Policy
occurring during the continuance of this Rider and (2) on the day
following the termination of the Retired Employees Coverage, and (3)
on the day of the termination of this Rider.  The interest for aEy
period, whether a Policy Year of part of a Policy Year, shall be
computed at such rate or rates as detemined by the Insurance Company
to be applicable with respect to such period.  Any other elements
required for the computation of the interest, including the dates as
of which the basic and supplemental premium charges under this Rider
will be added to the Insurance Continuance Fund, shall be determined
by the Insurance Company.

Basic Cost of Insurance Charge Deductions - Unless otherwise agreed
upon by the Insurance Company and the Policyholder, the basic cost of
insurance charges for the Retired Employees Coverage shall be deducted
from the Insurance Continuance Fund on the first day of each month
during the continuance of the Retired Employees coverage and the
amount so deducted each month shall be equal to the product of the
total amount of the Retired Employees Coverage in force on such day
and the average monthly basic cost of insurance rate then in effect.
If the deduction from the Insurance Continuance Fund is made other
than monthly, the amount deducted from time to time shall be
determined by a method mutually agreeable to the Insurance Company and
the Policyholder.

The Insurance Company will determine as of the first due date of a
basic premium charge under this Rider on which there are Covered
Retired Employees, an average monthly basic cost of insurance rate for
the Retired Employees Coverage by applying the individual rates
specified in the Initial Table of Individual Basic Cost of Insurance
Rates, as set forth below, the amounts of insurance in force at the
respective ages, nearest birthday, of all person who are then Covered
Retired Employees and dividing the aggregate amount so obtained by the
total amount of such insurance, provided, however, that if no persons
become Covered Retired Employees prior to the discontinuance of the
payment of the basic premium charges under this Rider by the
Policyholder the determination shall be made on such other date as may
be determined by the Insurance Company on which there are Covered
Retired Employees.

Initial Table of Individual Basic Cost of Insurance Rates Per $1,000
                                 of
          Insurance under the Policy on Retired Employees*
Rate Basis - The individual rates set forth below are based on the
Commissioners 1960 Standard Group Mortality Table and 3% interest.
      Age               Age                 Age
     Nearest Monthly   Nearest   Monthly   Nearest   Monthly
     Birthday  Rate    Birthday    Rate    Birthday    Rate
     
      45       $.68       57      $1.97       69      $5.34
      46        .74       58        2.14      70        5.81
       47      .81       59        2.32      71        6.32
       48      .89       60        2.51      72        6.84
       49      .97       61        2.72      73        7.38
       50      1.06      62        2.96      74        7.95
       51      1.16      63        3.21      75        8.56
      52        1.26      64        3.48      76        9.24
      53        1.38      65        3.78      77       10.00
      54        1.51      66        4.11      78       10.86
      55        1.65      67        4.48      79       11.81
      56        1.80      68        4.89      80       12.83
GC-10442                                     -3-

Rates for ages not shown herein will be determined by the Insurance
Company on the same Rate Basic as specified above and will be
furnished upon request.

                     **************************

The Insurance Company may (a) as of any due date of a basic cost of
insurance charge, and (b) whenever the extent of the Retired Employees
Coverage is changed by agreement of the Insurance Company and the
Policyholder, change the table of individual basic cost of insurance
rates on the basis of which further basic cost of insurance charges,
including any then due, shall be computed, by notifying the
Policyholder prior to the date as of which the basic cost of insurance
rates are to be changed.  The Insurance Company, however, shall not
have the right to change the table of individual basic cost of
insurance rates under (a) of this paragraph prior to the first
anniversary of the effective date of this Rider, nor, after such
anniversary, more than once during any twelve (12) consecutive months.

The Insurance Company or the Policyholder may (a) as of any policy
anniversary of the Policy following the effective date of this Rider,
and (b) as of any due date of a basic cost of insurance charge on
which the table of individual basic cost of insurance rates may be
changed, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph
of this Section 3, and (c) whenever the extent of the Retired
Employees Coverage is changed by agreement of the Insurance Company
and the Policyholder, require that the average monthly basic cost of
insurance rate be determined according to the then attained ages of
all persons who are then Covered Retired Employees and the table of
individual basic cost of insurance rates then in effect.

Supplemental Cost of Insurance Charge Deductions - Whenever 105% of
the incurred benefit charges for the Retired Employees Coverage for
any Policy Year exceeds the basic cost of insurance charges for the
Retired Employees Coverage for the same Policy Year, as determined by
the Insurance Company, such excess hereinafter referred to as Amount
A, a supplemental cost of insurance charge for the Retired Employees
Coverage shall be deducted from the Insurance Continuance Fund as of
the policy anniversary of the Policy next following the end of such
Policy Year, provided that the Retired Employees coverage continued in
force to the end of such Policy Year.  Such supplemental cost of
insurance charge shall be -

     (a)  if, after the deduction of Amount A from the Insurance
          Continuance Fund, the balance in the Insurance Continuance
          Fund as of such policy anniversary, after the addition as of
          such policy anniversary of interest and of any supplemental
          premium charge arising from dividends, is greater than the
          Amount B referred to hereafter in this paragraph - The
          Amount A;
      (b) if the conditions specified in ((a) above is not satisfied -
          The positive excess, if any, of (i) the balance in the
          Insurance Continuance Fund as of such policy anniversary of
          interest and of any supplemental premium charge arising from
          dividends, over (ii) the Amount B below as of such policy
          anniversary.
     
The Amount B as of any policy anniversary of the Policy shall be
determined by the Insurance Company whenever a supplemental cost of
insurance charge is to be deducted from the Insurance Continuance Fund
as of such policy anniversary in accordance with the provisions of the
section OCapital Adjustments, Additions, and DeductionO if the balance
of the Insurance Continuance Fund as of such policy anniversary were
reduced to a level such that such final capital charge would exactly
liquidate the Insurance Continuance Fund.

GC-10442                      -4-
In the event of the termination of the Retired Employees Coverage
prior to the end of a Policy Year, the Insurance Company shall
determine the supplemental cost of insurance charge for the Retired
Employees Coverage for the period from the policy anniversary of the
Policy immediately preceding the date of termination of the Retired
Employees Coverage to such termination date by a method consistent
with the above principles as if the termination of the Retired
Employees Coverage had occurred at the end of the Policy Year, but
taking the shorter duration into account, and deduct the supplemental
cost of insurance charge for the Retired Employees Coverage so
determined as of the day following the date of such termination.

The Insurance Company may, by notifying the Policyholder, change the
percentage of Incurred Benefit Charges for the Retired Employees
Coverage specified in the first paragraph of this subsection, as of
any date on which the average monthly basic cost of insurance rate may
be redetermined in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
subsection, provided, however that any new percentage of Incurred
Benefit Charges for the Retired Employees Coverage shall not be
applicable to any period elapsed prior to the date as of which the
change in the percentage of Incurred Benefit Charges for the Retired
Employees Coverage is made.

Capital Adjustments:   Additions and Deductions - Whenever

     (i)  the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund as of a date
          on which interest is to be added to the Insurance
          Continuance Fund is smaller than
     
     (ii) the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund as of the
          immediately preceding date on which interest had been added
          to the Insurance Continuance Fund, the Insurance Continuance
          Fund shall, as of the same date as specified in (i), be
          increased or decreased by an amount, hereinafter referred to
          as a capital adjustment, determined by the Insurance Company
          to be applicable to this Rider as of such date.
     
For the purpose of (i) above, the balance in the Insurance Continuance
Fund as of a particular date shall be determined by the Insurance
Company after the addition as of such date of interest, but before the
deduction as of such date of any supplemental cost of insurance charge
for the Retired Employees Coverage and before the addition as of such
date of any supplemental premium charge arising from dividends, and
before making as of such date any capital adjustment, provided,
however that the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund shall be
considered to be zero (1) as of any date on which the supplemental
cost of insurance charge for the Retired Employees Coverage is to be
deducted, if as of such date the conditions specified in (a) of the
preceding subsection is not satisfied, and (2) as of the day on which
the last refund is to be made under the section ORefund of Fund
BalanceO.

For the purpose of (ii) above, the balance in the Insurance
Continuance Fund as of a particular date shall be determined by the
Insurance Company after the addition of interest and after making any
capital adjustment, in either case as of such date, but before  the
deduction of any supplemental cost of insurance charge for the Retired
Employees Coverage and before the addition of any supplemental premium
charge arising from dividends, in either case as of such date.

Refund Deductions - Refunds shall be deducted from the Insurance
Continuance Fund in accordance with the provisions of the section
ORefund of Fund BalanceO.

GC-10442                      -5-
               Grace Period for Basic Premium Charges
                                  
A grace period of thirty-one days will be allowed for the payment of
any basic premium charges under this Rider except the first.  If any
basic premium charge under this Rider is not paid within the days of
grace the discontinuance of the payment of the basic premium charges
under this Rider shall be deemed to have occurred at the end of such
grace period, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Insurance company
and the Policyholder.  This grace period applies only to the basic
premium charges under this Rider and shall not modify any provisions
of the Policy or of any other rider attached thereto, which apply to
the payment of the premium charges for the Other Employees Coverage.

                  Discontinuance of Premium Charges

Anything in the Policy to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Policyholder may either (a) discontinue the payment of the basic
premium charges under his Rider, but continue the payment of the
premium charges for the Other Employees Coverage, or (b) discontinue
both the payment of the basic premium charges under this Rider and the
payment of the premium charges for the Other Employees coverage.  The
discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment of the basic premium
charges under this Rider, under circumstances specified in (a), shall
not effect either the termination of the Retired Employees Coverage or
the termination of the Other Employees Coverage.  The discontinuance
by the Policyholder of the payment of the basic premium charges under
this Rider and of the premium charges for the Other Employees
Coverage, referred to in (b), shall effect the termination of the
Other Employees Coverage only, whereas the Retired Employees Coverage
shall continue in force until terminated in accordance with the
provisions of the next section.

Except as otherwise provided hereafter in this section, in the event
of the discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment of the basic
premium charges under this Rider, no persons may become Covered
Retired Employees after the date when such discontinuance is deemed to
occur, within the meaning specified in the preceding section, but any
persons who on such date are Covered Retired Employees shall, subject
to the terms and conditions of the Policy and limitations set forth in
this Rider, remain Covered Retired Employees until the Retired
Employees Coverage terminates or such persons cease to be Retired
Employees, whichever occurs earlier.

If the Insurance Continuance Fund, on or after the date of
discontinuance by the Policyholder of the payment of the basic premium
charges under this Rider, is in excess of the amount estimated by the
Insurance Company to be sufficient to provide for basic periodic
continuance of the Retired Employees Coverage on all persons who at
the time when such discontinuance is deemed to occur, within the
meaning specified in the preceding section, are Covered Retired
Employees, for as long as such persons remain Retired Employees, the
Policyholder and the Insurance Company may agree that certain person
who are then not Covered Retired Employees shall thereafter be
eligible to become Covered Retired Employees, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Policy and the limitations set forth in this Rider.
Any such estimate of the sufficiency of the Insurance Continuance Fund
shall be made by the Insurance Company by a method consistent with the
cost estimates referred to in the section OPremium ChargesO.






GC-10422                      -6-

              Termination of Retired Employees Coverage

The Insurance Company may terminate the Retired Employees Coverage,
provided written notice of the Insurance CompanyOs intention to effect
such termination as of a certain date has been given to the
Policyholder at least 31 days in advance of such date, whenever, as of
the date the Insurance Company gives such notice,

     (a)  prior to the discontinuance by the Policyholder of the
          payment of the basic premium charges under this Rider, the
          sum of (i) the number of persons insured for the Retired
          Employees Coverage and (ii) the number of persons insured
          for the Other Employees Coverage, is less than twenty-five,
          or
     (b)  the Insurance Company determines that the Insurance
          Continuance Fund does not equal or exceed 80% of the amount
          of the insurance then in force under the Policy for the
          Retired Employees Coverage.

The termination of the Retired Employees Coverage shall be effective
on the date specified in the notice of the Insurance Company, except
that in the case of the termination under (b) above, the Policyholder
may pay up to the Insurance Company prior to such date a supplemental
premium charge, whereupon the Insurance CompanyOs notice of intention
to effect such termination shall be deemed withdrawn and the Retired
Employees Coverage shall continue in force beyond the date on which
the termination was to become effective, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Policy and the limitations set forth in this Rider.
Such supplemental premium charge will be determined by the Insurance
Company, at request of the Policyholder, by a method consistent with
the cost estimate referred to in the section OPremium ChargesO.

The Retired Employees Coverage shall terminate automatically upon
receipt by the Insurance Company at the Home Office of written notice
from the Policyholder of the death of the last person to die of the
group of persons composed of all persons who either are Covered
Retired Employees or are eligible to become Covered Retired Employees.

Upon termination of the Retired Employees Coverage any persons who are
then Covered Retired Employees will automatically cease to be insured
under the Policy for the Retired Employees Coverage at the same time
as the termination of the Retired Employees Coverage becomes
effective.

                       Refund of Fund Balance
                                  
The Insurance Company will as soon as practicable after the
termination date of the Retired Employees Coverage determine the
balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund as of the day following the
termination of the Retired Employees Coverage, calculated in
accordance with the provisions of the section OFund MaintenanceO, and
if such balance is greater than zero make refunds to the Policyholder,
in the manner specified below to be used for the sole benefit of
employees.  Any such refund shall be deducted from the Insurance
Continuance Fund on the due date of the respective refund and the
making of any refund by the Insurance Company to the Policyholder in
accordance with the provisions of this section shall completely
discharge the liability of the Insurance Company with respect to the
refund so made.



GC-10442                      -7-
The first of the refunds shall be due on the day following the end of
the six monthsO period commencing with the policy anniversary of the
Policy next following the termination date of the Retired Employees
Coverage, regardless of whether the Policy is then in force for Other
Employees Coverage, and on each subsequent refund shall be due on the
corresponding day of each month thereafter until the balance in the
Insurance Continuance Fund has been reduced to zero.

Each refund, except the last one, shall be equal to the greater of (a)
2% of the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund determined by the
Insurance Company as of the day following the termination of the
Retired Employees Coverage, and (b) $1,000.  The last refund shall be
equal to the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund as of the due
date of such refund after the addition as of such date of interest and
of any supplemental premium charge arising from dividends, and after
the deduction as of such date of any supplemental cost of insurance
charge, and after making as of such date the capital adjustment
applicable to this Rider.

Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwithstanding, the Policyholder
and the Insurance Company may at any time and from time to time agree
to increase the amount of any one or more of such refundsO or to
advance the due date thereof, or both.

                        Termination of Rider
                                  
This Rider shall terminate automatically (i) on the day on which the
last refund referred to in the preceding section has been made by the
Insurance Company to the Policyholder, or (ii) if the Insurance
Company determines that the balance in the Insurance Continuance Fund
as of the day following the termination of the Retired Employees
Coverage is zero or less than zero.


                   ______________________________
                                  


The Retired Employees Coverage shall, unless otherwise specified in
this Rider, be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Policy
applicable thereto, provided, however, that by agreement of the
Policyholder and the Insurance Company the terms and conditions of the
Policy with respect to the Retired Employees Coverage may be changed
from time to time.


                   _______________________________


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Prudential Insurance Company of America has
caused this Rider to be executed as of the effective date of the Rider
indicated above.


                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                             Secretary
                                                                      
                                                                      
GC-10442                      -8-

Group Policy Nos.   G-91207, GH-91207, GI-91207, GM-91207, GS-91207,
GZ-91207, G-91555, G-91556, G-91609, G-91665, G-93551, GD-93551, G-
93558, GO-93558, G-95305, G-95609
collectively called the Group Contract below.

ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS

for insurance under these Coverages of the Group Contract.

A.   DEFINITIONS.

Contract Year means a period of time:

(1)  starting with the Contract Date and ending with the day before
     the first Contract Anniversary; or

(2)  starting with a Contract Anniversary and ending with the day
     before the next Contract Anniversary.

Additional Premiums means premiums for the insurance under the Group
Contract required by Section B.

Regular Premiums means premiums for the insurance under the Group
Contract other than any Additional Premiums.

B.   ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS

An Additional Premium is due for the insurance under the Group
Contract: (1) on the last day of each Contract Year after these
provisions become effective; and (2) on the date the Group Contract
ends (if other than the end of a Contract Year).

The Additional Premium for each Contract Year is equal to 10% of the
Regular Premium for that Contract Year.

If an Additional Premium is due for a period of less than a Contract
Year, because these provisions do not become effective on a Contract
Anniversary, or because the Group Contract ends on other than the last
day of a Contract Year, that shorter period of time will be used to
determine the Additional Premium.

C.   CHANGES IN THE PERCENT USED TO COMPUTE ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS.

Prudential may change the percent used to compute the Additional
Premiums:   (1) on each Contract Anniversary; and (2) at any other
time the premium rates under the Group Contract may be changed.
Prudential will inform the Contract Holder of any change in the
percent.

Percents used to compute the Additional Premium will be applied to the
Regular Premium for the part of the Contract Year they were in effect.
                   ______________________________
                                  
83500
APC   1004
                                                                #21795
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   a mutual life insurance company
                                  
AMENDMENT TO GROUP POLICY Nos. G-95609, G-91207, GH-91207, GM-91207.
      GZ-91207, G-91555, G-91556, G-91660, G-91665 and G-93551
          (to be attached to and made a part of the Policy)
                                  
The Policy holder and the Insurance Company hereby agree as follows:
1.   The insurance form listed in Column I below is attached to this
     Amendment and forms part of the Group Policy as of such form's
     effective date, the corresponding insurance form, if any, listed
     in Column II.
          Column I                      Column II
          GC-4204                       GC-4204
          effective December 31, 1988             effective December
31, 1982

2.   Effective December 31, 1988, premiums will be computed on the
following basis for the insurance  indicated.

     BRANCH 01  -  Northrop Ventura Division
     Applicable Coverage                Monthly Rate per Employee

     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
         and Dismemberment              $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employee Monthly
                                   Benefit.
     Weekly Income Accident
         and Sickness                   $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1,203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness                  $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit

     BRANCH 02  -  Precision Products Salaried

     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance  Dependents Insurance
     Term Life                $0.152 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.063 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly Benefit
Continued
     BRANCH 02  -  Precision Products Salaried (Continued)
     Applicable Coverage                Monthly Rate per Employee
     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$0.362
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness  -  Exempt       $0.213 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
     Contributory
     Term Life                     $0.425 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment        $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance

     BRANCH 03  -  Precision Products Hourly

     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $0.152 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.063 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefit.
     Dependents Term Life
$0.362
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness  -  Exempt       $1.009 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit

     BRANCH 05  -  Aircraft Division
     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefit.
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness                  $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                              insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                              insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness  -  Exempt       $0.063 per $10.00 of
                              Weekly Benefit
     New York Disability
          Benefits Law             $1.862
Continued
     BRANCH 06  -  Northrop Electronics West Coast
     Applicable Coverage                Monthly Rate per Employee
     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefit.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1.000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Terms Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt      $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit

     BRANCH 17  -  Electro-Mechanical Division
     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Terms Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt      $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit

     BRANCH 23  -  Defense Systems Division

     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life                $0.123 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Additional Term Life               $0.414 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt      $0.446 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
Continued
     BRANCH 28  -  Northrop International Inc.
     Applicable Coverage                Monthly Rate per Employee
     Non-Contributory         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt           $0.446 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
     BRANCH 30  -  Northrop International Inc.
     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt           $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
     BRANCH 23  -  Dakota Manufacturing Plant
     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $0.245 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt           $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
Continued
     BRANCH 39  -  NWASI
     Applicable Coverage                Monthly Rate per Employee
                         Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life and Dependents
          Term Life           $8.905                        *
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.183
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt
          (Non-Contributory)            $18.546
     Dependents Term Life
          (Contributory)                                    $0.747
     * Included in the Employee Insurance

     BRANCH 47  -  Northrop International Aircraft

     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                $0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt      $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit

     BRANCH 55  -  Northrop Industries
     Non-Contributory
     Term Life                $6.130
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $1.086
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employees Monthly
                                   Benefits.
     Contributory
     Term Life                0.430 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Accidental Death
          and Dismemberment             $0.044 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Dependents Term Life
$1.203
     Weekly Income Accident
          and Sickness-Exempt      $0.063 per $10.00 of
                                   Weekly Benefit
                                                             Continued
                                                                      
     BRANCH 72  -  Disabled Lives
     Applicable Coverage           Monthly Rate per Employee

     Non- Contributory        Employee Insurance            Dependents
Insurance
     Term Life                $0.245 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance
     Survivor Benefit Life              $0.045 per $100 of
                                   Employee Monthly
                                   Benefit

     BRANCH 315  -  Retired Lives

     Term Life (Contributory)      $2.444 per $1,000 of
                                   insurance


3.   Effective December 31, 1988, the percent used to calculate the
     additional premium under for 83500 APC 1004 will be 10%

4.   With respect to the Non-Contributory Term Life, Survivor Benefit
     Life, Dependent Term Life, accidental Death Dismemberment and
     Weekly Income Accident and Sickness benefits provided for active
     employees, the premium rates and percent used to calculate the
     additional premium shown in 2. and 3. above will not be changed
     prior to January 1, 1993, unless the number of employees insured
     under the policy decreases to less than 80% of the number of
     employees insured on December 31, 1988.


It is agreed that such change or changes shall form a part of the
Group Policy, but not unless both the Policy holder and the Insurance
Company have hereto affixed their respective signatures.



                         NORTHROP CORPORATION EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
                         BENEFIT PLANS MASTER TRUST PURSUANT TO
               , 19      AN ASSIGNMENT BY NORTHROP CORPORATION
                              (Full or Corporate Name of Policyholder)




Witness                       By
                              (Signature and Title)  Trustee


Woodland Hills, California         THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA


November 14, 1989
_______________________________________________
                                   Assistant Secretary


ORD 23585                                                   (6807a)

Group Policy No.:  G-95609, G-91207, GH-91207, GM-91207, GZ-91207, G-
91555, G-91556, G-91660,
G-91665 and G-93551.

             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   A Mutual Life Insurance Company
                                  
                (Herein Called The Insurance Company)

Rider To Be Attached To and Made A Part Of Group Policy Nos.:  G-
95609, G-91207, GH-91207, GM-91207, GZ-91207, G-91556, G-91660, G-
91665 and G-93551.

The Insurance Company and the Policy holder, agree that, effective
December 31, 1988, the policy is amended by the addition of the
following provision:

                           SPECIAL RESERVE

The Insurance Company may maintain a special reserve to be applied by
it from time to time toward stabilizing experience under the Policy
with respect to the Non-Contributory Employee Term Life, the Non-
Contributory Employees Survivor Benefits Life Insurance, the non-
contributory Dependent Term Life Insurance, the Non-contributory
Employee Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance and the Non-
contributory Employee Weekly Income Accident and Sickness Insurance.
Such reserve shall be established from premiums paid under the Policy
and the amount of such reserve shall be determined by the Insurance
Company from time to time.  Such reserve shall be credited with
interest at the end of each policy year, or in the event of
termination of the Policy, at the time of such termination.  The
interest for the policy year or portion thereof, as the case may be,
shall be determined at the rate of not less than 5% per annum and on
the average amount of the reserve during the period with respect to
which the interest is being computed, except that after this Rider has
been in effect for a period extending from the effective date of this
Rider to the next policy anniversary and from time to time thereafter
the Insurance Company may change the rate to be used in the
computation of the interest on the reserve.

If at any time the Insurance Company shall determine that the amount
of the special reserve is then excess of that required, the Insurance
Company shall pay such excess to the Policy holder as a return of
premium.

Any return to the Policyholder of the balance of the special reserve,
or any portion thereof , in accordance with the provisions of this
Rider, shall be applied by the Policyholder solely for the benefit of
retired employees or active employees, or both.

The Insurance Company has caused this Rider to be executed this
fourteenth day of November, 1989.



                           THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA



                                                                    By
                                                   Assistant Secretary
GC-4204


Group Policy No.:   G-95609, G-91207, GH-91207, GI-91207, GM-91207, GZ-
91207, G-91555,
G-91556, G-91660, G-91665, G-93551, GD-93551, G-93558 and G-95305.

             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   A Mutual Life Insurance Company
                (Herein Called The Insurance Company)

Rider To Be Attached To and Made A Part Of Group Policy Nos.:  G-
95609, G-91207, GH-91207, GI-91207, GM-91207, GZ-91207, G-91555, G-
91556, G-91660, G-91665, G-93551, GD-93551, G-93558 and G-95305.

The Insurance Company and the Policy holder, agree that, effective
December 31, 1982, the policy is amended by the addition of the
following provision:

                           SPECIAL RESERVE

The Insurance Company may maintain a special reserve to be applied by
it from time to time toward stabilizing experience under the Policy.
Such reserve shall be established from premiums paid under the Policy,
and the amount of such reserve shall be determined by the Insurance
Company from time to time.  Such reserve shall be credited with
interest at the end of each policy year, or in the event of
termination of the Policy, at the time of such termination.  The
interest for the policy year or portion thereof, as the case may be,
shall be determined at the rate of not less than 5% per annum and on
the average amount of the reserve during the period with respect to
which the interest is being computed, except that after this Rider has
been in effect for a period extending from the effective date of this
Rider to the next policy anniversary and from time to time thereafter
the Insurance Company may change the rate to be used in the
computation of the interest on the reserve.

If at any time the Insurance Company shall determine that the amount
of the special reserve is then excess of that required, the Insurance
Company shall pay such excess to the Policy holder as a return of
premium.

In the event of termination of the Policy, any balance remaining in
the special reserve after final application of the reserve by the
Insurance Company in accordance with the above provisions shall be
paid to the Policyholder as a return of premium.

Any return to the Policyholder of the balance of the special reserve,
or any portion thereof , in accordance with the provisions of this
Rider, shall be applied by the Policyholder solely for the benefit of
retired employees or active employees, or both.

The Insurance Company has caused this Rider to be executed this
seventeenth day of December, 1982.

                           THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                                                                    By
                                                       Vice President,
                                          Group Insurance Underwriting
                                                                      
                                                          Accepted by:
                                                                      
                                        NORTHROP CORPORATION
     (Date)                                       (Policyholder)

Witness
                                        (Signature and Tittle)
GC-4204

Group Policy Nos.   G-91207, GH-91207, GI-91207, GM-91207, GS-91207,
GZ-91207,
G-91555, G-91556, G-91609, G-91665, G-93551, GD-93551, G-93558, GO-
93558, G-95305, and G-95609.

Effective Date: August 1, 1984


              RIDER FORM MADE A PART OF GROUP POLICIES
                                  
                                  
     G-91207, GH-91207, GI-91207, GK-91207, GM-91207, GS-91207,
       GZ-91207, G-91555, G-91556, G-91660, G-91665, G-93551,
          GD-93551, G-93558, GO-93558, G-95305 and G-95609.
                                  
                              issued by
                                  
             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                (Herein Called the Insurance Company)
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  

It is hereby agreed that the group policies specified above,
collectively, shall be considered as a single group policy, No. GT-
91207, for the purpose of determining and crediting the portion, if
any, of divisible surplus of the Insurance Company accruing upon said
group policies.



                           THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                              By
                                             Assistant Secretary
                              







GC-3222

             THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
                   a mutual life insurance company
                                  
                                  
         AMENDMENT TO GROUP POLICY NOS.   G-6324, GH-91555,
       G-91556, G-91660, G-91207, GO-91207, GH-91207, GZ-91207
     G-93551, G-93558, GO-93558, G-93160, GH-91207 and GY-91207
                                  
(to be attached to and mad a part of each of the above numbered Group
                              Policies)
                                  
                                  
The Policyholder and the Insurance Company hereby agree as follows:

     Effective June 1, 1974, the Group Policies are amended to provide
     that any provisions of the Group Policies to the contrary
     notwithstanding, an Employee who becomes covered for Term Life
     Insurance within 31 days after his ceasing to be a covered
     individual for Term Life Insurance under another Group Policy
     issued to Northrop Corporation (or a subsidiary or affiliate of
     Northrop Corporation), hereinafter referred to as Oprior Group
     PolicyO, then, during said 31 day period, his amount of Term Life
     Insurance under the Group Policy shall be reduced by the amount
     of Term Life Insurance and the amount of any Survivor Benefits
     Life Insurance (present value) which he is entitled to convert
     under the provisions of said prior Group Policy.


It is agreed that such change or changes shall from a part of the
Policy, but not unless both the Policyholder and the Insurance Company
have hereto affixed their respective signatures.



     AUGUST 12,           1974               NORTHROP CORPORATION
                                   (Full or Corporate Name of
                                   Policyholder)


                                                     Vice President
                                                     Industrial
                                                     Relations
Witness____________________________
By____________________________________
                                             (Signature and Title)


                         THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Los Angeles, California


__________________________________, 1974     By
_______________________________


ORD  13455-A  Ed 5-58              74-2-4355



Exhibit                                                     10(j)
PROVIDENT
                                                         LIFE   &
ACCIDENT
                                                        INSURANCE
COMPANY
                                                          (Herein
called the Provident)
_________________________________________________________________
_____________

Based  on  the request for this Policy (herein called  the  Plan)
made by

                  NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
                     1840 Century Park East
               Los Angeles, California  90067-2199
                                
                (herein called the Policyholder)

and  based  on the payment of the premium when due, the Provident
agrees to pay the benefits as provided on the following pages.

This  Plan becomes effective at 12:01 A.M. Standard Time  at  the
Policyholder's  Address on the Effective Date  shown  below.  The
Plan  will  terminate  at 12:00 Midnight on the  Expiration  Date
shown below or as shown in Section VII - Termination of the Plan.

All  matter printed or written by the Provident on the  following
pages forms a part of this Plan as if recited over the signatures
below.

This Plan is delivered in and, to the extent permitted by Federal
Law,  is  governed by the laws of the Jurisdiction  shown  below.
This  Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income  Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA). The general Plan information and a statement
of  the Rights of Plan participants are found at the end of  this
document.

In  witness  whereof the Provident has caused  this  Plan  to  be
executed  at its Home Office in Chattanooga, Tennessee  on  March
10, 1995.

       Secretary                           President  and   Chief
Executive Officer

Approved by                                  Countersigned by
Vice      President-Legislative     and     Industry      Affairs
Licensed Resident Agent


          GROUP POLICY NUMBER      GTA-1561
          EFFECTIVE DATE           July 1, 1995
          EXPIRATION DATE               July 1, 1998
          JURISDICTION                  California
          COVERAGE PROVIDED        Group Accident Insurance


NON-PARTICIPATING
GROUP POLICY

F-66503
A-1















                    TABLE OF CONTENTS



SECTION I           SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS

SECTION II               DEFINITIONS

SECTION III              ELIGIBILITY AND TERMINATION OF COVERAGE

SECTION IV               BENEFIT PROVISION

SECTION V           CLAIM PAYMENTS

SECTION VI               PREMIUMS

SECTION VII              TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

SECTION VIII             GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION   IX                 ERISA  STATEMENT   OF   RIGHTS   AND
INFORMATION
















F-66503
B-1



SECTION I - SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS

The following Employees are eligible for coverage:

Class          Hazard                   Description of Class

    I          17, 17T             The Chairman of the Board.
               20, 26, 28

     II          17, 17T             All full-time Employees, who
are Executive Classes 1, 2,
               20, 26, 28               3 and 4, and who are:

                          (a)   permanent resident aliens of  the
United States of
                              America; or

                          (b)   citizens of the United States  of
America whether
                               employed  within  or  without  the
United States of
                              America.

     III        17, 17T             All full-time Employees,  who
are Executive Class 5, and
               20, 26, 28               who are:

                          (a)   permanent resident aliens of  the
United States of
                              America; or

                          (b)   citizens of the United States  of
America whether
                               employed  within  or  without  the
United States of
                              America.

     IV          17, 17T             All full-time Employees, who
are Executive Class 6, and
               20, 26, 28               who are:

                          (a)   permanent resident aliens of  the
United States of
                              America; or

                          (b)   citizens of the United States  of
America whether
                               employed  within  or  without  the
United States of
                              America.

     V           17, 17T             All full-time Employees, not
included in Classes I, II, III or
               20, 26, 28               VI, who are:

                          (a)   permanent resident aliens of  the
United States of
                              America; or

                          (b)   citizens of the United States  of
America whether
                               employed  within  or  without  the
United States of
                              America.



F-66503
C-1
SECTION I - SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS


          ACCIDENTAL DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT AND PLEGIA INSURANCE

Class                              Principal Sum

    I                                $1,000,000.

    II                      An amount equal to six (6) times Base
Annual Earnings,
                     subject to a maximum of $1,000,000.

    III                    An amount equal to four (4) times Base
Annual Earnings,
                     subject to a maximum of $1,000,000.

    IV                               $100,000.

    V                                $  25,000.



Premium Calculation:     A monthly premium of $0.0217 per  $1,000
of Principal Sum.

SECTION II - DEFINITIONS

Injury  -  Accidental  bodily injury which:  (i)  is  direct  and
independent of any other cause; and (ii) requires treatment by  a
legally qualified physician or surgeon.

Exposure   -   Being  exposed  to  the  elements  following   the
disappearance, forced landing, stranding, sinking or wrecking  of
a vehicle.  Exposure will be deemed an accidental bodily injury.

Disappearance  - Not finding the body within one year  after  the
disappearance, forced landing, stranding, sinking or wrecking  of
a vehicle.  Disappearance will be deemed loss of life.

Subsidiary  -  Any  corporation wholly owned by Northrop  Grumman
Corporation, or any corporation that Northrop Grumman Corporation
owns  50% or more of the outstanding voting stock, including  the
wholly owned or 50% owned corporations of such corporations.

The  Plan applies only to the Policyholder as constituted on  the
Effective  Date  of  the  Plan.  Coverage  will  be  extended  to
Employees of acquired companies or corporations, provided:

     1.   the Policyholder gives the Provident:

           (i)   the  names  of  any newly  acquired  company  or
corporation; and
           (ii)  all  underwriting data required  to  enable  the
Provident to determine
               any additional premium due.

      2.   coverage for any newly acquired company or corporation
will begin on the date acquired              and continue for  60
days;



F-66503
C-1, D-1
SECTION II - DEFINITIONS (continued)

      3.   coverage will end 60 days after the date a new company
or corporation is acquired if:

          (i)  all underwriting data is not furnished; or
            (ii)  any  additional  premium  is  not  paid.    The
Policyholder will remain liable for
                payment  of premiums for the period coverage  was
available.


SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY AND TERMINATION OF COVERAGE

When Coverage Begins

If an Employee is in an eligible Class, he or she will be covered
when he or she has completed:

     (a)  a full day of Active Work on that date; or
      (b)  a full day of Active Work on his or her last regularly
scheduled work day.

If  an  Employee does not meet the requirements of  (a)  and  (b)
above,  the coverage will become effective on the date he or  she
returns to Active Work.

Active Work means performing his or her regular duties for a full
work day for the Policyholder.

When Coverage Ends

An Employee's coverage will end the sooner of:

     (a)  the date the Plan ends;
      (b)   the date ending the period for which his or her  last
contribution is made,
           if he or she is required to pay a part of the cost  of
the Plan; or
     (c)  the date he or she is no longer a member of an eligible
Class, subject to the
          following:

           (i)   for an Approved Medical Leave, coverage  may  be
continued
               for up to two years;
           (ii)  for  an Approved Personal or Educational  Leave,
coverage may
               be continued for up to one month; or
          (iii)     for an Approved Family Leave, coverage may be
continued for
               up to four months.

           For coverage to continue during an Approved Leave, the
required contributions for
          coverage under the Plan must continue to be made on the
behalf of the Employee.

Termination of coverage will not affect any claim for  loss  that
begins before termination.









F-66503
D-2, D-3
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION

Accidental Death, Dismemberment and Plegia Insurance

Benefit Provision

The Provident will pay a benefit for loss due to an Injury to  an
Employee from a Hazard described on a following page as shown  in
the  table below.  The loss must occur within 365 days after  the
date  of  the accident.  The Employee must be covered  under  the
Plan on the date of the accident.

The  benefit is called  the Principal Sum and it is shown in  the
Schedule of Benefits.

The  benefit  for  loss  of  life  will  be  paid  to  the  named
beneficiary.  All other benefits will be
paid to the Employee.

Table of Losses

     For Loss of:


Life.............................................................
 ......................... 100% of the Principal Sum
        Both   Hands   or   Both   Feet   or   Sight   of    Both
Eyes................. 100% of the Principal Sum
                One            Hand            and            One
Foot......................................................   100%
of the Principal Sum
            Speech        and       Hearing        of        Both
Ears........................................    100%    of    the
Principal Sum
        Either    Hand    or    Foot    and    Sight    of    One
Eye.......................... 100% of the Principal Sum

Quadriplegia.....................................................
 .................... 100% of the Principal Sum
            Speech        or        Hearing        of        Both
Ears............................................   85%   of   the
Principal Sum
                     Either                Hand                or
Foot.............................................................
 ..  75% of the Principal Sum

Paraplegia.......................................................
 .......................  75% of the Principal Sum

Hemiplegia.......................................................
 ......................  75% of the Principal Sum
                     Sight                 of                 One
Eye..............................................................
 ......  60% of the Principal Sum
                     Hearing                of                One
Ear..............................................................
 ..  25% of the Principal Sum
          Thumb      and      Index      Finger      of      Same
Hand................................  25% of the Principal Sum

Maximum-All Losses-Any One
Accident.......................................... 100% of the
Principal Sum

Loss shall mean the:

     (i)  loss of a hand by total severance at or above the
wrist;
     (ii) loss of a foot by total severance at or above the
ankle;
     (iii)     complete and total loss to the sight of an eye;
     (iv) complete and total loss of speech;
     (v)  complete and total loss of hearing;
     (vi) loss of thumb and index finger by total severance at or
above the                          knuckles;
     (vii)     total paralysis of both arms and legs for
Quadriplegia;
     (viii)    total paralysis of both legs for Paraplegia; or
     (ix) total paralysis of the arm and leg on the same side of
the body for                       Hemiplegia.

Paralysis shall mean the total loss of the use of an arm or leg.




F-66503
E-3
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION

HAZARD 17

War Risk Accident Protection

Coverage applies only to a person who is in a Class to which this
Hazard applies.


Description of Hazards

Coverage  will  apply to an Injury sustained by an Employee  when
caused by or resulting from declared or undeclared war or any act
thereof occurring anywhere in the world, excluding the Employee's
country of domicile or residence.









































F-66503
F-17
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION


HAZARD 17T


Terrorism and Terrorist Acts Accident Protection



Coverage applies only to a person who is in a Class to which this
Hazard applies.



Description of Hazards

Coverage  will  apply to an Injury sustained by an Employee  when
caused by or resulting from Terrorism or a Terrorist Act anywhere
in  the  world to the extent that coverage for such Terrorism  or
Terrorist Act is not provided elsewhere under the Policy.



Definitions

The  term "Terrorism" means the systematic use of violence  by  a
group or groups in order to intimidate or coerce a population  of
government into granting the political demands of the group.

The term "Terrorist Act" means any act which is intended to cause
Injury  or  damage  to  persons or property  carried  out  by  an
individual or group who systematically use terror as a  means  of
intimidation or coercion.
























F-66503
F-17T
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION

HAZARD 20

24-Hour All Risk Accident Protection - Business and Pleasure


Coverage applies only to a person who is in a Class to which this
Hazard applies.


Description of Hazards


Coverage  will  apply  to  an Injury  sustained  by  an  Employee
anywhere in the world.


Coverage  will also apply to an Injury sustained by  an  Employee
while  riding  as a passenger, pilot, operator or member  of  the
crew in or on, boarding or alighting from, or by being struck  or
run down by any aircraft piloted by a licensed pilot.





































F-66503
F-20
SECTION IV- BENEFIT PROVISION

HAZARD 26

Private Passenger Automobile Seat Belt Accident Protection
Business and Pleasure

Coverage applies only to a person who is in a Class to which this
Hazard applies.



Description of Coverage

The  Provident will pay an additional benefit of $5,000 for  loss
of life due to Injury as described below.

Coverage  will apply to an Injury sustained by an Employee  while
operating  or  riding  as  a passenger  in  a  private  passenger
automobile provided the Employee was wearing a properly  fastened
seat belt at the time of the accident.

Seat  Belt means a properly installed seat belt, lap and shoulder
restraint,  child  restraint  or  other  restraint  approved  the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

No  Benefit is payable if the Employee was under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.

Seat belt usage must be verified by:

     (i)  a doctor;

     (ii) a coroner;

     (iii)     a police officer; or

     (iv) any other person of competent authority.





















F-66503
F-26
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION

HAZARD 28

Aircraft Sky-Jacking and Air Piracy Accident Protection
Business and Pleasure

Coverage applies only to a person who is in a Class to which this
Hazard applies.



Description of Hazards

Coverage  will  apply  to  an Injury  sustained  by  an  Employee
resulting  from  an  aircraft "sky-jacking" or  an  act  of  "air
piracy" while riding as a passenger, pilot, operator or member of
the crew, in or on, boarding or alighting from any aircraft.



























Definition

The  term "sky-jacking" and "air piracy" means any illegal,  non-
governmental, forceful commandeering of an aircraft.







F-66503
F-28
SECTION IV - BENEFIT PROVISION

Beneficiary

An  Employee  may  name  anyone as his or her  beneficiary.   The
Employee  must file the name or names on a form approved  by  the
Provident.

An  Employee  may change his or her beneficiary at  any  time  by
giving  notice in writing.  The effective date of the  change  is
the  date the request is signed.  However, the Provident  is  not
liable for any amount paid before the request is received.

If  an  Employee names more than one beneficiary, they will share
equally unless he or she provides otherwise.

If  a  beneficiary dies before an Employee, his or her share will
be  paid  equally  to  the  surviving beneficiaries,  unless  the
Employee states otherwise.  Any amount for which a beneficiary is
not named will be paid to the Employee's estate.

General Exclusions

Benefits are not paid for any loss caused by or resulting from:
(a)   suicide or self-inflicted Injury, whether sane or  not  (in
Missouri, while sane);
(b)  bacterial infections, except those which occur with a cut or
wound at the time of the      accident;
(c)  any kind of disease;
(d)   medical  or  surgical treatment (except surgical  treatment
required by the accident);
(e)  war or any act of war;
(f)  Injury sustained while in any of the armed forces (land, sea
or  air)  of  any  country or     international authority  except
while on temporary domestic National Guard or Reserve
     duty for less than 30 days; or
(g)  Injury sustained while an Employee is riding in, boarding or
alighting from an aircraft
      other  than  as  provided under a  Hazard  described  on  a
preceding page.

SECTION V - CLAIM PAYMENTS

Notice of Claim

Written notice of a claim must be given within 20 days after  the
loss,  or as soon as possible.  The notice must be given  to  the
Provident or an authorized agent with information identifying the
Employee.

Claim Forms

When  a  notice of claim is received, the Provident will  provide
claim forms for the filing of proofs of loss.  If such forms  are
not  sent within 15 days, an Employee will have met the proof  of
loss  requirement  if  he or she gives the  Provident  a  written
statement  of the nature and extent of the loss within  the  time
fixed in this Plan.

Proofs of Loss

Written proof must be given to the Provident within 90 days after
the  date of loss.  However, a claim will still be considered  if
it  was  not possible to furnish proof within this time  and  the
proof  was furnished as soon as possible.  Except in the  absence
of legal capacity, in no event will a loss be considered if proof
for  that loss is furnished more than 2 years after the date  the
loss was incurred.
F-66503
G-1,H-1
SECTION V - CLAIM PAYMENTS (continued)

Time of Payment of Claims

All  benefits provided by the Plan will be paid upon  receipt  of
proof of loss.

Payment of Claims

Any benefits paid for loss of life will be paid as follows:

(1)  to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in writing by
the Employee, otherwise;
(2)  to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in writing by
the  Employee under the Group       Life Insurance policy  issued
to the Policyholder, otherwise;
(3)  to the Employee's widow or widower, if surviving the covered
person, otherwise;
(4)   to  the  Employee's surviving child or children,  in  equal
shares, otherwise;
(5)   to the Employee's parents in equal shares, or the surviving
parent, otherwise;
(6)   to  the Employee's surviving brothers and sisters in  equal
shares, or the survivors of them,  otherwise; or
(7)  to the Employee's estate.

Physical Examination and Autopsy

The  Provident will have the right to examine any person as often
as  it  may require and to perform an autopsy where not forbidden
by law.  This will be at the expense of the Provident.

Legal Actions

No  action may be brought to recover under the Plan until 60 days
after  proof  of loss has been given.  No action can  be  brought
after 3 years from the date written proof of loss was required to
be furnished.

SECTION VI - PREMIUMS

Premium Payments

The  first  premium for coverage under the Plan  is  due  on  the
effective  date.   After that, premiums are due  as  shown  under
Premium Calculation - Schedule of Benefits.

Premiums  can be paid to the Provident's Home Office,  or  to  an
authorized  agent of the Provident.  Each premium paid  continues
the  Plan  in  force until the Expiration date, except  as  shown
under Grace Period.

When asked, the Provident will consider changing the way in which
premium payments are made.

Grace Period

A  period of 31 days, without interest, is allowed for paying any
premium other than the first one.  The Plan will remain in  force
during the Grace Period, unless the Provident has been advised in
writing  that the Plan is to cease prior to the end of the  Grace
Period.  If any premium is not paid before the Grace Period ends,
the  Plan  will cease.  However, the Policyholder will be  liable
for  all premiums not paid.  In addition, a pro rata premium will
be  due  for  the  time the Plan was in force  during  the  Grace
Period.





F-66503
H-1,J-1
SECTION VII - TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

The  Plan will cease if the Policyholder fails to pay the premium
before the end of the Grace Period.

After  the  end  of  the first Plan year, the  Provident  or  the
Policyholder has the right to cancel the Plan on the day prior to
the date any premium is due by giving 31 days written notice.

SECTION VIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Entire Contract

The entire contract consists of:

(1)  the Plan; and
(2)  the Attached Amendments and request, if any.

All  statements made by the Policyholder or by the Employees  are
true and complete to the best of the knowledge and belief of  the
persons  making them.  No statement will be used in  any  contest
unless:

(a)  the statement is in writing; and
(b)   a copy of the statement is given to the Employee or to  his
or her beneficiary.

Agreements

All  agreements  made  by the Provident  must  be  signed  by  an
executive officer.  No agent may modify or waive any of the terms
of the Plan.  An endorsement or amendment changing this Plan must
be signed by an executive officer of the Provident.

Incontestability

There  will be no contest of the Plan, except for failure to  pay
the premium, after it has been in force for 2 years from its date
of  issue.   There  will be no contest of an Employee's  coverage
after  it has been in force, during the lifetime of the Employee,
for 2 years from the date of coverage.

Data Required

The  Policyholder will furnish all information and  proofs  which
the Provident may reasonably require with regard to the Plan.

Clerical Error

Clerical  error  by  the Policyholder will not  end  coverage  or
continue  terminated  coverage.  In the event  of  such  clerical
error,  a  premium  adjustment  will  be  made.   However,   such
adjustment will not be made beyond the preceding renewal date  of
the Plan.

Individual Certificates

The  Provident, if required by law, will give the Policyholder  a
certificate for each Employee.  The certificate will set forth:
(1)  the Employee's coverage;
(2)  to whom benefits will be paid; and
(3)  the rights and privileges under the Plan.

F-66503
J-1,K-1,L-1
SECTION IX - THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF  1974
(ERISA)

               STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND INFORMATION

HOW TO FILE A CLAIM
If  you should suffer a loss covered by the Policy, either you or
your  beneficiary should contact the plan administrator to obtain
claim forms.  Read the instructions on these forms carefully  and
be  sure that all the questions are answered. Remember to include
any  required  attachments when you return the  completed  forms.
After  your  claim  has been processed you will  be  notified  in
writing  if  any  additional information is required  or  if  any
benefits are denied in whole or in part.

YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL
If  you  have any questions about a claim payment, call or  write
the  plan administrator.  If your claim has been denied in  whole
or  in  part  and you do not agree, you should write,  within  60
days,  to  the claim office which advised you of the denial.   Be
sure  you  state why you believe the claim should not  have  been
denied,  and  submit  any data you think  is  appropriate.   Your
appeal  will be reviewed by the office that processed your claim.
Any  appeal  that  cannot  be resolved by  that  office  will  be
forwarded  to the insurance company's home office for review  and
final   decision.   The  party  hearing  the   appeal   has   the
discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and the Policy  and
to  determine eligibility for benefits.  You will be notified  of
the  final decision within 60 days after the date of your  appeal
unless there are special circumstances in which case you will  be
notified within 120 days.

NAME OF PLAN
Group   Accident   Plan   for  Employees  of   Northrop   Grumman
Corporation.

PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
Employee Welfare Benefits Committee
Northrop Grumman Corporation
1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California  90067-2199
(310) 553-6262

PLAN IDENTIFICATION
Employer Identification No. 95-1055798
Plan No. 501

TYPE OF ADMINISTRATION
Contract  administration.  All benefits provided by Group  Policy
Number  GTA-1561 issued to the Plan sponsor by Provident  Life  &
Accident Insurance Company. You may inspect this Policy  and  the
annual  report  filed with the U.S. Department of  Labor  at  the
Corporate Office of Northrop Grumman Corporation.

FUNDING
All  payments  to  support the Plan are made by Northrop  Grumman
Corporation.

END OF BENEFIT PLAN YEAR
June 30th.

END OF ERISA PLAN YEAR
December 31st.

DESIGNATED AGENT FOR SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS
Legal  process  may  be made upon the plan administrator  at  the
address above.
F-66503
ERISA-1
YOUR ERISA RIGHTS
As a participant in this plan, you are entitled to certain rights
and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (ERISA).  ERISA provides that all plan participants shall
be entitled to:

      1)    Examine,  without charge, at the plan administrator's
office, all plan documents,
            including  insurance  contracts  and  copies  of  all
documents filed by the plan with the U.S.
           Department  of Labor, such as detailed annual  reports
and plan descriptions.

      2)    Obtain  copies of all plan documents and  other  plan
information   upon   written   request    to                  the
administrator.   The administrator may make a  reasonable  charge
for the copies.

      3)    Receive  a  summary  of the plan's  annual  financial
report.  The plan administrator is                required by law
to  furnish  each participant with a copy of this summary  annual
report.

In  addition  to  creating  rights for plan  participants,  ERISA
imposes  duties  upon  the  people who are  responsible  for  the
operation of this plan.  The people who operate your plan, called
"fiduciaries" of the plan, have a duty to do so prudently and  in
the   interest  of  you  and  the  other  plan  participants  and
beneficiaries.

No one, including your employer or any other person, may fire you
or  otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent  you
from  obtaining a welfare benefit or exercising your rights under
ERISA.

If  your claim for welfare benefit is denied in whole or in part,
you  must  receive a written explanation of the  reason  for  the
denial.   You  have  the  right to have your  plan  reviewed  and
reconsider your claim.

Under  ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce  the  above
rights.  For instance, if you request materials from the plan and
do  not  receive  them within 30 days, you may  file  suit  in  a
federal  court.   In such case, the court may  require  the  plan
administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to  $100  a
day  until  you receive the materials, unless the materials  were
not   sent  because  of  reasons  beyond  the  control   of   the
administrator.  If you have a claim for benefits which is  denied
or  ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or
federal court. If it should happen that plan "fiduciaries" misuse
the  plan's  money,  or  if  you are  discriminated  against  for
asserting  your  rights, you may seek assistance  from  the  U.S.
Department of Labor, or you may file suit in federal court.   The
court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees.   If
you  are successful, the court may order the person you have sued
to  pay  these costs and fees.  If you lose, the court may  order
you  to  pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds  your
claim  is frivolous.  If you have any questions about your  plan,
you should contact the plan administrator.

The  right  is  reserved  in the Plan for  the  Plan  Sponsor  to
terminate, suspend, withdraw, amend or modify the Plan,  covering
any  active  employee, or current retiree or future  retiree,  in
whole or in part at any time.  Any such change or termination  in
benefits  (i) will be based solely on the decision  of  the  Plan
Sponsor  and  (ii)  may  apply to all active  employees,  current
retirees or future retirees, as either separate groups or as  one
group.  This is subject to the applicable provisions of the Plan.

If  you  have  any questions about this statement or  about  your
rights under ERISA, you should contact the nearest office of  the
U.S.  Labor-Management  Services  Administration,  Department  of
Labor.







F-66503
ERISA-2



Exhibit 10(k)

Form G.2130-S
DOCPRINT: PORT MET
a:I651p.doc!090002  document format!080022  tab setting!090004  fixed

  1











!090005  fixed
Employer:          Northrop Corporation

090008Group Policy No.:  91360-G

090010Date of Issue:               July 1, 1995

&090018  Type of Coverage:         Long Term Disability

090012
In return for the payment of the premiums when they fall due

090014 fixed

              Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
                  (Herein Called Metropolitan)

090016 fixed
will pay the insurance and other benefits which are described  in
the Exhibits, subject to the terms and provisions of this Policy.
The  Schedule of Exhibits sets forth each Exhibit which is to  be
attached to and made a part of this Policy and to whom each  such
Exhibit applies.
!090020  fixed

                                          
                                          3



Christine N. Markussen                           T. Athanassiades
Vice-President and Secretary    President and Chief Operating Officer


090021     Premiums Are To Be Paid On A Monthly Basis

090024 fixed

      The Dividend, If Any, Is To Be Determined Each Year.
!090050   Leading  Adjustment, Page Numbering "i",  Margins,  Tab
Setting
                       TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                             Page

Section 1.                                            DEFINITIONS     1

Section 2.           ELIGIBILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATES OF INSURANCE     1

Section 3.                                          CONTRIBUTIONS     1

Section 4.                                 CESSATION OF INSURANCE     1

Section 5.                                  SCHEDULE OF INSURANCE     1

Section 6.                                          PREMIUM RATES     2
                                                   INITIAL RATES  2
                                          COMPUTATION OF PREMIUM  2
                                             PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS  2
                                                CHANGES IN RATES  2

Section 7.                                      PREMIUM DUE DATES     2

Section 8.                                    PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS     2

Section 9.                                           GRACE PERIOD     3

Section 10.                                          CERTIFICATES     3

Section 11.                                            ASSIGNMENT     3

Section 12.                              RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED     3

Section 13.                           INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED     4

Section 14.                                       ENTIRE CONTRACT     4

Section 15.                          INCONTESTABILITY; STATEMENTS     4

Section 16.                                   MISSTATEMENT OF AGE     4

Section 17.                                 CHANGES IN THE POLICY     5

Section 18.                                         PARTICIPATION     5

Section 19.                                             DIVIDENDS     5

Section 20.                          DISCONTINUANCE OF THE POLICY     5

Section 21.                                 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS     6

SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS                                            7

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS                                            8

2.   DEFINITIONS

090118The term "Employee" means any person defined as such in  an
Exhibit listed in the Schedule of Exhibits.

090122The term "Personal Insurance" means insurance on account of
an Employee.

090126The  term "Personal Insurance Eligibility Date"  means  the
date an Employee is eligible for Personal Insurance.

090130The  term "Premium Due Date" means the first  day  of  each
month after the Date of Issue.

090132The term "Policy Period" means a period beginning with  any
July 1st and ending with the next June 30th.

090136  The term "Non-Contributory Insurance" means insurance for
which the Employee does not have to pay the cost.
!090139


3.   ELIGIBILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATES OF INSURANCE

090140The provisions regarding eligibility and effective dates of
insurance  with  respect to any Employee are  set  forth  in  the
Exhibit which applies to such Employee.
!090143  fixed


Section 3. CONTRIBUTIONS



090148The  Employer does not require Employees to  contribute  to


the cost of the Non-Contributory insurance.


!090160  fixed


Section 3. CESSATION OF INSURANCE

An  Employee's insurance will cease as set forth in  the  Exhibit
which  applies  to the Employee. The insurance on  all  Employees
will cease on the date this Policy is discontinued.
!090164


4.   SCHEDULE OF INSURANCE

090166The  amounts of insurance which are in force on account  of
an  Employee will be as set forth in the Exhibit which applies to
such Employee.
!090182  fixed



Section 4. PREMIUM RATES

INITIAL RATES

The  initial  premium  rates are set forth  in  the  Schedule  of
Premiums.

COMPUTATION OF PREMIUM

The  premium is the sum of the premiums for the total amounts  of
all  of  the types of insurance then in force, subject to premium
adjustments, if any. Such premium is determined on the  basis  of
the premium rates which are then in effect.

In the computation of the premium which is due on any Premium Due
Date,  Metropolitan  may  use  any  equitable  method  which   is
agreeable to both the Employer and Metropolitan.

PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS

A premium adjustment which involves a credit to the Employer will
be  limited to the period of twelve months before the date of the
receipt  by  Metropolitan  of evidence that  such  an  adjustment
should be made.

CHANGES IN RATES

090200Metropolitan may change any or all of the premium rates  if
there  is a change in the terms of this Policy. Metropolitan  may
also  change  any or all of the premium rates on any Premium  Due
Date, provided Metropolitan has given the Employer written notice
of  such change thirty-one days prior to the date such change  is
to become effective.
!090244  fixed


Section 4. PREMIUM DUE DATES

The  initial  premium  is due on the Date  of  Issue.  All  other
premiums will be due on each Premium Due Date.



090248The premium payment must be paid on a monthly basis  unless


the  Employer requests in writing a change in the mode of premium


payments to an annual, semi-annual or quarterly basis.





Any  change  in the mode of premium payments must be approved  by


Metropolitan.


!090250  fixed


Section 4. PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS

All  premiums which fall due, with the adjustments, if any,  will
be  payable  by  the Employer on or before their  respective  due
dates.  All  such premiums are to be paid at the Home  Office  of
Metropolitan (or at such office as Metropolitan may designate for
that purpose) or to an authorized representative of Metropolitan.
The payment of a premium will not maintain the insurance in force
beyond the day before the date the next premium is due, except as
set forth in Section 9.
!090254


5.   GRACE PERIOD

090256A  grace  period  of thirty-one days  will  be  granted  by
Metropolitan for the payment of any premium which falls due after
the Date of Issue.

During the grace period this Policy will continue to be in force.

090264If  the Employer fails to pay the premium within the  grace
period, Metropolitan will discontinue this Policy on the last day
of the grace period.

However,  if  notice  in  writing is given  by  the  Employer  to
Metropolitan  prior  to  the end of the grace  period  that  this
Policy  is to be discontinued before the end of the grace period,
this Policy shall be discontinued on the later of (a) the date of
receipt  of such notice by Metropolitan or (b) the date specified
in the notice for such discontinuance.

In  any case, the Employer will be liable to Metropolitan for the
payment of the pro-rata premium which accrues for the period  the
Policy is in force.
!090270  fixed


Section 5. CERTIFICATES

Metropolitan  will  furnish  certificates  to  the  Employer  for
delivery  to  each Employee who is insured. The certificate  will
state  the insurance protection to which the Employee is entitled
and  to whom the benefits will be paid. The certificate will  set
forth  the  provisions  of this Policy which  mainly  affect  the
Employee.  The word "certificate" includes riders and supplements
to the certificate, if any.
!090274  conditional end of page


6.   ASSIGNMENT

090278An   Employee's  certificate  may  not  be  assigned.   The
Employee's insurance and benefits may not be assigned prior to  a
loss.
!090292  fixed


Section 6. RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED

Records  which relate to the insurance under this Policy will  be
maintained. Such records will include the following:

     a. The names and ages of all Employees who are insured.
     b. The amounts of insurance in force on each Employee.
     c. The effective date of each Employee's insurance.
     d.  The  effective date of any change in  an  amount  of  an
     Employee's insurance.

Such records will be maintained by Metropolitan; the records may,
with the consent of Metropolitan, be maintained by the Employer.
!090300  fixed



Section 6. INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED

The  Employer and the Employees will furnish to Metropolitan  all
of the information which Metropolitan may reasonably require with
regard to the matters which relate to the insurance. The Employer
will  allow  Metropolitan  to inspect all  documents,  books  and
records of the Employer which relate to the insurance or  to  the
premiums.
!090310  fixed


Section 6. ENTIRE CONTRACT

This  Policy  and the application of the Employer constitute  the
entire contract between the parties. A copy of the application is
attached to this Policy.

Section 7. INCONTESTABILITY; STATEMENTS



090316Any  statement made by the Employer or by an Employee  will


be  deemed a representation and not a warranty. No such statement


will avoid the insurance or reduce the benefits under this Policy


or  be used in defense to a claim under this Policy unless it  is


contained  in  a  written application. No such statement  of  the


Employer  will be used at all after the Policy has been in  force


for two years from its Date of Issue.





No   such  statement  made  by  an  Employee  which  relates   to


insurability  will  be used in contesting  the  validity  of  the


insurance  with respect to which such statement was  made  or  to


reduce the benefits unless the conditions listed in items (a) and


(b) below have been met.





  a    .   The statement must be contained in a written application


     which has been signed by the Employee.





  b     .    A copy of the application has been furnished to  the


     Employee or to the Employee's beneficiary.





No  such statement of the Employee will be used at all after such


insurance has been in force prior to the contest for a period  of


two years during the lifetime of the person to whom the statement


applies.


!090326  fixed


Section 6. MISSTATEMENT OF AGE

In  the  case  of the misstatement of the age of an Employee,  an
adjustment of the premium will be made, if appropriate.



090330If  an  amount of insurance is based  on  the  age  of  the


Employee,  such  amount will be adjusted to the amount  to  which


such  Employee would have been entitled at the Employee's correct


age.  The adjustment of the premium will be based on the adjusted


amount of the Employee's insurance.


!090332  fixed



Section 6. CHANGES IN THE POLICY

No  change in this Policy will be valid unless it is approved  by
an  authorized officer of Metropolitan. Each such change must  be
evidenced  by  an  amendment signed by both the Employer  and  by
Metropolitan or by an endorsement signed by Metropolitan.

No  agent  may make a change in this Policy or waive any  of  its
provisions.
!090338  fixed


Section 6. PARTICIPATION

This Policy is a participating contract.



Section 7. DIVIDENDS

Each  year Metropolitan will determine the dividend, if  any,  to
which  this  Policy may be entitled. Such determination  will  be
within the sole discretion of Metropolitan's Board of Directors.



090345However,  in view of the manner in which  Metropolitan  has


determined  premium rates, Metropolitan does not anticipate  that


this Policy will be entitled to any dividend.





090348All  such  dividends may be paid in cash to  the  Employer.


Upon the request of the Employer, in writing, a dividend will  be


applied to the payment of the premiums. The Employer may apply  a


dividend to reduce the Employer's cost of this Policy.





090354In any case, if the Employees' total contributions  to  the


cost  of  the  insurance are in excess of the  net  cost  of  the


insurance,  the Employer must distribute or apply the  amount  of


such excess for the sole benefit of the Employees.


!090356


7.   DISCONTINUANCE OF THE POLICY

090364Metropolitan will have the right to discontinue this Policy
if  less  than  100% of the eligible Employees  are  insured  for
Non-Contributory Insurance.

090370E  Metropolitan will also have such right if less  than  10
Employees   are   insured.  Such  right  may  be   exercised   by
Metropolitan only on the last day of the first Policy  Period  or
on  the  day before any Premium Due Date which occurs  after  the
last  day  of  the first Policy Period. Notice, in writing,  that
this  Policy is to be discontinued must be given to the  Employer
by  Metropolitan.  The notice must be given at  least  thirty-one
days prior to the date this Policy is to be discontinued.
!090382


8.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

090384This  Policy  is not in lieu of and  does  not  affect  any
requirement for coverage by workers' compensation insurance.

090404E MISSTATEMENT OR CLERICAL ERROR

If relevant facts about an Employee were not accurate:

  a    .   a fair adjustment of premium will be made; and
  b     .   the true facts will decide whether and in what amount
     insurance is valid under this Policy.

A  clerical  error  will not void insurance which  should  be  in
force.  Nor  will it continue insurance which should have  ended.
When  an error is found, Metropolitan will make a fair adjustment
in the premium.

APPLICABLE  TO  EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER A PRIOR PLAN  WHICH  THIS
PLAN REPLACES

It  is agreed that as to an Employee insured on the day prior  to
the Date of Issue of this Policy under the Employer's prior Group
Insurance Plan for any insurance coverage that for the purpose of
determining  effective dates of such insurance under this  Policy
the Employee will be deemed to be actively at work on the Date of
Issue of this Policy.

!090415
                      SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS


The  initial  monthly  premium rates for the insurance  specified
below are as follows:

090437E Long Term Disability Benefits: - Total Insured Payroll.

  Plan IIA - $124.13 per Employee per month

  Plan IIB - $99.30 per Employee per month

  Plan IIC - $45.66 per Employee per month

090440E  Total  Insured Payroll means the sum of each  Employee's
Basic Monthly Earnings up to a maximum of:

           Plan IIA               $16,667 per Employee

           Plan IIB               $13,333 per Employee

           Plan IIC               $10,000 per Employee

!090455
                      SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS


090459E Exhibit No.     Form                        Applicable To
                                                    
      1                 G.23000 Series with any     All
                        numerical and alphabetical  Presidents,
                        suffix as shown in the      Group      Vice
                        Exhibit                     President,
                                                    Senior Chief  &
                                                    Chairman     of
                                                    the  Board (Key
      2                 G.23000 Series with any     Officers/Execu
                        numerical and alphabetical  tive Class I)
                        suffix as shown in the      
                        Exhibit                     All   Corporate
                                                    Officers
                                                    (Executive
      3                 G.23000 Series with any     Classes 2 & 3)
                       numerical and alphabetical  
                       suffix as shown in the      
                       Exhibit                     
                                                  All  Executives
                                                  earning    more
                                                  than    $96,000
                                                  annually
!090462
              NOTICES TO THE HOLDER OF THIS POLICY


VOTING  PRIVILEGE. An election of Directors is held in New  York,
New  York, on the second Tuesday of April in each year.  If  this
Policy  has  been  in force for at least one year  and  while  it
remains in force, the holder of this Policy will have a right  to
vote.  For  the details as to how to vote, apply to the Secretary
at the Home Office.

NOMINATIONS.  The New York Insurance Law requires  the  Board  of
Directors to nominate candidates described as the "Administration
Ticket".   Other   nominations  may  be   made   by   groups   of
policyholders. All such nominations must be made  not  less  than
five months prior to the election.


              METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


                          HOME OFFICE
                       One Madison Avenue
                       New York, New York
                             10010

090476E Countersigned _______________________________________
                              Date


      By _________________________________________________
                         Licensed Agent


                Employer:    Northrop Corporation
                                
                      Long Term Disability
                                
                             91360-G
                                
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               YOUR EMPLOYEE
               BENEFIT PLAN
                     
                     
                     
                     
           NORTHROP CORPORATION










                 Plan IIA



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!000002




           Northrop Corporation
          1800 Century Park East
       Los Angeles, California 90067





TO OUR EMPLOYEES:

All  of  us appreciate the protection  and
security insurance provides.

This  certificate describes  the  benefits
that are available to you. We urge you  to
read it carefully.

Benefits  are  provided  through  a  group
policy  issued to Northrop Corporation  by
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.









           Northrop Corporation

!003326                              fixed










!002150  fixed
Certifies that, under and subject  to  the
terms  and conditions of the Group  Policy
issued   to  the  Employer,  coverage   is
provided  for  each  Employee  as  defined
herein.

The  date when an Employee is eligible for
coverage is set forth in the form with the
title Eligibility for Benefits.

The   date  when  an  Employee's  Personal
Benefits become effective is set forth  in
the form with the title Effective Dates of
Personal Benefits.
!012096  fixed
The amounts of coverage are determined  by
the  form  with  the  title  Schedule   of
Benefits.
!000102
   METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
!003328   conditional end of page, advance
up





             T. Athanassiades
  President and Chief Operating Officer

002180

Employer:  Northrop Corporation

Group Policy No.:     91360-G
!002190  fixed

Form G.23000-Cert.-1

!080016
            TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section                               Page


SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS
(Also see SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENT)           1

SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENT                      3

DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS USED
  HEREIN                                4

ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS                 5

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PERSONAL BENEFITS     6

LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS            6

CLAIM PROCEDURE FOR
LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS           15

WHEN BENEFITS END                       16

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOUR ACTIVE
WORK IS DEEMED TO CONTINUE              17

NOTICES                                 18

EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR
LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS           19

ERISA INFORMATION                       22


!080005                           hardpage
!002254  page numbering 1!002255

           SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS
      (Also see SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENT)



!080020  tab setting
002262  BENEFITS (EMPLOYEE ONLY)

060000E LONG TERM DISABILITY

Elimination                         Period
6 months
!060004
Monthly Benefit:

060008The Monthly Benefit is the least of:

1     .The  Maximum Monthly Benefit  shown
  below minus Other Income Benefits; or

2     .60% of Basic Monthly Earnings minus
  Other Income Benefits.

Maximum Monthly Benefit            $10,000

3     .60% of Basic Monthly Earnings minus
  Other Income Benefits.



060018Other Income Benefits are  described
in  Section  C  of  LONG  TERM  DISABILITY
BENEFITS.

060019  When you work while Disabled,  you
will  receive  the  sum of  the  following
amounts:

9.   Your Monthly Benefit;

10.   The  amount  of  your  earnings  for
  working while Disabled;

11.   The  amount  of Child  Care  Expense
  Benefit for which you are eligible.

060023  However, after the first 24 months
of  Monthly  Benefit payments if  you  are
performing  any  gainful work  or  service
while  Disabled, the Monthly Benefit  will
be  reduced  by  50% of  any  compensation
earned. Any evidence needed to verify your
earnings   must  be  given  to   us   when
requested.

060025E  During any period of  Disability,
the  total of Monthly Benefit plus  income
earned  while  Disabled  plus  Child  Care
Expense Benefit cannot exceed 100% of your
Indexed Basic Monthly Earnings.

060027E REHABILITATION INCENTIVE

While Disabled, when you participate in  a
rehabilitation  program  approved  by  us,
your   Monthly   Benefit   percentage   is
increased by 5%.

060029E CHILD CARE EXPENSE BENEFIT

Up  to $250.00 incurred per month for each
eligible child during the first 24  months
of Monthly Benefit payments.
!060026
Maximum Benefit Duration:
!060028E  E
The  Maximum Benefit Duration shall be the
Benefit  Duration limit as  shown  in  the
table below.

                       Age     on     Date
                       Maximum Benefit
                       Disability   Starts
                       Duration

                       Under    age     60
                       Until  the  1st  of
                       the   month   after
                       your 65th birthday

                       Age  60  but  under
                       age  65          54
                       months

                       Age  65  but  under
                       age  70          30
                       months

                       Age  70  but  under
                       age  75          18
                       months

                       Age   75  or  older
                       12 months


060038Increases and Decreases in Amount of
              Monthly Benefit

The  amount  of your Monthly  Benefit  may
change  as  a result of a change  in  your
earnings or class. The new Monthly Benefit
amount:

1     .will take effect on the date of the
  change; and

2     .will  apply  only  to  Disabilities
  commencing thereafter.

060046There is an exception if you are not
Actively  at  Work on the above  date.  In
this  case, the new Monthly Benefit amount
will take effect on the date of return  to
Active Work.
!080018  tab setting!021185  fixed

Form G.23000-B


!019930

           SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENT




B.    Statements Made by You Which  Relate
  to Insurability

  Any  statement  made  by  you  will   be
  deemed  a  representation  and   not   a
  warranty.

  No  such  statement made  by  you  which
  relates to insurability will be used:

  1.    in  contesting the validity of the
     benefits  with respect to which  such
     statement was made; or

  2.   to reduce the benefits;

  unless  the conditions listed  in  items
  (a) and (b) below have been met.

     a    .  The statement must be contained
        in a written application which has been
        signed by you.

     b    .  A copy of the application has
        been furnished to you.

  No  such  statement made by you will  be
  used  at  all  after such benefits  have
  been  in force prior to the contest  for
  a   period  of  two  years  during   the
  lifetime  of  the  person  to  whom  the
  statement applies.

C.   Time Limit on Certain Defenses

  After  This  Plan has been  in  force  2
  years  from  the date of its  issue,  no
  statement  of  this  Employer  shall  be
  used to void This Plan.

D.   Assignment

  This certificate may not be assigned  by
  you.   Your benefits may not be assigned
  prior to a loss.
!020115
E.    Refund  to  Us  for  Overpayment  of
  Benefits

900410   If at any time we determine  that
  the  total  amount paid on  a  claim  is
  more   than   the  total   amount   due,
  including   any  overpayment   resulting
  from  retroactive awards  received  from
  sources    listed   in   Other    Income
  Benefits,  we have the right to  recover
  the  excess  amount from the  person  to
  whom  such  payment was  made.  However,
  we,  at  our  option,  may  recover  the
  excess  amount by reducing or offsetting
  against  any future benefits payable  to
  such person.
!020745
F.   Additional Provisions

001430  3. The benefits under This Plan do
     not   at  any  time  provide  paid-up
     insurance, or loan or cash values.

  2.   No agent has the authority:

     a     .   to  accept or to waive  the
        required notice or proof of a claim; nor

     b    .  to extend the time within which a
        notice or a proof must be given.
!021190  fixed

Form G.23000-B1


!000111

 DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS USED HEREIN




001400   "Doctor" means a  person  who  is
legally  licensed to practice medicine.  A
licensed practitioner will be considered a
Doctor if:

3.    There is a law which applies to This
  Plan  and  that  law requires  that  any
  service performed by such a practitioner
  must  be considered for benefits on  the
  same   basis  as  if  the  service  were
  performed by a Doctor; and

4.     The   service  performed   by   the
  practitioner is within the scope of his or
  her license.

019675E   "Employee"   means   a    person
classified  as  a  President,  Group  Vice
President, Senior Chief & Chairman of  the
Board (Key Officers/Executive Class I) who
is  employed and paid for services by  the
Employer on a Full-time basis. "Full-time"
means  an  Employee is regularly scheduled
to work at least 20 hours per week for the
Employer.

900396"Employer"  means  the   individual,
firm, or other organization in whose  name
the  Group  Policy is issued. Subsidiaries
and/or affiliates of the Employer are  not
covered  under This Plan unless  they  are
specified or approved in writing by us.

019845"Personal   Benefits"    mean    the
benefits which are provided on account  of
an Employee under This Plan.

019000"This  Plan" means the Group  Policy
which  is issued by us to provide Personal
Benefits.
!000113
"We", "us" and "our" mean Metropolitan.
!019002
"You" and "your" mean the Employee who  is
covered for Personal Benefits.
!019740  fixed

Form G.23000-A


!002510

         ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS



!003044
Personal Benefits Eligibility Date
!003607E  E
Your Personal Benefits Eligibility Date is
July  1,  1995, or the first  day  of  the
calendar month after the date you complete
30   days  of  continuous  service  as  an
Employee  of  the Employer,  whichever  is
later.
!002945  fixed

Form G.23000-C


!002950

   EFFECTIVE DATES OF PERSONAL BENEFITS




003043Your  Personal Benefits will  become
effective   on   your  Personal   Benefits
Eligibility  Date provided  you  are  then
actively  at work as an Employee.  If  you
are  not  then  actively  at  work  as  an
Employee,  your  Personal  Benefits   will
become  effective  on  the  date  of  your
return to active work as an Employee.
!009350  fixed

Form G.23000-D1


!060048


       LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS




G.   Definitions

  "Actively  at  Work"  or  "Active  Work"
  means  that  you are performing  all  of
  the  material  duties of your  job  with
  the  Employer  where  these  duties  are
  normally   carried  out.  If  you   were
  Actively  at Work on your last scheduled
  working   day,   you  will   be   deemed
  Actively at Work:

  1.   on a scheduled non-working day;

  2.   provided you are not disabled.

060052E     "Basic Monthly Earnings" means
  your  monthly  rate  of  pay  from   the
  Employer,    including    lead    person
  differentials,    shift   differentials,
  cost  of  living  adjustments  and   for
  cafeteria  covered employees  the  value
  of  meals  provided by the participating
  company.  Basic Monthly Earnings do  not
  include        bonuses,        incentive
  compensation,    overtime,    relocation
  allowances, payment for extra  hazardous
  work,  per  diems,  extended  work  week
  allowances,  cost  of living  allowances
  for  service  abroad, or other  bonuses,
  premiums,  differentials  or  adjustment
  not   specifically   included   in   the
  definition of Basic Monthly Earnings.

060058   "Disability" or "Disabled"  means
  that, due to an Injury or Sickness,  you
  require  the regular care and attendance
  of a Doctor and:

  3.   you are unable to perform each of the
     material duties of your regular job; and

060057E    2. after the first 18 months of
     benefit  payments, you must  also  be
     unable   to  perform  each   of   the
     material  duties of any gainful  work
     or   service   for  which   you   are
     reasonably   qualified  taking   into
     consideration     your      training,
     education,   experience   and    past
     earnings; or

060059E    3. you, while unable to perform
     all  of  the material duties of  your
     regular  job  on  a full-time  basis,
     are:

     a    .  performing at least one of the
        material duties of your regular job or any
        other gainful work or service on a
        part-time or full-time basis; and

     b    .  earning currently at least 20%
        less per month than your Indexed Basic
        Monthly Earnings due to that same Injury
        or Sickness.

  NOTE:   Flight  personnel  cannot  prove
  Total Disability solely on the basis  of
  failure  to  pass the periodic  physical
  examinations  required  by  the  Federal
  Aviation Administration (FAA).

060072E    "Elimination Period" means  the
  number    of   consecutive    days    of
  Disability  before Long Term  Disability
  Benefits   become  payable  under   This
  Plan. Your Elimination Period:

  6.    is  set  forth in the SCHEDULE  OF
     BENEFITS; and

  7.     begins  on  the  first   day   of
     Disability.

  Limited  interruption of the Elimination
  Period  is  allowed for up  to  14  days
  provided you have been disabled  for  at
  least  one month. However, any  days  of
  Active  Work during this time  will  not
  count  toward satisfying the Elimination
  Period.     Further,    this     limited
  interruption  of the Elimination  Period
  will   not  apply  if,  while  you   are
  Actively  at  Work, you become  eligible
  for    any   other   group   long   term
  disability insurance.


!060078       "Indexed    Basic    Monthly
  Earnings"  means Basic Monthly  Earnings
  in  effect on the date Disability began,
  increased by 7%.

060079  The first increase will take place
  on  the  first of the month  immediately
  following   12   months  of   continuous
  Disability.  Subsequent  increases  will
  be  compounded each year and take  place
  on   the   anniversary  of   the   first
  increase,   provided   you   have   been
  continuously    receiving     Disability
  Benefits under This Plan.

060080   "Injury" means accidental  bodily
  injury  resulting independently  of  all
  other causes. The Injury must occur  and
  Disability  must  begin  while  you  are
  covered under This Plan.

060084   "Mental Illness" means a  mental,
  emotional  or nervous condition  of  any
  kind.

060092   "Recurrent  Disability"  means  a
  Disability which is related  or  due  to
  the  same  cause or causes  as  a  prior
  Disability  for which a Monthly  Benefit
  was paid under This Plan.

060096   "Retirement Plan"  means  a  plan
  which  provides retirement  benefits  to
  employees   and  which  is  not   funded
  wholly  by  employee contributions.  The
  term  shall not include a profit sharing
  plan,   a  thrift  plan,  an  individual
  retirement     account     (IRA),      a
  tax-sheltered  annuity  (TSA),  a  stock
  ownership plan, a non-qualified plan  of
  deferred   compensation,  or  a   401(k)
  plan.

  When   used  with  the  term  Retirement
  Plan,  "Disability Benefit" means  money
  which:

  8.   is payable under a Retirement Plan,
     due to disability as defined in that plan;
     and

  9.   does not reduce the amount of money
     which would have been paid as retirement
     benefits at the normal retirement age
     under the plan if the disability had not
     occurred. (If the payment does cause such
     a  reduction,  it will  be  deemed  a
     Retirement Benefit as defined below.)

  When   used  with  the  term  Retirement
  Plan,  "Retirement Benefit" means  money
  which:

  10.   is payable under a Retirement Plan
     either in a lump sum or in the form of
     periodic payments;

  11.  does not represent contributions made
     by you; and

         NOTE:  Payments  which  represent
     your  contributions are deemed to  be
     received     over    your    expected
     remaining  life  regardless  of  when
     such payments are actually received.

060099  3. is payable upon:

     a     .   voluntarily  elected  early
        retirement; or

     b    .  normal retirement.

060100   "Sickness" means illness, disease
  or pregnancy.

H.   Benefits

  1.   Disability Benefit

        When we receive proof that you are
     Disabled,  we  will  pay  a   Monthly
     Benefit   in  accordance   with   the
     SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS.

060113      However,  the  amount  of  the
     Monthly  Benefit when  added  to  any
     compensation  you  may   earn   while
     Disabled, cannot exceed your  Indexed
     Basic  Monthly  Earnings.  When  this
     happens,  your Monthly  Benefit  will
     be  reduced by the amount  in  excess
     of   your   Indexed   Basic   Monthly
     Earnings.

060115      The  Monthly Benefit  will  be
     paid  to you after completion of  the
     Elimination  Period,  shown  in   the
     SCHEDULE  OF  BENEFITS, provided  you
     remain   Disabled   and   proof    of
     continued  Disability  is  submitted,
     at your expense, to us upon request.

060119      The Monthly Benefit will  stop
     on the earliest of:

     a    .  the date that you cease to be
        Disabled;

     b    .  the date of your death;

     c    .  completion of the Maximum Benefit
        Duration shown in the SCHEDULE  OF
        BENEFITS.

060130  2. Waiver of Payments Benefit

        Payments normally required for you
     toward   the   cost  of   LONG   TERM
     DISABILITY   BENEFITS   are    waived
     during  any period of Disability  for
     which a Monthly Benefit is payable.

060111     3. Child Care Expense Benefit

          While    Disabled,   when    you
     participate     in     rehabilitative
     employment approved by us,  you  will
     be    reimbursed   for   Child   Care
     Expense,   as   described   in    the
     Schedule   of  Benefits,   for   each
     eligible  child,  which  is  incurred
     during   the  first  24   months   of
     Monthly Benefit payments.

         An   eligible   child   is   your
     dependent  child  under  age  13  who
     lives with you and is:

     a     .   your child or your spouse's
        child;

     b    .  your legally adopted child; or

     c    .  a child for whom you are legal
        guardian.

        Child  Care Expense is the  amount
     charged  by  a  licensed  child  care
     provider who is not a member of  your
     immediate  family or living  in  your
     residence.

I.   Reduction of Benefits

  The  Monthly  Benefit,  as  reduced   by
  Other  Income  Benefits  shown  in   the
  Table of Other Income Benefits, will  be
  subject to the following:

  1.   Minimum Benefit Amount

        The  amount of the Monthly Benefit
     payable to you will not be less  than
     the Minimum Monthly Benefit shown  in
     the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS.
!060135
  2.   Cost of Living Freeze
!060137
        The  Monthly Benefit will  not  be
     further   reduced  due  to  cost   of
     living increases:

060139     i. that are payable under Other
        Income Benefits; and

     b     .  that occur after the initial
        reduction for these Other Income Benefits
        has been determined.

060140  3. Lump Sum Payments

        If  Other Income Benefits are paid
     in  a  lump  sum, the  sum  shall  be
     spread  on a monthly basis  over  the
     period   of   time  stated   in   the
     calculation  of  such  sum.   If   no
     period  of  time is stated,  the  sum
     will  be  spread on a  monthly  basis
     over   your  life  expectancy,  using
     appropriate actuarial tables.

  4.   Estimating Social Security Benefits

     a    .  We reserve the right to reduce
        your Monthly Benefit by estimating Social
        Security benefits.

     b    .  However, for the first 3 months
        of Monthly Benefit Payments, we will not
        reduce the Monthly Benefit by estimated
        Social Security benefits. And if, prior to
        the end of this 3 month period:

        i    .     we receive proof that you have
           applied for Social Security benefits; and

        ii   .     you have signed the Agreement
           Concerning Long Term Disability Benefits,
           explained below;

        then  continued  Monthly  Benefits
     during   the  first  24   months   of
     Monthly Benefit payments will not  be
     reduced  by  an  estimate  of  Social
     Security benefits.

     c    .  The Agreement Concerning Long
        Term Disability Benefits:

        i    .     confirms that you will repay
           all overpayments; and

        ii   .     authorizes us to obtain the
           information on awards directly from the
           Social Security Administration.

     d    .  If you have not received approval
        or final denial of your claim from the
        Social Security Administration by the end
        of this 24 month period, we will begin
        reducing your Monthly Benefit by an
        estimate of Social Security benefits. For
        purposes of this section, final denial of
        your claim means that you have received a
        "Notice of Denial of Benefits" from an
        Administrative Law Judge.

     e    .  In any case, when you do receive
        approval or final denial of your claim
        from the Social Security Administration:

        i    .     your Monthly Benefit will be
           adjusted; and

        ii   .     you must promptly refund to us
           an amount equal to all overpayments. If
           you do not promptly make such refund to
           us, we may, at our option, reduce or
           offset against any future benefits payable
           to you.
!060142  conditional end of page
  5.   Table of Other Income Benefits

060145      "Other  Income  Benefits"  are
     those  benefits below which apply  to
     you  and  to  your spouse,  child  or
     children as indicated.

060144     The Other Income Benefits are:

060172     a.  The  amount you receive  or
        for  which you are eligible under:
        (a)   any  Workers'  or  Workmen's
        Compensation       law;        (b)
        occupational disease law; and  (c)
        any  other  act  or  law  of  like
        intent.

     b    .  The amount of disability income
        benefits you receive or for which you are
        eligible under any Compulsory Benefit act
        or law.

060146     c. The amount of any disability
        income  benefit for which you  are
        eligible  under:  (a)  any   other
        group   insurance  plan   of   the
        Employer;     and     (b)      any
        governmental retirement system  as
        a  result  of  your job  with  the
        Employer.

060150     d.  The amount of benefits  you
        receive   under   the   Employer's
        Retirement  Plan as  follows:  (a)
        any  disability benefit;  (b)  any
        retirement benefits.

     e     .   The amount of disability or
        retirement benefits under the United
        States Social Security Act or any other
        governmental disability or retirement
        program as follows: (a) disability or
        unreduced retirement benefits for which
        you, your spouse, child or children are
        eligible; or (b) reduced retirement
        benefits received by you, your spouse,
        child or children.

060123E        The  above amounts,  except
     for    retirement    benefits,    are
     benefits  resulting  from  the   same
     disability   for  which   a   Monthly
     Benefit is payable under This Plan.

J.   Recurrent Disability

  1.   If, after a period of Disability for
     which a Monthly Benefit has been paid
     under This Plan, you:

     a     .  resume your regular job on a
        full-time basis; and

     b    .  perform all the material duties
        for less than four consecutive weeks;

        any Recurrent Disability will be a
     part   of   the   same   period    of
     Disability.  Our  liability  for  the
     entire period will be subject to  the
     terms  of  This  Plan for  the  prior
     Disability.

  2.   If, after a period of Disability for
     which a Monthly Benefit has been paid
     under This Plan, you:

     a     .  resume your regular job on a
        full-time basis; and

     b    .  perform all the material duties
        for four consecutive weeks or more;

        any  Recurrent Disability will  be
     treated   as   a   new   period    of
     Disability. You must complete  a  new
     Elimination  Period  before   Monthly
     Benefits are payable.

060155   3.  If  you  become eligible  for
     coverage  under any other group  long
     term    disability    policy,    this
     Recurrent  Disability provision  will
     not apply.

K.   Exclusions/Limitations

  General Exclusions

  This  Plan does not cover any Disability
  which  results  from  or  is  caused  or
  contributed to by:

  1.   war, insurrection, or rebellion;

060153  2. active participation in a riot;
!060157  conditional end of page
  3.   intentionally self-inflicted injuries
     or attempted suicide;

  4.   the commission of a felony.

060158E    Mental Illness Limitation

  While  you are Disabled due to a  Mental
  Illness  and  confined in a hospital  or
  institution,  the Monthly  Benefit  will
  be  payable  up  to the Maximum  Benefit
  Duration   shown  in  the  SCHEDULE   OF
  BENEFITS.

  While  you are Disabled due to a  Mental
  Illness  and not confined in a  hospital
  or   institution,  the  Monthly  Benefit
  will be payable up to the lesser of:

  5.   24 months; or

  6.   the Maximum Benefit Duration shown in
     the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS.

  In  no event will the Monthly Benefit be
  payable  for  longer  than  the  Maximum
  Benefit  Duration  during  a  period  of
  continuous  Disability due to  a  Mental
  Illness  if  you are not confined  in  a
  hospital or institution.

  If  you  are  confined in a hospital  or
  institution at the end of the  24  month
  period  for  which  payments  have  been
  made,  your  benefit  payment  will  not
  stop.   Your  Benefits will continue  to
  be payable until the earliest of:

     a.The date that confinement ends,  if
     it  has  continued for less  than  14
     days;

     b.Up  to  90  days after  confinement
     ends,  if it has continued for 14  or
     more  days.   You might  be  confined
     again  during these 90 days.  If  you
     are  confined for less than 14  days,
     benefits will be payable through  the
     end  of that confinement.  If you are
     confined   for  14  or   more   days,
     benefits will continue to be  payable
     through that confinement and for  the
     90 days after it.

     c.The  Maximum Benefit Duration shown
     in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS.

  No  benefits  are payable for  any  time
  that you are not Disabled.

L.    Continuity of Coverage Upon Transfer
  of Insurance Carriers

  In   order  to  prevent  loss  of   your
  coverage   because  of  a  transfer   of
  insurance   carriers,  This  Plan   will
  provide coverage for you as follows:

        Failure To Be Actively At Work Due
     To Injury Or Sickness

       This Plan will cover you, if you:

     a     .  were covered under the prior
        carrier's plan at the time of transfer;
        and

     b    .  are not Actively at Work due to
        Injury or Sickness;

         provided  the  required   payment
     toward   the   cost  of   LONG   TERM
     DISABILITY  BENEFITS is  made  to  us
     for you.

        The  benefit payable will be  that
     which  would  have been paid  by  the
     prior  carrier had coverage  remained
     in  force, less any benefit for which
     the prior carrier is liable.
!060169 fixed
Form G.23000-6B


!008696


            CLAIM PROCEDURE FOR
       LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS



!002706  fixed
A.When Notice of Claim Must be Given

002707  Written notice of a claim must  be
  given   to  us  during  the  Elimination
  Period.
!008700  fixed
A.Claim Forms

  When  we  receive written  notice  of  a
  claim, we may furnish printed forms  for
  filing proof of the claim. If we do  not
  furnish  printed forms  within  15  days
  after  you  give  us  notice,  you  must
  furnish  your  own  form  of  proof   in
  writing.

  Proof  must  describe  the  event,   the
  nature  and the extent of the cause  for
  which  a  claim  is  made;  it  must  be
  satisfactory to us.
!008701  fixed
A.When Proof of Claim Must Be Given
!001582  fixed
  Written proof of a claim must be given  to
us  not  later than 90 days following  the
end of the Elimination Period.
!003630  fixed
A.Late Notice or Proof

  If  notice  or  proof is  not  given  on
  time,  the delay will not cause a  claim
  to  be denied or reduced as long as  the
  notice  or  proof is given  as  soon  as
  possible.
!008710  fixed
A.Time Limits on Starting Lawsuits

  No  lawsuit  may  be started  to  obtain
  benefits  until 60 days after  proof  is
  given.

900358   No  lawsuit may be  started  more
  than  3 years after the time proof  must
  be given.
!017865
M.   Medical Examinations

  While  a  claim is pending, we,  at  our
  expense,  have  the right  to  have  you
  examined  by Doctors of our choice  when
  and as often as we reasonably choose.
!002735
N.   Time Limit for Payment of a Claim

002763  If the written proof of a claim:

  a    .  has been made on time; and

  b    .  is satisfactory to us;

  we   will   pay  the  accrued   benefits
  monthly  at  the end of the  period  for
  which they are due.
!021201  fixed

Form G.23000-H3


!017830

            WHEN BENEFITS END




O.    All of your benefits will end on the
  last  day of the calendar month in which
  your employment ends. Your employment ends
  when you cease active work as an Employee.
  However, for the purpose of benefits, the
  Employer  may  deem your  employment  to
  continue   for  certain  absences.   See
  CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOUR ACTIVE WORK IS
  DEEMED TO CONTINUE.

P.    If  This  Plan ends in whole  or  in
  part,  your benefits which are  affected
  will end.

Q.    Your  Long Term Disability  Benefits
  will  end as set forth in the LONG  TERM
  DISABILITY BENEFITS provisions.
!020950
The  end  of any type of benefits on  your
account  will not affect a claim which  is
incurred  before  those  benefits   ended,
except as noted in both the definition  of
Elimination   Period  and  the   Recurrent
Disability  provision found in  LONG  TERM
DISABILITY BENEFITS.
!007320  fixed

Form G.23000-F


!017900


    CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOUR ACTIVE
        WORK IS DEEMED TO CONTINUE




018715If you are not actively at  work  as
an  Employee  because of a  situation  set
forth below, the Employer may deem you  to
be  in active work as an Employee only for
the  purpose of continuing your employment
and  only for the periods specified  below
in  order  that  certain of your  benefits
under This Plan may be continued.
!017910  fixed
All such benefits will be subject to prior
cessation  as  set forth in WHEN  BENEFITS
END.

In any case, the benefits will end on:

1.the  date the Employer notifies us  that
  your  benefits are not to be  continued;
  or

2.the  end  of the last period  for  which
  the  Employer  has paid premiums  to  us
  for your benefits.

002871Your Sickness or Injury

The  period determined in accordance  with
the  Employer's  general practice  for  an
Employee in your job class.
!017970 E
Your Leave of Absence
!003113E  E
The  Employer  may continue your  coverage
for an approved leave of absence by paying
the  required premium payments, until  the
earliest of these events takes place:

a.the  date the Employer stops paying  the
  required premium;

b.the date the leave ends;

c.the  date  the  leave has continued  one
  month  beyond  the end of the  month  in
  which the leave began.

If  the  leave of absence is  an  approved
FMLA  leave, coverage will continue  until
the  date the leave has continued 4 months
beyond  the end of the month in which  the
leave began.

Layoff

If  you are temporarily laid off, coverage
will terminate on the date your employment
terminates.  If you return to work  within
6  months you will be reinstated as of the
date you return to work.

!021075  fixed

Form G.23000-L


!020915

                 NOTICES




This  certificate is of value to  you.  It
should be kept in a safe place.
!020925  fixed
As  soon as your benefits end, you  should
consult  your  Employer to find  out  what
rights,  if any, you may have to  continue
your protection.

900414The  insurance  evidenced  by   this
certificate is not in lieu of and does not
affect  any  requirement for  coverage  by
workers' compensation insurance.

020927If  you had coverage under  a  prior
plan  of  benefits,  please  consult  your
Employer  to  determine if there  are  any
additional  provisions which  affect  your
benefits under This Plan.
!020930
Our  Home Office is located at One Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
!021065  fixed

Form G.23000-E


!060170


      EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR
       LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS




060173The Early Intervention Program is  a
disability    management   program    that
involves  the  early identification  of  a
potential  Long Term Disability  Candidate
who   may   benefit  from   rehabilitative
disability management. Its purpose  is  to
enable  a  Long Term Disability Management
Coordinator  to  work  with  the  disabled
person to complete vocational analyses and
to develop disability management schedules
during  the  optimal time  for  initiating
rehabilitation attempts.

R.   Definitions

  "Candidate"  means an  Employee  who  is
  determined  by  us  to  be  a  potential
  claimant   for   Long  Term   Disability
  Benefits  and eligible for participation
  in the Early Intervention Program.

  "Long    Term    Disability   Management
  Coordinator"       (herein        called
  Coordinator) means an individual who  is
  employed  by us to coordinate the  Early
  Intervention Program.

  "Disability     Management      Benefits
  Schedule"   (herein   called   Schedule)
  means  the specific schedule of benefits
  for  rehabilitation  services  developed
  by the Coordinator for each Candidate.

  "Early   Intervention  Program"  (herein
  called   Program)  means   the   program
  established  by us wherein  we  identify
  Employees,   during  their   elimination
  period,  who may benefit from a  program
  of   disability   management   with    a
  rehabilitation goal.

S.   How the Program Works

           Early Warning Table
                       
       Amputations       Back Problems
       Burns (severe)    Carpal Tunnel
       Head Injuries    Syndrome
         Spinal   Cord   Chronic Fatigue
     Injuries           Syndrome
          Neurological   Cardiovascular
     Conditions         Conditions
                Severe   Muscle and Joint
     Traumatic          Injuries or
     Injuries              Diseases
          Vision    or   Obesity or Eating
     Hearing Loss       Disorders
        Alcoholism  or   Osteomyelitis
     Substance           Psychiatric
         Abuse          Conditions
                      
     1.Notice

        A  Coordinator must be notified in
     order  for  an  Employee  who  has  a
     disabling  condition  listed  in  the
     Early  Warning Table to be considered
     as  a  potential  Candidate  for  the
     Early Intervention Program.

060176      If  the Employee is determined
     by  the Coordinator to be a potential
     Candidate,    the    Employer    must
     complete the Employer portion of  the
     Notice  Of Claim form and then obtain
     the  Employee's signed  authorization
     before   submitting  the  Notice   Of
     Claim form to us.

060177  2. Evaluation

        After  receipt by us of the Notice
     Of Claim form, the Coordinator will:

     a    .  contact the Employee about the
        Early Intervention Program;

     b    .  obtain sufficient information to
        monitor the benefits for the Employee's
        current diagnosis and projected medical
        treatment, and also obtain vocational
        information; and

     c    .  determine whether the Employee is
        a Candidate for the Early Intervention
        Program.

  2.   Development

        The  Coordinator will develop  for
     each  Candidate a proposed Disability
     Management  Benefits  Schedule   that
     meets  the  guidelines of  our  Early
     Intervention Program.

  3.   Offer

        The proposed Disability Management
     Benefits   Schedule  will   then   be
     offered  to  the  Candidate  and  the
     attending   Doctor.   The   attending
     Doctor  can  recommend the Disability
     Management  Benefits  Schedule,   and
     the   Candidate   can   consent    to
     obtaining  the services contained  in
     the  Schedule.  Under  this  Program,
     all   treatment  decisions  are   the
     responsibility of the  Candidate  and
     attending  Doctor. MetLife  does  not
     engage  in  the practice of  medicine
     and   is  not  responsible  for   the
     quality of services provided and  for
     which  benefits  are  listed  in  the
     Disability    Management     Benefits
     Schedule.

          If   the   proposed   Disability
     Management   Benefits   Schedule   is
     recommended by the attending  Doctor,
     and  the  services contained  in  the
     Schedule  are  consented  to  by  the
     Candidate,  we will pay for  specific
     expenses      for      rehabilitation
     services,  vocational  services,  and
     other   approved   medical   services
     listed in the Schedule and for  which
     benefits  are not payable  under  any
     other  plan that covers the Candidate
     (including,  but not limited  to  the
     Candidate's medical plan,  automobile
     liability  coverage,  no-fault   auto
     insurance, Workers' Compensation,  or
     other  state  or federally  sponsored
     programs).

  4.   Reevaluation

         While   a  Disability  Management
     Benefits  Schedule  is  in  progress,
     the  Coordinator  will  continue   to
     monitor  such  Schedule.  If  it   is
     deemed  appropriate, the Coordinator,
     with   the  recommendation   of   the
     attending Doctor and consent  of  the
     Candidate   for  different  services,
     will modify such Schedule.

We  retain  the  right  to  terminate  the
Candidate's  participation  in  the  Early
Intervention  Program upon notice  to  the
Candidate and the attending Doctor.

You are not required to participate in the
Early Intervention Program in order to  be
eligible    for   Long   Term   Disability
Benefits.


!021245

            ERISA INFORMATION




021250E NAME OF THE PLAN

Northrop Corporation

021255E Leading AdjustmentNAME AND ADDRESS
OF EMPLOYER WHO IS THE PLAN SPONSOR

Northrop Corporation
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067
(213) 553-6262

021330E              EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION   NUMBER   AND
PLAN NUMBER
                              
95-1055798                    503

PLAN TYPE

The  Plan  described in this Summary  Plan
Description  is a "Welfare  Benefit  Plan"
for purposes of ERISA.

PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

Northrop Corporation
1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067

The  Plan  Administrator has the authority
to  control  and manage the operation  and
the administration of the Plan.

021340TYPE OF ADMINISTRATION

The  Plan is insured by Metropolitan  Life
Insurance Company.

900426AGENT FOR SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS

For   disputes  arising  under  the  Plan,
service of legal process may be made  upon
the   Plan  administrator  at  the   above
address. For disputes arising under  those
portions   of   the   Plan   insured    by
Metropolitan   Life   Insurance   Company,
service of legal process may be made  upon
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at one
of   its   local  offices,  or  upon   the
supervisory  official  of  the   Insurance
Department  in  the  state  in  which  you
reside.
!900433
CONTRIBUTIONS

900439No contribution is required for Long
Term Disability Benefits.
!900452
PLAN YEAR

900454The Plan's fiscal records  are  kept
on a policy year basis beginning each July
1st and ending on the following June 30th.

021351

            CLAIMS INFORMATION



   Procedures for Presenting Claims for
                 Benefits

All   claim  forms  needed  to  file   for
benefits under the group insurance program
can  be  obtained from your  employer  who
will also be ready to answer questions and
to  assist  you  or, if  applicable,  your
beneficiary   in   filing   claims.    The
instructions on the claim form  should  be
followed carefully. This will expedite the
processing  of  the  claim.  Be  sure  all
questions are answered fully.

021240The  completed claim form should  be
returned to your employer who will certify
that  you  are insured under the Plan  and
will  then  forward  the  claim  form   to
Metropolitan.

009385When  the claim has been  processed,
you  or,  if  applicable, your beneficiary
will be notified of the benefits paid.  If
any benefits have been denied, you or,  if
applicable, your beneficiary will  receive
a written explanation.



            Routine Questions

If  there  is any question about  a  claim
payment,  an explanation may be  requested
from  the employer who is usually able  to
provide the necessary information.

009400

      Requesting a Review of Claims
        Denied In Whole or In Part

In  the  event a claim has been denied  in
whole  or  in part, you or, if applicable,
your  beneficiary can request a review  of
your  claim by Metropolitan. This  request
for   review  should  be  sent  to   Group
Insurance Claims Review at the address  of
Metropolitan's office which processed  the
claim  within  60 days after  you  or,  if
applicable,   your  beneficiary   received
notice  of  denial  of  the  claim.   When
requesting  a  review,  please  state  the
reason   you   or,  if  applicable,   your
beneficiary   believe   the   claim    was
improperly  denied and  submit  any  data,
questions   or   comments   you   or,   if
applicable,    your   beneficiary    deems
appropriate.

Metropolitan  will  re-evaluate  all   the
information  and  you or,  if  applicable,
your  beneficiary will be informed of  the
decision in a timely manner.

      Discretionary Authority of Plan
               Administrator
        and Other Plan Fiduciaries

In    carrying   out   their    respective
responsibilities under the Plan, the  Plan
administrator  and other Plan  fiduciaries
shall  have  discretionary  authority   to
interpret  the terms of the  Plan  and  to
determine  eligibility for and entitlement
to  Plan  benefits in accordance with  the
terms  of the Plan. Any interpretation  or
determination   made  pursuant   to   such
discretionary  authority  shall  be  given
full  force and effect, unless it  can  be
shown    that   the   interpretation    or
determination     was    arbitrary     and
capricious.
!021125

        STATEMENT OF ERISA RIGHTS


021129The following statement is  required
by federal law and regulation.

As  a  participant in This Plan,  you  are
entitled to certain rights and protections
under   the  Employee  Retirement   Income
Security   Act  of  1974  (ERISA).   ERISA
provides  that all participants  shall  be
entitled to:

Examine,  without  charge,  at  the   Plan
administrator's  office   and   at   other
specified  locations, all Plan  documents,
including  insurance contracts and  copies
of  all  documents filed by the Plan  with
the  U.S.  Department of  Labor,  such  as
detailed    annual   reports   and    Plan
descriptions.

Obtain  all  copies of all Plan  documents
and  other  Plan information upon  written
request  to  the  Plan administrator.  The
administrator may make a reasonable charge
for the copies.

In  addition, ERISA provides that if there
are  100 or more participants in the Plan,
all such participants shall be entitled to
receive  a summary of the Plan's financial
report.   In   such   event,   the    Plan
administrator  is  required  by   law   to
furnish  each participant with a  copy  of
this summary annual report.

In  addition to creating rights  for  Plan
participants,  ERISA imposes  duties  upon
the  people  who are responsible  for  the
operation  of  the employee benefit  plan.
The  people who operate your Plan,  called
"fiduciaries" of the Plan, have a duty  to
do so prudently and in the interest of you
and    other    Plan   participants    and
beneficiaries.

No  one,  including your employer  or  any
other  person, may fire you  or  otherwise
discriminate  against you in  any  way  to
prevent   you  from  obtaining  a  welfare
benefit  or  exercising your rights  under
ERISA. If your claim for a welfare benefit
is  denied in whole or in part,  you  must
receive  a  written  explanation  of   the
reason  for denial. You have the right  to
have  the Plan review and reconsider  your
claim.

021130Under ERISA, there are steps you can
take  to  enforce  the above  rights.  For
instance,  if  you request materials  from
the Plan and do not receive them within 30
days,  you  may  file suit  in  a  federal
court.  In  such  a case,  the  court  may
require  the Plan administrator to provide
the materials and pay you up to $100 a day
until  you  receive the materials,  unless
the  materials  were not sent  because  of
reasons   beyond   the  control   of   the
administrator.  If you have  a  claim  for
benefits  which is denied or  ignored,  in
whole or in part, you may file suit  in  a
state or federal court.

If  it should happen that Plan fiduciaries
misuse  the  Plan's money, or if  you  are
discriminated  against for asserting  your
rights,  you may seek assistance from  the
U.S.  Department of Labor, or you may file
suit in a federal court.

The court will decide who should pay court
costs   and   legal  fees.  If   you   are
successful, the court may order the person
you have sued to pay these costs and fees.

If  you  lose, the court may order you  to
pay these costs and fees; for example,  if
it  finds your claim is frivolous. If  you
have  any  questions about your Plan,  you
should contact the Plan administrator.  If
you   have   any  questions   about   this
statement  or  about  your  rights   under
ERISA, you should contact the nearest Area
Office   of   the   U.S.  Labor-Management
Services  Administration,  Department of
Labor.

            FUTURE OF THE PLAN

It   is  hoped  that  This  Plan  will  be
continued   indefinitely,   but   Northrop
Corporation reserves the right  to  change
or  terminate This Plan in the future. Any
such  action  would be  taken  only  after
careful consideration.

900421  The Board of Directors of Northrop
Corporation shall be empowered to amend or
terminate  This Plan or any benefit  under
This Plan at any time.
!000001  end of document

Exhibit 10(L)




Key  Executive Medical  Plan Benefit Summary

The Key Executive Medical Plan provides up to 100% cost
reimbursement for designated procedures with a lifetime
maximum up to $1,000,000.





Exhibit 10(m)

                   DELTA DENTAL PLAN

(A Not-for Profit Corporation Incorporated in California
  and a Member of the Delta Dental Plans Association)

Home Office: P.O. Box 7736, San Francisco, California 94
120
            (Herein referred to as "Delta")

              Group Numbers 5134 and 5135

IN  CONSIDERATION  of the application made  by  NORTHROP
GRUMMAN  CORPORATION, referred to in  this  Contract  as
"Northrop  Grumman Corporation" and IN CONSIDERATION  of
payment  by  Northrop Grumman Corporation as  stated  in
Article  3,  Delta agrees to administer the Benefits  in
Article  4  below  for  a period  of  three  (3)  years,
beginning at 12:01 a.m., Standard Time, on July 1, 1995,
and  from  year to year thereafter, unless this Contract
is terminated in accordance with Article 9.

The  following  documents are attached to this  Contract
and made a part hereof:

Appendix A     Benefits
Appendix B     Dental Procedure Numbers
Appendix C     Orthodontic Benefits Rider

This Contract contains the following Articles:

Article 1           Definitions
Article 2           Eligibility
Article 3           Payments
Article 4            Benefits Provided; Limitations  and
               Exclusions
Article 5           Deductibles & Maximum Amounts
Article 6           Coordination of Benefits
Article 7            Conditions Under Which  Delta  Will
               Provide Benefits
Article 8           Other Delta Obligations
Article 9           Termination and Renewal
Article 10     Continued Coverage Option
Article 11     General Provisions
ARTICLE -- 1   DEFINITIONS

These  terms,  when  used  in this  Contract,  mean  the
following:

          1.1   "Attending Dentist's Statement"  is  the
          form  completed  by  the  Dentist  to  request
          Delta's   payment  for  dental   services   or
          predetermination    for    proposed     dental
          treatment.

          1.2   "Benefits"  means those dental  services
          which  are available under the terms  of  this
          Contract as set out in Article 4.

          1.3   "Contract" means this agreement  between
          Delta   and   Northrop   Grumman   Corporation
          including   the  attached  appendices.    This
          Contract  is  the entire Contract between  the
          parties.

          1.4    "Contract   Term"  means   the   period
          beginning on July 1, 1995 and ending on   June
          30,  1996,  and each subsequent yearly  period
          during which this Contract remains in effect.

          1.5   "Dentist" means a duly licensed  Dentist
          legally  entitled to practice  dentistry  when
          and where services are provided.

          1.6   "Eligible  Dependent" means  any  of  an
          employee's  dependents  who  is  eligible  for
          Benefits under Article 2 of this Contract.

          1.7   "Eligible Employee" means  any  employee
          who  is eligible for Benefits under Article  2
          of this Contract.

          1.8  "Eligible Person" means an employee or  a
          dependent  who is eligible for Benefits  under
          Article  2  of  this  Contract,  or  a  person
          ceasing  to  meet such conditions who  chooses
          continued  coverage as set out in Article  10,
          and  for  whom Delta receives the  appropriate
          monthly payment set out in Article 3.

          1.9   "Eligibility  Date" means  the  date  an
          employee's  eligibility for  Benefits  becomes
          effective under the terms of this Contract.

          1.10 "Fee Actually Charged" means the fee  for
          a particular dental service or procedure which
          a  Dentist  submits to Delta on  an  Attending
          Dentist's Statement, less any portion of  such
          fee  which is discounted, waived, or  rebated,
          or  which the Dentist does not use good  faith
          efforts to collect.

          1.11  "Participating Dentist" means a  Dentist
          who   has  signed  an  agreement  with  Delta,
          agreeing  to provide services under the  terms
          and conditions established by Delta.

          1.12 "Participating Plan" means Delta and  any
          other   member  of  the  Delta  Dental   Plans
          Association  with  which  Delta  contracts  to
          assist   it  in  administering  the   Benefits
          described in this Contract.

          1.13 "Patient Copayment" means the portion  of
          the  Dentist's fees or allowances charged  for
          Benefits   which  is  the  Eligible   Person's
          responsibility.

          1.14  "Prevailing Fee" is the fee for a Single
          Procedure  which  satisfies  the  majority  of
          Dentists in California, as determined by Delta
          based  upon confidential fee listings accepted
          by Delta from Participating Dentists.

          1.15  "Procedure Numbers" means the  Procedure
          Numbers shown on Appendix B.

          1.16   "Single  Procedure"  means   a   dental
          procedure listed in Appendix B to which  Delta
          has  assigned  a  separate  Procedure  Number,
          e.g., a three-surface amalgam restoration of a
          single permanent tooth (Procedure 02160) or  a
          complete  upper denture, including adjustments
          for  a six month period following installation
          (Procedure 05110).

          1.17   For   a  Dentist  who  has   signed   a
          Participating  Dentist Agreement  with  Delta,
          his  or  her "Usual, Customary, and Reasonable
          Fee" for any Single Procedure is the fee which
          the  Dentist  has filed with Delta  and  which
          Delta  has accepted.  For these Dentists,  the
          words  "Usual, Customary and Reasonable"  mean
          the following:

                USUAL -- A usual fee is the amount which
          a Dentist regularly charges and receives for a
          given  service.  If the Dentist  charges  more
          than  one fee for a given service, the "Usual"
          fee  for that service is the lowest fee  which
          the  Dentist  regularly charges or  offers  to
          patients.

                CUSTOMARY -- A fee is customary when  it
          is  within the range of usual fees charged and
          received  for a particular service by Dentists
          of  similar  training in the  same  geographic
          area  which  Delta determines is statistically
          relevant.

                REASONABLE -- A fee is reasonable if  it
          is "usual" and "customary", or if Delta agrees
          that  a  fee  that  falls above  customary  is
          justified  by a superior level of care  or  by
          the extraordinary circumstances of the case in
          question.

          1.18  However, when a nonparticipating Dentist
          provides  services to an Eligible Person,  his
          or  her "Usual, Customary, and Reasonable" fee
          is  presumed  to be the "Prevailing  Fee"  for
          that procedure.

ARTICLE  2 -- ELIGIBILITY

2.1  All  present and future regular Eligible  Employees
     of  Key  Executive Group and Supplemental Executive
     Plan  are eligible for this program.  Key Executive
     Group   shall  be  in  Group  #5134.   Supplemental
     Executive Plan shall be in Group #5135.

2.2  Enrollment   for  Eligible  Employees   and   their
     enrolled dependents will be effective beginning  on
     July 1, 1995.

2.3  If  both  husband and wife are eligible,  dependent
     children may qualify to be enrolled as the Eligible
     Dependents of only one of such Eligible Employees.

2.4  Eligible   Employees  who  elect   family   medical
     coverage  may  only elect family  dental  coverage.
     Eligible   Employees  who  elect   single   medical
     coverage may only elect single dental coverage.

2.5  Eligible Dependents are the employee's legal spouse
     and  unmarried  dependent children  from  birth  to
     age  19,  or  to  age 25 if enrolled  as  full-time
     students  in  an  accredited  school,  college,  or
     university.     Children   include   step-children,
     adopted children, children placed for adoption  and
     foster  children,  provided they  depend  upon  the
     employee   for   support  and   maintenance.    The
     dependents  of  Eligible Employees become  Eligible
     Dependents  on the same date that the  employee  of
     whom  they  are  a  dependent becomes  an  Eligible
     Employee.     Later-acquired   dependents    become
     Eligible   Dependents  as  soon  as  they   acquire
     dependent status.

2.6  An  unmarried  child, 19 years old  or  older,  may
     continue  to  be an Eligible Dependent even  though
     not  enrolled as a full-time student  if  they  are
     incapable  of  self-support  because  of   physical
     handicap  or mental incapacity if that handicap  or
     incapacity began before they reached age 19 and  if
     they   are  chiefly  dependent  upon  the  Eligible
     Employee  for  support and maintenance.   Proof  of
     such handicap or incapacity and dependency must  be
     submitted within thirty-one (31) days after request
     for   such  proof  from  either  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation or Delta, and subsequently  as  may  be
     required by either Northrop Grumman Corporation  or
     Delta.    Neither   Delta  nor   Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation will request such proof more frequently
     than  annually  after  the child  in  question  has
     reached age 21.

2.7  Dependents in military service are not eligible.

2.8  Every  employee and dependent meeting the preceding
     conditions  of  eligibility is an Eligible  Person.
     However,  Delta will not provide Benefits  for  any
     employee  or his or her dependents unless  (1)  the
     employee  is  included  on  the  list  of  Eligible
     Employees submitted as required by this Article (or
     any  revision  or correction of such a  list),  and
     (2)  the  appropriate monthly payment  is  made  as
     required  by  Article 3 of this Contract,  for  the
     months  in  which  Delta  provides  covered  dental
     services.

2.9  Northrop  Grumman Corporation agrees to enroll  all
     of  its  "Eligible Persons" in this  program.   All
     employees  of Northrop Grumman Corporation  meeting
     the  eligibility requirements of this  Article  are
     "Eligible  Employees"  under  this  program  unless
     Northrop  Grumman Corporation offers  one  or  more
     alternate  programs of dental  coverage.   In  that
     event,  Eligible  Employees  will  continue  to  be
     eligible  under  this program unless  they  file  a
     choice   card  with  Northrop  Grumman  Corporation
     electing  an  alternate  program  during  an   open
     enrollment  period  agreed upon between  Delta  and
     Northrop  Grumman  Corporation.  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation  agrees to bear the entire  expense  of
     Dues  payments  for employees who  continue  to  be
     Eligible Persons under this program.

2.10 On  or  prior  to  the first day  of  every  month,
     commencing  on  July  1,  1995,  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation will compile and furnish Delta  with  a
     list  of  all  Eligible  Employees,  showing  their
     federally-assigned  Social  Security  numbers,  the
     dates  of  hire, and, if applicable,  the  location
     code.  Northrop Grumman Corporation also agrees  to
     include  in the list all persons electing continued
     coverage under Article 10, showing their federally-
     assigned  Social  Security  numbers  and  dates  of
     election.

2.11 Northrop  Grumman Corporation will offer  continued
     coverage  to employees who are laid off from  work.
     These employees will have coverage until the end of
     the  month  plus sixty (60) days.  These  employees
     will  be  terminated and a weekly  report  will  be
     issued   listing   who  are  eligible   and   their
     reinstatement date and new termination  date  after
     sixty (60) days.  This is only for employees who do
     not  have other group medical coverage.  Therefore,
     not  all terminated and/or laid off employees would
     be  eligible.   Employees on a medical  leave  will
     continue  coverage for two (2) years provided  they
     pay any required payroll deductions.  Employees  on
     personal or educational leave can continue coverage
     for  one (1) month.  Employees on family leave  can
     continue  coverage for four (4) months.   Employees
     on  military leave for six (6) months or  less  can
     continue  coverage.  If the employee is  called  to
     active  military  duty, the  dental  coverage  will
     stop,  but  the  dependent coverage  continues  for
     twelve (12) months, provided the employees pays for
     any required payroll deductions.

2.12 An employee's eligibility ends on the day full-time
     service   ends,  unless  they  choose  to  continue
     coverage   under   Article   10.    A   dependent's
     eligibility   ends   along   with   the    Eligible
     Employee's, or sooner if the dependent loses his or
     her dependent status, unless continued coverage  is
     chosen  in a timely fashion by or on behalf of  the
     dependent(s)  under  Article 10.   Eligibility  for
     such  continued  coverage  will  continue  for  the
     period  required  by  the Option.   In  any  event,
     eligibility  ends  immediately when  this  Contract
     ends.

2.13 Northrop  Grumman  Corporation  agrees  to   permit
     Delta,   by   its  auditors  or  other   authorized
     representatives,  on  reasonable  advance   written
     notice,  to  inspect Northrop Grumman Corporation's
     records in order to verify the accuracy of lists of
     Eligible  Employees  prepared by  Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation  and submitted to Delta and  to  verify
     Northrop  Grumman  Corporation's  compliance   with
     Article 3 of this Contract.
ARTICLE 3 -- DUES PAYMENTS

3.1  Northrop  Grumman  Corporation agrees  to  pay  the
     following  monthly Dues to Delta,  at  the  address
     shown  on the first page of this Contract, for  all
     of  Northrop  Grumman Corporation's  employees  and
     their   dependents   who  are  enrolled   "Eligible
     Persons"  as  set  forth  in  Article  2  of   this
     Contract:
     Effective  July 1, 1995 through December  31,  1995
     for Group #5134:
     $86.17 for each Eligible Employee.
     Effective  July 1, 1995 through December  31,  1995
     for Group #5135:
     $18.90 for each employee with no dependents; $41.19
     for each employee with one or more dependents.
     Effective January 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 for
     Group #5134:
     $93.61 for each Eligible Employee.
     Delta shall use the plus stabilization to subsidize
     the  sum of $7.79 for each Eligible Employee for  a
     total rate of $101.40 for each Eligible Employee.
     Effective January 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 for
     Group #5135:
     $20.53 for each employee with no dependents; $44.75
     for each employee with one or more dependents.
     Delta shall use the plus stabilization to subsidize
     the  sum  of  $1.71  for  each  employee  with   no
     dependents  for  a total rate of  $22.24  for  each
     employee  with no dependents; the sum of $3.72  for
     each  employee  with one or more dependents  for  a
     total rate of $48.47 for each employee with one  or
     more dependents.

     Northrop  Grumman Corporation agrees  to  bear  the
     cost  of such Dues without withholding or otherwise
     charging Eligible Employees for their coverage.

3.2  The   Dues   for  each  person  electing  continued
     coverage  under  the Continued Coverage  Option  in
     Article 10 for himself or herself only will be  the
     same  as for a single Eligible Employee.  The  Dues
     for a person who also elects continued coverage for
     his  or  her dependents will be the same as for  an
     Eligible   Employee  with  the   same   number   of
     dependents.    Northrop  Grumman  Corporation   may
     charge  persons choosing coverage under Article  10
     such amounts as are permitted by law.

3.3  In  addition  to the amounts, if any,  which  Delta
     withholds from payments to Dentists as provided  in
     Delta   Participating  Dentists   Rules,   Northrop
     Grumman Corporation authorizes Delta to deduct from
     each  of  its  monthly payments to Delta  8.22%  as
     compensation  for  Delta's administration  of  this
     dental program.

3.4  After the end of each Contract Term, the excess, if
     any,  of  the  total monthly Dues paid by  Northrop
     Grumman  Corporation since July 1,  1995  over  the
     amounts  paid or otherwise discharged by Delta  for
     Benefits since that date (plus the compensation for
     administration   deducted   under   the   preceding
     paragraph), less a reasonable reserve for  incurred
     but  unreported obligations, shall be held  in  the
     experience stabilization fund, will be relected  in
     the  calculation of the renewal rate for succeeding
     Contract  Terms and/or may be used  to  offset  the
     additional   cost   of   increased   Benefits   for
     succeeding  Contract Terms.  In no event,  however,
     shall this excess or any part of it be returned  to
     Northrop  Grumman Corporation in a cash transaction
     and  any such excess remaining upon termination  of
     the program shall remain with Delta.

3.5  This Contract is not in effect until Delta receives
     the Initial Dues from Northrop Grumman Corporation.
     Northrop   Grumman  Corporation   agrees   to   pay
     subsequent   Dues  to  Delta  on  or   before   the
     tenth (10th) day of each month thereafter.

3.6  If   this   Contract  terminates  for  any  reason,
     Northrop Grumman Corporation agrees to pay all Dues
     earned  by  Delta  but unpaid by  Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation.

3.7  Except  as  provided  in  the  next  paragraph,  an
     agreement   between  Delta  and  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation is required to change Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation Dues rate during a Contract Term.

3.8  During  a  Contract Term, if any government  agency
     imposes any new tax on Delta based on the amount of
     Dues payable or the number of persons covered under
     this  Contract, or if the rate of any existing  tax
     on  the  amount  of Dues or the number  of  persons
     covered  under  this Contract increases,  the  Dues
     stated  in this Article will increase by the amount
     of any such new or increased tax(es).

3.9  If  Delta  or Northrop Grumman Corporation discover
     clerical  errors  or  delays regarding  eligibility
     data, Dues and eligibility will be adjusted for all
     affected months of the current Contract Term.
ARTICLE   4   --  BENEFITS  PROVIDED;  LIMITATIONS   AND
EXCLUSIONS

4.1  Subject to the limitations and exclusions set forth
     below,  the  following services are  Benefits  when
     they  are  provided by a Dentist and when they  are
     necessary  and  customary  as  determined  by   the
     standards of generally accepted dental practice.

4.2  DIAGNOSTIC  AND PREVENTIVE BENEFITS.  Delta  agrees
     to  satisfy  the  applicable  percentage  shown  in
     Appendix  A of the Dentist's Usual, Customary,  and
     Reasonable  fees  or of the Fees Actually  Charged,
     whichever is less, for the following Diagnostic and
     Preventive Benefits:

                    Diagnostic -   oral examinations
                                   x-rays
                                   diagnostic casts
                                           biopsy/tissue
                    examination
                                    emergency palliative
                    treatment
                                              specialist
                    consultation

                    Preventive       -          Cleaning
                    (prophylaxis)
                                    topical  application
                    of fluoride solution
                                   space maintainers


4.3  BASIC  BENEFITS.   Delta  agrees  to  satisfy   the
     applicable percentage shown in Appendix  A  of  the
     Dentist's Usual, Customary, and Reasonable fees  or
     of  the  Fees Actually Charged, whichever is  less,
     for the following Basic Benefits:

                         Oral Surgery   -    extractions
                         and   certain  other   surgical
                         procedures,           including
                         preoperative  and postoperative
                         care

                         Restorative     -      amalgam,
                         synthetic porcelain and plastic
                         restorations   (fillings)   for
                         treatment  of  carious  lesions
                         (visible  destruction  of  hard
                         tooth structure resulting  from
                         the process of tooth decay)

                         Endodontic      -     treatment
                         of the tooth pulp

                         Periodontic     -     treatment
                         of  gums  and bones  supporting
                         teeth

                         Sealants        -    topically-
                         applied  acrylic,  plastic,  or
                         composite material used to seal
                         developmental grooves and  pits
                         in  teeth  for the  purpose  of
                         preventing dental decay

4.4  LIMITATION ON BASIC BENEFITS:

     Procedures  for  removal  of  stitches   or   post-
     operative examination are not provided.

4.5  CROWNS,   JACKETS,   INLAYS,   ONLAYS,   AND   CAST
     RESTORATIONS.    Delta  agrees   to   satisfy   the
     applicable percentage shown on Appendix  A  of  the
     Dentist's Usual, Customary, and Reasonable fees  or
     of  the  Fees Actually Charged, whichever is  less,
     for  the following Crowns, Jackets, Inlays, Onlays,
     and Cast Restorations Benefits:

     Crowns,   Jackets,   Inlays,   Onlays,   and   Cast
     Restorations  for  treatment  of  carious   lesions
     (visible   destruction  of  hard  tooth   structure
     resulting  from the process of dental decay)  which
     cannot   be   restored   with  amalgam,   synthetic
     porcelain, or plastic restorations.

4.6  PROSTHODONTIC  BENEFITS.  Delta agrees  to  satisfy
     the  applicable percentage shown on Appendix  A  of
     the Dentist's Usual, Customary, and Reasonable fees
     or of the Fees Actually Charged, whichever is less,
     for the following Prosthodontic Benefits:

     Procedures  for  construction or  repair  of  fixed
     bridges, partial or complete dentures.

4.7  LIMITATIONS ON PROSTHODONTIC BENEFITS:

     Applicable   only   to  dependents   of   Executive
     employees:

     A  patient shall be eligible for the replacement of
     prosthodontic   appliances  only   following   such
     patient's continuous enrollment under this Contract
     for  a  period of twelve (12) months.  This waiting
     period  shall  be  waived  for  patients  who  have
     satisfied  the  waiting period under  the  previous
     dental plan.

4.8  ORTHODONTIC  BENEFITS.   Delta  agrees  to  provide
     Orthodontic   Benefits  in  accordance   with   the
     Orthodontic  Benefit  Rider  attached   hereto   as
     Appendix C.


4.9  EXCLUSIONS:   The   following  services   are   not
     Benefits:

          (a)  Services for injuries or conditions which
          are  covered  under Workers'  Compensation  or
          Employer's Liability Laws.

          (b)    Services  which  are  provided  to  the
          Eligible  Person  by  any  Federal  or   State
          Government Agency or are provided without cost
          to  the  Eligible Person by any  municipality,
          county  or other political subdivision, except
          as  provided in California Health  and  Safety
          Code Section 1373(a).

          (c)  Treatment by someone other than a Dentist
          or physician, except where performed by a duly
          qualified technician under the direction of  a
          Dentist or physician.

          (d)   Services  or  supplies with  respect  to
          cosmetic  surgery  or  dentistry  for   purely
          cosmetic reasons.

          (e)   Training in or supplies used for dietary
          counseling, oral hygiene or plaque control.

          (f)   Procedures, restorations, and appliances
          to  increase vertical dimension or to  restore
          occlusion.

          (g)   Services and supplies in connection with
          injury caused by war whether declared or  not,
          or by international armed conflict.

          (h)  Services and supplies furnished in a U.S.
          Government  hospital; which the  person  would
          not be required to pay if there were no dental
          program.

          (i)  Benefits to which a dependent is entitled
          as  an employee or former employee of Northrop
          Grumman Corporation.

          (j)    Prosthetic  services  or   any   Single
          Procedure started prior to the date the person
          became  eligible for such services under  this
          program.


          (k)     Specialized    techniques    involving
          precision   attachments,  personalization   or
          characterization  and additional  charges  for
          adjustments  within 6 months for  installation
          of prosthetic appliances.

          (l)    Orthodontic  services   (treatment   of
          malalignment  of  teeth and/or  jaws),  except
          those services provided in accordance with the
          Orthodontic Benefit Rider attached  hereto  as
          Appendix C.

4.10 An  agreement between Northrop Grumman  Corporation
     and  Delta is required to change Benefits during  a
     Contract Term.

ARTICLE 5 -- DEDUCTIBLES & MAXIMUM AMOUNTS

5.1  Each  Eligible  Person must satisfy the  amount  as
     shown  in Appendix A ("deductible amount") of  fees
     for  services  which are Benefits  received  by  an
     Eligible  Person during the term of  this  Contract
     and  otherwise  covered  by  this  Contract.   Such
     deductible  amount will not exceed  the  amount  as
     shown in Appendix A for all Eligible Persons  in  a
     single  family, consisting of an Eligible  Employee
     and  their Eligible Dependents, as defined.   Delta
     will  compute  these fees based  on  the  Dentist's
     Usual, Customary, and Reasonable fees.

5.2  Such  deductible amounts shall apply once each plan
     year  (July 1 - June 30) or portion thereof  during
     which  the  patient is continuously eligible  under
     the Contract.

5.3  Eligible  husband and wife both covered as Eligible
     Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation  will  be
     allowed  to  satisfy the deductible as  a  combined
     deductible.

5.4  The  maximum  amount Delta will pay for  Diagnostic
     and  Preventive,  Basic, Crowns,  Jackets,  Inlays,
     Onlays,  and  Cast  Restorations and  Prosthodontic
     Benefits  provided to any one person  in  any  plan
     year  (July 1 - June 30) shall be the amount  shown
     in Appendix A.

ARTICLE 6 -- COORDINATION OF BENEFITS:

6.1  If  a  group  insurance policy or any  other  group
     health  benefits program, including  another  Delta
     program,  entitles  a  person  to  receive  or   be
     reimbursed  for  the cost of dental services  which
     are  also Benefits under this program, and if  this
     program  is  "primary" under  the  rules  described
     below, Delta will provide Benefits as if the  other
     program  did  not exist.  If the other  program  is
     "primary"  under  these  rules,  then  Delta   will
     provide  Benefits under this program  only  to  the
     extent  that  the  other  program  does  not  fully
     provide the dental services.

6.2  If  the  other  program mainly covers  services  or
     expenses  other than dental care, this  program  is
     "primary".  Otherwise, Delta will use the following
     rules to determine which program is "primary":

          (a)   The  program which covers the person  as
          other  than  a dependent is primary  over  the
          program   which  covers  the   person   as   a
          dependent, with the following exception:

                           If  the  person  is  also   a
               Medicare Beneficiary and Medicare is:

                                         (i)   secondary
                         to  the  program  covering  the
                         person as a dependent; and

                                         (ii) primary to
                         the program covering the person
                         as  other than a dependent (for
                         example, a retired employee),

                           then  the  Benefits  of   the
               program   covering  the   person   as   a
               dependent   are  determined  before   the
               Benefits  of  the  program  covering  the
               person as other than a dependent.

          (b)   The  program which covers a child  as  a
          dependent  of  a parent whose birthday  occurs
          earlier in a calendar year is primary over the
          program which covers a child as a dependent of
          a  parent  whose birthday occurs  later  in  a
          calendar  year  (except for a dependent  child
          whose  parents  are separated or  divorced  as
          described in (c) below).

          (c)   In  the case of a dependent child  whose
          parents are legally separated or divorced:

                          (i)        If the parent  with
                    custody   has  not  remarried,   the
                    program which covers the child as  a
                    dependent of the parent with custody
                    is  primary over the  program  which
                    covers  the child as a dependent  of
                    the parent without custody.

                          (ii)       If the parent  with
                    custody  has remarried, the  program
                    which   covers  the   child   as   a
                    dependent of the parent with custody
                    is  primary  over the program  which
                    covers  the child as a dependent  of
                    the  step-parent,  and  the  program
                    which   covers  the   child   as   a
                    dependent  of  the  step-parent   is
                    primary  over the policy or  program
                    which   covers  the   child   as   a
                    dependent  of  the  parent   without
                    custody.

                          (iii)     If there is a  court
                    decree  that  establishes  financial
                    responsibility  for dental  services
                    which   are   Benefits  under   this
                    program,  then  notwithstanding  (i)
                    and  (ii), the program which  covers
                    the  child  as  a dependent  of  the
                    parent     with    such    financial
                    responsibility is primary  over  any
                    other   program  which  covers   the
                    child.

6.3  The  Benefits of a program covering a  laid-off  or
     retired  employee  (or dependent  of  such  person)
     shall be determined after the Benefits of any other
     program covering such person as an employee.

6.4  If  a  person  whose  coverage  is  provided  under
     federal  or  state  law requiring  continuation  is
     covered under more than one program, Benefit  order
     shall be determined as follows:

                     (a)   The  Benefits of the  program
               covering  the  person as an  employee  or
               dependent shall be primary.

                    (b)  The Benefits under continuation
               coverage shall be secondary.

6.5  If  the primary program cannot be determined by the
     rules  described  in this Article  6,  the  program
     which  has  covered  the  person  longer  shall  be
     primary.

6.6  An  Eligible  Person will provide  Delta  with  any
     information  about  the person that  is  needed  to
     administer this Article, and Delta may release  any
     information to or obtain any information  from  any
     insurance company or other organization in order to
     coordinate  the  Benefits of  an  Eligible  Person.
     Delta in its sole discretion will determine whether
     any  reimbursement  is warranted  to  an  insurance
     company or other organization under this provision,
     and  it is agreed that any such reimbursement  paid
     by  Delta  will  be Benefits under  this  Contract.
     Delta  has  the right to recover the value  of  any
     Benefits   provided  by  Delta  which  exceed   its
     obligations under the terms of this provision  from
     a Participating Dentist, Eligible Person, insurance
     company or other organization, as Delta chooses.

ARTICLE  7 -- CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH DELTA WILL  PROVIDE
BENEFITS

7.1  Benefits,  unless otherwise provided in Article  4,
     are  available  from  the Eligibility  Date  of  an
     Eligible Person.

7.2  An  Eligible Person may choose the services of  any
     licensed  Dentist, but neither Delta  nor  Northrop
     Grumman Corporation guarantees the availability  of
     any particular Dentist.

7.3  Before Delta is obligated to approve and/or satisfy
     any  claims under this Contract, Delta is  entitled
     to  receive,  to  such extent as  is  lawful,  such
     information  and records relating to attendance  to
     or  examination  of  or treatment  provided  to  an
     Eligible  Person  from any attending  or  examining
     Dentist,  or  from hospitals in which  a  Dentist's
     care  is  provided,  as  may  be  required  in  the
     administration of such claims, or to  require  that
     an   Eligible  Person  be  examined  by  a   dental
     consultant retained by Delta in or near his or  her
     community or residence.  Delta agrees in every case
     to   hold   such   information   and   records   as
     confidential.

7.4  The  amounts  payable  by  Delta  with  respect  to
     services  provided  by  a  Dentist  who  is  not  a
     Participating   Dentist  shall   not   exceed   the
     applicable percentage herein specified of the  fees
     charged,  or  of the Prevailing Fee,  whichever  is
     less.

7.5  Delta will pay a Participating Dentist directly for
     services   provided  by  that  Dentist.   CONTRACTS
     BETWEEN   DELTA  AND  ITS  PARTICIPATING   DENTISTS
     PROVIDE  THAT, IN THE EVENT DELTA FAILS TO PAY  THE
     DENTIST,  THE  ELIGIBLE PERSON  WILL  NOT  OWE  THE
     DENTIST FOR ANY SUMS OWED BY DELTA.

7.6  Delta  will  pay  an Eligible Person  directly  for
     services  provided  by  a  Dentist  who  is  not  a
     Participating Dentist, and those payments  are  not
     assignable.  IN THE EVENT DELTA FAILS  TO  PAY  THE
     DENTIST  WHO  HAS NOT CONTRACTED WITH  DELTA  AS  A
     PARTICIPATING DENTIST, THE ELIGIBLE PERSON  MAY  BE
     LIABLE TO THE DENTIST FOR THE COST OF SERVICE.

7.7  Delta is not obligated to pay claims submitted more
     than six (6) months after the date the service  was
     provided.    If  a  claim  is  denied   because   a
     Participating   Dentist  failed  to   make   timely
     submission, the Eligible Person does not  owe  that
     Dentist the amount which would have been payable by
     Delta,  provided that the Eligible  Person  advised
     the  Dentist of his or her eligibility for Benefits
     at the time of treatment.

7.8  Delta,  with the assistance of Participating Plans,
     will give each Participating Dentist, and any other
     Dentist  or Eligible Person on request, a  standard
     form  to  make  a  claim for payment  for  services
     covered by this Contract. In order to make a  claim
     for  payment, such form, completed by  the  Dentist
     who  provided  the  services and  by  the  Eligible
     Person (or the patient's parent or guardian if such
     patient  is a minor) must be submitted to Delta  at
     the address on the form.

7.9  Delta  agrees to notify the Eligible Person if  any
     services  submitted on a claim under the  preceding
     paragraph are denied coverage as Benefits, in whole
     or  in  part, stating the reason(s) for the denial.
     Within  sixty  (60)  days  after  receipt  of  such
     notice,  the  Eligible Person may  make  a  written
     request  for  review of such denial.  Such  request
     for  review  must be addressed to Delta,  P.O.  Box
     7736,  San  Francisco, California 94120,  Telephone
     (415)   972-8300,   Attention:   Benefit   Services
     Department.  Such request for review must state the
     reason(s) why the Eligible Person believes that the
     denial  of the claim was in error and must  request
     any  pertinent documents which they wish to review.
     Delta's  Benefit Services Department  will  make  a
     full  and fair review of the claim.  If the  review
     involves  a  determination as  to  the  quality  of
     services  provided or the appropriateness  of  fees
     charged, and the matter cannot be resolved by Delta
     to  the  satisfaction of the claimant,  the  review
     will be referred to a peer review committee of  the
     appropriate  dental  society or  association  which
     will  accept jurisdiction, and Delta agrees  to  be
     bound   by   the  decision  of  that  peer   review
     committee.  Unless the review is referred to a peer
     review  committee  or  other unusual  circumstances
     arise,  Delta  agrees to provide a  decision  on  a
     request  for  review  to  the  Eligible  Person  in
     writing  within 120 days after Delta  receives  the
     request for review.

7.10 The  Benefits which Delta provides are  limited  to
     the  applicable  percentages of Dentist's  fees  or
     allowances   specified  in  Article  4.    Northrop
     Grumman Corporation requires the Eligible Person to
     pay the balance of any such fee or allowance, known
     as the "Patient Copayment",  as a method of sharing
     the  costs  of  providing dental  Benefits  between
     Northrop  Grumman Corporation and Eligible Persons.
     If  the  dentist discounts, waives or  rebates  any
     portion  of  the Patient Copayment to the  Eligible
     Person,   Delta  only  provides  as  Benefits   the
     applicable  percentages of the  Dentist's  fees  or
     allowances reduced by the amount that such fees  or
     allowances are discounted, waived or rebated.
ARTICLE 8 -- OTHER DELTA OBLIGATIONS

8.1  Delta  shall  encourage Participating  Dentists  to
     submit  a  standardized Attending Dentist Statement
     (ADS)   before  providing  service,   showing   the
     patient's  dental needs and the treatment necessary
     in the professional judgement of the Dentist.

     Delta  shall predetermine, from the ADS  and  other
     data,  what  would  be  payable  by  Delta  and  an
     Eligible Person for the proposed services under the
     terms   of   this  program  as  of  the   date   of
     predetermination.

     Such   predetermination  shall  not  constitute   a
     guaranty  or authorization of Benefits  under  this
     Contract,  and  any actual payments by  Delta  will
     depend  on  the patient's eligibility and remaining
     annual maximum when completed services are reported
     by Delta.

     Delta shall advise Participating Dentists to notify
     the patient of all information provided by Delta in
     the predetermination.

8.2  A  Dentist  may file an Attending Dentist Statement
     before  treatment,  showing  the  services  to   be
     provided   to  an  Eligible  Person.  Delta   shall
     predetermine  the amount of Benefits payable  under
     this    Contract    for   the   listed    services.
     Predeterminations  are valid for  sixty  (60)  days
     from  the  date  of  the predetermination  but  not
     longer than the Contract's term nor beyond the date
     the patient's eligibility ends.

8.3  Delta  will  not  make  any  payment  for  services
     provided to a patient who is not an Eligible Person
     under  this Contract when the service is  provided.
     Northrop  Grumman Corporation agrees  to  reimburse
     Delta  for any erroneous payments made as a  result
     of  incorrect  eligibility  reporting  by  Northrop
     Grumman Corporation.

8.4  Delta  will  provide  professional  review  of  the
     adequacy   of  service  provided  by  Participating
     Dentists.

8.5  Delta   agrees  to  furnish  to  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation on July 1, 1995 and at reasonable times
     thereafter,  a directory of Participating  Dentists
     who  have  agreed to provide the services described
     in  this  Contract.   It  is  understood  that  the
     Dentists  listed in that directory may change  from
     time to time and Delta reserves the right to update
     the  directory  without prior  notice  to  Northrop
     Grumman Corporation.  However, Delta agrees to give
     notice  to  Northrop Grumman Corporation  within  a
     reasonable  time  of  any  Participating  Dentist's
     termination or breach of contract, or inability  to
     perform, which will materially and adversely affect
     Northrop  Grumman Corporation.  Current information
     concerning the Participating Dentist status of  any
     Dentist  may be obtained by telephoning  the  Delta
     Membership and Fee Listing Department at (415) 972-
     8300.   The  Dentists providing or  contracting  to
     provide  dental  services under this  Contract  are
     solely  responsible for those dental services,  and
     in   no   case  will  Delta  or  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation  be liable for any act or  omission  by
     such Dentists, their agents or employees.

8.6  Delta   agrees   to   give  to   Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation,   and  Northrop  Grumman   Corporation
     agrees to make available to each Eligible Employee,
     an evidence of coverage summarizing the Benefits to
     which the employee is entitled and other provisions
     of this Contract.  If an amendment to this Contract
     materially affects any Benefits described  in  such
     evidence  of coverage, Delta will issue a corrected
     evidence of coverage, rider or inserts.

ARTICLE 9 -- TERMINATION AND RENEWAL

9.1  This  Contract may be terminated for the  following
     causes:

          (a)  By Delta, if Northrop Grumman Corporation
          fails (1) to give Delta a list of all Eligible
          Employees,  as  required under Article  2,  or
          (2)  to  permit  the  inspection  of  Northrop
          Grumman  Corporation's records as  called  for
          under  Article 2, or (3) to pay Dues,  in  the
          amounts  and  manner required  in  Article  3,
          provided Northrop Grumman Corporation has been
          duly  notified of such failure  and  at  least
          fifteen (15) days have elapsed since the  date
          of notification.

          (b)  By either Northrop Grumman Corporation or
          Delta, upon expiration of a Contract Term.

9.2  If  Delta  terminates this Contract under paragraph
     9.1(a), all Benefits end and Delta is released from
     all further obligations of this Contract, effective
     the last day of the month in which notice is given.
     Northrop Grumman Corporation will remain liable  to
     Delta  for  the  greater of: (1)  the  unpaid  Dues
     applicable  for  the period this  Contract  was  in
     effect  before termination; or (2) the full  amount
     of   all  Attending  Dentist  Statements  paid   or
     otherwise  discharged  by Delta  pursuant  to  this
     Contract, plus 8.22% of such amount as provided  in
     paragraph  3.1,  less  amounts  actually  paid   by
     Northrop Grumman Corporation to Delta.

9.3  A  party choosing to terminate this Contract at the
     end  of  a Contract Term must give at least  ninety
     (90)  days  written  notice of termination  to  the
     other   party.   If  Delta  wants  to  change   the
     administration   or  Benefits  effective   at   the
     beginning  of  the next Contract Term,  Delta  will
     give  at  least  ninety (90) days' advance  written
     notice   of   such  changes  to  Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation.  Such an advance notice will have  the
     effect of a notice of termination as of the end  of
     the   Contract   Term,  unless   Northrop   Grumman
     Corporation agrees to the new Contract provisions.


9.4  If  Northrop Grumman Corporation notifies Delta  in
     writing of its intention to terminate this Contract
     as  of  any date other than the end of the Contract
     Term,  such notice will be treated as a failure  to
     pay  Dues, and such notice will constitute a waiver
     of  the notification and billing required of  Delta
     by Paragraph 9.1(a)(3).

9.5  If  an Eligible Person believes that this Contract,
     or  coverage hereunder, has been terminated or  not
     renewed  due to their health status or requirements
     for health care services, they may request a review
     by  the  California  Commissioner  of  Corporations
     under  California  Health and Safety  Code  Section
     1365(b).

9.6  If this Contract is terminated for any cause, Delta
     is not required to predetermine services beyond the
     termination  date  or to pay for services  provided
     after   such  termination  date,  except  for   the
     completion  of Single Procedures begun  while  this
     Contract was in effect which are otherwise Benefits
     under this Contract.

9.7  If  at  the  end of the Contract, Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation has paid Dues to Delta applicable to  a
     time  period after the termination date, Delta will
     return  a  portion  of  Dues  to  Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation together with the amount due on claims,
     if any, less any amounts due to Delta within thirty
     (30) days after termination.

9.8  Within  30  days  after the end of  this  Contract,
     Delta  will  return to Northrop Grumman Corporation
     any Dues paid which are applicable to a time period
     after  the termination date, together with  amounts
     due  on  claims,  if any, less any amounts  due  to
     Delta.

9.9  If  Delta accepts the proper amount of Dues,  after
     termination of this Contract and without  requiring
     a  new  application, that acceptance will reinstate
     the  Contract  as  though never terminated,  unless
     Delta,  within  five  (5) business  days  after  it
     receives  such  payment,  either  (1)  refunds  the
     payment  so made or (2) issues to Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation a new Contract accompanied  by  written
     notice stating clearly those respects in which  the
     new  Contract differs from the terminated  Contract
     in Benefits, coverage, or otherwise.

9.10 All Benefits end for all Eligible Persons when this
     Contract   ends,   and  Delta  will   not   provide
     continuation  of Benefits to such persons  in  that
     event.

9.11 Delta  must notify Northrop Grumman Corporation  in
     writing of any termination by Delta under paragraph
     9.1,   and   Northrop  Grumman  Corporation   shall
     promptly  mail  a  copy  of  such  notice  to  each
     Eligible  Employee and provide Delta with proof  of
     mailing and date thereof.
ARTICLE 10 -- CONTINUED COVERAGE OPTION

10.1             For   purposes  of  this  Option,   the
          following are "Qualifying Events":

                     (a)   Termination  of  an  Eligible
               Employee's   employment   with   Northrop
               Grumman Corporation (for other than gross
               misconduct), or a reduction in the number
               of hours worked by the Eligible Employee.

                    (b)  Death of an Eligible Employee.

                     (c)   Divorce  or legal  separation
               from the Eligible Employee.

                     (d)   An Eligible Employee becoming
               entitled to Medicare benefits.

                     (e)   A dependent child ceasing  to
               meet the description of dependent child.

                     (f)  Northrop Grumman Corporation's
               federal  Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding
               which (within one year before or one year
               after   Northrop  Grumman   Corporation's
               bankruptcy  filing) causes a  substantial
               elimination  of  coverage  of  a  retired
               Eligible  Employee  (who  retired  on  or
               before    the    date   of    substantial
               elimination  of  coverage),  or  of   the
               Eligible Dependents of a retired Eligible
               Employee.

10.2            Eligible  Persons whose  coverage  under
          this    program   ends   due   to   Qualifying
          Event  10.1(a) may choose to continue coverage
          for  eighteen (18) months following the  month
          in which the Qualifying Event occurs.

10.3            If  there  is a determination  that  the
          Eligible Person was disabled under Title II or
          Title  XVI of the Social Security Act  at  the
          time  Qualifying Event 10.1 (a) occurred,  the
          Eligible   Person  may  choose   to   continue
          coverage  under this program for  a  total  of
          twenty-nine (29) months following the month in
          which  the  Qualifying Event occurred.   Delta
          must  receive  notice  of  that  determination
          during  the original eighteen (18) months  and
          within  sixty (60) days after the date of  the
          determination.   This extended coverage  based
          on  disability terminates on the first day  of
          the  month  that begins more than thirty  (30)
          days after the date of the final determination
          that the person is no longer disabled.

10.4             Eligible   Dependents  who  choose   to
          continue  their coverage based  on  Qualifying
          Event 10.1(a), described above, and for whom a
          second  Qualifying Event [but not  10.1(a)  or
          (f)]  occurs  within the period  of  continued
          coverage may choose to continue their coverage
          for   a  maximum  of  thirty-six  (36)  months
          following   the  month  in  which  the   first
          Qualifying Event occurred [in the  case  of  a
          second  Qualifying Event described in 10.1(b),
          (c),  or  (e)], or for a maximum of thirty-six
          (36)  months following the month in which  the
          second Qualifying Event occurred [in the  case
          of the Qualifying Event 10.1(d)].

10.5            Eligible Dependents whose coverage under
          this    program   ends   due   to   Qualifying
          Events  10.1(b), (c), (d), or (e), may  choose
          to  continue  their  coverage  for  thirty-six
          (36)  months following the month in which  the
          Qualifying Event occurs.

10.6            Eligible  Persons whose  coverage  under
          this    program   ends   due   to   Qualifying
          Event  10.1(f)  may choose to  continue  their
          coverage until death (in the case of a retired
          Eligible    Employee),   or   for   thirty-six
          (36)  months  after the date of death  of  the
          retired  Eligible Employee  (in  the  case  of
          Eligible  Dependents  of  a  retired  Eligible
          Employee).

10.7            Continued coverage can be chosen only by
          notice to Northrop Grumman Corporation,  which
          must  be  given no later than sixty (60)  days
          after a termination of coverage by reason of a
          Qualifying  Event, or within sixty  (60)  days
          after  the Eligible Person receives  a  notice
          from Northrop Grumman Corporation about his or
          her  rights  to continued coverage because  of
          the particular Qualifying Event, whichever  is
          later.   Persons  for whom a Qualifying  Event
          described in 10.1(c) or (e) occurs must report
          it  to  Northrop  Grumman  Corporation  within
          sixty (60) days, or lose their right to choose
          continued coverage.

10.8            Continued  coverage chosen by  a  person
          under  this Article is effective on the  first
          day  of  the  month following  the  applicable
          Qualifying  Event  described  above.  However,
          Benefits   are  not  available  to  a   person
          choosing   continuing  coverage  until   Delta
          receives   the  data  about  such  person   as
          required  hereunder, along with  all  premiums
          then due for such person.  Delta will not,  in
          any  event, make Benefits available  hereunder
          with respect to any person for whom Delta does
          not  receive  such  information  and  Premiums
          within  sixty  (60) days after the  date  such
          person is required under this Option to notify
          Northrop  Grumman Corporation of  his  or  her
          election.

10.9            Continued coverage will be the  same  as
          the  coverage for similarly situated  Eligible
          Persons  under this Contract, and if  coverage
          is modified for such Eligible Persons coverage
          for persons having continued coverage will  be
          modified  at  the same time and  in  the  same
          manner.

10.10     A  person's  continued coverage  chosen  under
          this  Article will end on the last day of  the
          month  in  which  any of the following  events
          first occurs:

                      (a)    The   period  of  continued
               coverage  specified in  Paragraphs  10.2,
               10.3, 10.4, or 10.5 ends.

                    (b)  This Contract ends.

                     (c)   Northrop Grumman  Corporation
               fails  to  pay  Dues for  the  person  as
               required by Article 3 of this Contract.

                      (d)   The  person  with  continued
               coverage   becomes  covered  for   dental
               Benefits under another group health  plan
               (as  an employee or otherwise) which does
               not  contain any exclusion or  limitation
               with    respect   to   any   pre-existing
               condition  of  such person covered  under
               this program.

                    (e)  The person becomes eligible for
               Medicare benefits.

10.11     Once  continued  coverage  under  this  Option
          ends, it cannot be reinstated.

ARTICLE 11 -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

11.1 No  agent has authority to change this Contract  or
     waive  any  of its provisions.  No change  in  this
     Contract  is valid unless approved by an  executive
     officer  of Delta and included in this Contract  by
     written amendment.

11.2 Any  dispute  arising out of or  relating  to  this
     Contract  or  its  breach between Northrop  Grumman
     Corporation, Delta, a Participating Dentist, and an
     Eligible  Person,  or  any of them,  including  any
     disagreement  with  a claim determination  made  by
     Delta  after  exhaustion of  the  review  procedure
     outlined  in  Article 6 of this Contract,  will  be
     settled  by  arbitration  in  accordance  with  the
     Commercial   Arbitration  Rules  of  the   American
     Arbitration Association ("AAA").  Any  party  to  a
     dispute, including an Eligible Person, may initiate
     arbitration  by written notice to each other  party
     to such dispute, stating the intention to arbitrate
     and  describing  the  nature of  the  dispute,  the
     amount involved, if any, and the remedy sought, and
     by  filing  two  copies  of such  notice  with  the
     American Arbitration Association Regional Office at
     the   nearest  metropolitan  area  to   the   party
     initiating arbitration.

11.3 The provisions of this Contract are severable.   If
     any portion of this Contract or any Amendment of it
     is determined to be illegal, void, or unenforceable
     by   any  arbitrator,  court,  or  other  competent
     authority,  all other provisions of  this  Contract
     will remain in effect.

11.4 The  parties agree that all questions regarding the
     interpretation or enforcement of this Contract  are
     governed  by  the laws of the State of  California,
     where  the Contract was entered into and is  to  be
     performed.  Delta is subject to the requirements of
     Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of the California  Health
     and Safety Code and of Subchapter 5.5 of Chapter  3
     of  Title 10 of the California Administrative Code.
     Any  provisions required to be in the  Contract  by
     those laws bind Delta whether or not stated in this
     Contract.

11.5 Delta  and  Northrop Grumman Corporation  agree  to
     consult   each  other  to  the  extent   reasonably
     practical  concerning  all materials  published  or
     distributed  relating  to this  Contract.   Neither
     Delta nor Northrop Grumman Corporation will publish
     or  distribute materials which are contrary to  the
     terms of this Contract.

11.6 Delta  and  Northrop Grumman Corporation  agree  to
     permit  and encourage the professional relationship
     between   Dentist  and  patient  to  be  maintained
     without interference.

11.7 Any  notice  under this Contract will be sufficient
     if  given by either Northrop Grumman Corporation or
     Delta  to  the  other or, in the case  of  Northrop
     Grumman Corporation, to its Group Representative at
     the addresses below:

               For the Group:

               Benefits Administrator
               William M. Mercer, Incorporated
               777 South Figueroa Street
               Los Angeles, CA  900179

               For Delta:

               P.O. Box 7736
               San Francisco, CA  94120
     Such  notice  will  be effective  forty-eight  (48)
     hours after deposit in the United States mail  with
     postage fully prepaid thereon.

              NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION


               BY:______________________





            DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF CALIFORNIA

1


                             BY:



                             Chairman of the Board


                             and

2



                             BY:


                             Vice President
                             Underwriting, Actuarial and
               Research

                             DATE: February 12, 1996


                       Appendix B

                   PROCEDURE NUMBERS

Procedure Number              Procedure

00100-00999 -- DIAGNOSTIC

Clinical oral examinations

00110          Initial oral examination
00120          Periodic oral examination
00130          Emergency oral examination

Radiographs

00210           Intraoral  -- complete series (including
          bitewings)
00220          Intraoral -- periapical -- first film
00230            Intraoral   --   periapical   --   each
          additional film
00240          Intraoral -- occlusal film
00250          Extraoral -- first film
00260          Extraoral -- each additional film
00270          Bitewings -- single film
00272          Bitewings -- two films
00273          Bitewings -- three films
00274          Bitewings -- four films
00330          Panoramic film
00340          Cephalometric film

Tests and laboratory examinations

00470          Diagnostic casts
00501          Histopathologic examinations

01000-01999 -- PREVENTIVE

Dental prophylaxis

01110          Prophylaxis -- adult
01120          Prophylaxis -- child to age 14

Topical fluoride treatment (office procedure)

01201             Topical    application   of   fluoride
          (including prophylaxis) -- child to age  14
01205             Topical    application   of   fluoride
          (including prophylaxis) -- adult
01203             Topical    application   of   fluoride
          (excluding prophylaxis) -- child to age 14
01204             Topical    application   of   fluoride
          (excluding prophylaxis) -- adult






Space maintenance (passive appliances)

01510          Space maintainer -- fixed unilateral
01515          Space maintainer -- fixed bilateral
01520          Space maintainer -- removable unilateral
01525          Space maintainer -- removable bilateral


02000-02999 -- RESTORATIVE

Amalgam restorations (including polishing)

02110          Amalgam -- one surface, primary
02120          Amalgam -- two surfaces, primary
02130          Amalgam -- three surfaces, primary
02131          Amalgam -- four or more surfaces, primary
02140          Amalgam -- one surface, permanent
02150          Amalgam -- two surfaces, permanent
02160          Amalgam -- three surfaces, permanent
02161            Amalgam   --  four  or  more  surfaces,
          permanent

Silicate restorations

02210          Silicate cement -- per restoration

Filled or unfilled resin restorations

02330          Resin -- anterior
02335            Resin  --  four  or  more  surfaces  or
          involving incisal angle (anterior)
02380            Resin  --  one  surface,  posterior  --
          primary
02381           Resin  --  two  surfaces,  posterior  --
          primary
02382              Resin     --    three     or     more
          surfaces,posterior, primary
02385            Resin  --  one  surface,  posterior  --
          permanent
02386           Resin  --  two  surfaces,  posterior  --
          permanent
02387            Resin   --   three  or  more  surfaces,
          posterior --permanent

Inlay restorations

02510          Inlay -- metallic -- one surface
02520          Inlay -- metallic -- two surfaces
02530          Inlay -- metallic -- three surfaces
02540           Onlay  --  metallic  --  per  tooth  (in
          addition to inlay)
02650           Inlay -- composite/resin -- one surface,
          (laboratory processed)
02651          Inlay -- composite/resin -- two surfaces,
          (laboratory processed)
02652            Inlay   --  composite/resin  --   three
          surfaces, (laboratory processed)

Crowns -- single restoration only

02710          Crown -- resin (laboratory)
02740          Crown -- porcelain/ceramic substrate
02750           Crown  -- porcelain fused to high  noble
          metal
02751          Crown -- porcelain fused to predominantly
          base metal
02752          Crown -- porcelain fused to noble metal
02790          Crown -- full cast high noble metal
02791           Crown  --  full cast predominantly  base
          metal
02792          Crown -- full cast noble metal
02810          Crown -- 3/4 cast metallic

Other restorative services

02910          Recement inlay
02920          Recement crown
02930           Prefabricated stainless steel  crown  --
          primary tooth
02931           Prefabricated stainless steel  crown  --
          permanent tooth
02932          Prefabricated resin crown
02933           Prefabricated stainless steel crown with
          resin window
02950           Crown  buildup (substructure), including
          any pins
02951           Pin  retention -- per tooth, in addition
          to restoration
02952          Cast post and core in addition to crown
02954           Prefabricated post and core in  addition
          to crown
02960          Labial veneer (laminate) -- chairside
02961            Labial   veneer  (resin  laminate)   --
          laboratory
02962           Labial  veneer (porcelain  laminate)  --
          laboratory
02980          Crown repair, by report

Pulp capping

03110           Pulp  cap  --  direct  (excluding  final
          restoration)
03120           Pulp  cap  -- indirect (excluding  final
          restoration)

03000-03999 -- ENDODONTICS

Pulpotomy

03220           Therapeutic  pulpotomy (excluding  final
          restoration)

Root  canal therapy (including treatment plan,  clinical
procedures, and follow-up care)

03310          Root canal therapy -- anterior (excluding
          final restoration)
03320          Root canal therapy -- bicuspid (excluding
          final restoration)
03330           Root  canal therapy -- molar  (excluding
          final restoration)
03350            Apexification/recalcification  --   per
          treatment      visit     (includes      apical
          closure/calcific repair of perforations,  root
          resorption, etc.)

Periapical services

03410            Apicoectomy/periradicular  surgery   --
          anterior
03421            Apicoectomy/periradicular  surgery   --
          bicuspid (first root)
03425            Apicoectomy/periradicular  surgery   --
          molar (first root)
03426           Apicoectomy/periradicular surgery  (each
          additional root), by report
03430            Retrograde  filling  --  per  root,  in
          addition to apicoectomy/ periradicular surgery
03450          Root amputation -- per root

Other endodontic procedures

03920          Hemisection (including any root removal),
          not including root canal therapy

04000-04999 -- PERIODONTICS

Surgical   services   (including   usual   postoperative
services)

04210           Gingivectomy  or  gingivoplasty  --  per
          quadrant
04211           Gingivectomy or gingivoplasty --  single
          tooth
04220            Gingival  curettage,  surgical  --  per
          quadrant, narrative report required
04240           Gingival flap procedure, including  root
          planning -- per quadrant
04249            Crown  lengthening  --  hard  and  soft
          tissue, by report
04250          Mucogingival surgery -- per quadrant
04260           Osseous  surgery (including flap  entry,
          all grafts and closure) -- per quadrant
04268            Guided  tissue  regeneration,  includes
          surgery   and   re-entry,   narrative   report
          required
04270          Pedicle soft tissue graft procedure
04271            Free   soft   tissue  graft   procedure
          (including donor site)

Adjunctive periodontal services

04341          Periodontal root planing - per quadrant

Other periodontal services

04910             Periodontal   maintenance   procedures
          following    active    therapy    (periodontal
          prophylaxis)
04920           Unscheduled dressing change (by  someone
          other than treating dentist), by report


05000-05899 -- PROSTHODONTICS (REMOVABLE)

Complete dentures (including routine postdelivery care)

05110          Complete denture, upper
05120          Complete denture, lower
05130          Immediate denture, upper
05140          Immediate denture, lower

Partial dentures (including routine postdelivery care)

05211           Upper  partial  denture  --  resin  base
          (including any conventional clasps, rests  and
          teeth)
05212           Lower  partial  denture  --  resin  base
          (including any conventional clasps, rests  and
          teeth)
05213           Upper partial denture -- metal base with
          resin   saddles  (including  any  conventional
          clasps, rests and teeth)
05214           Lower partial denture -- metal base with
          resin   saddles  (including  any  conventional
          clasps, rests and teeth)
05281           Removable unilateral partial denture  --
          one    piece   metal   base   casting,   clasp
          attachments -- per unit (including pontics)

Adjustments to dentures

05410          Adjust complete denture -- upper
05411          Adjust complete denture -- lower
05421          Adjust partial denture -- upper
05422          Adjust partial denture -- lower

Repairs to complete dentures

05510          Repair broken complete denture base
05520            Replace  missing  or  broken  teeth  --
          complete denture (each tooth)

Repairs to partial dentures

05610          Repair resin saddle or base
05620          Repair cast framework, by report
05630          Repair or replace broken clasp
05640          Replace broken teeth -- per tooth
05650          Add tooth to existing partial denture
05660          Add clasp to existing partial denture


Denture rebase procedures

05710          Rebase complete upper denture
05711          Rebase complete lower denture
05720          Rebase upper partial denture
05721          Rebase lower partial denture

Denture reline procedures

05730          Reline complete upper denture (chairside)
05731          Reline complete lower denture (chairside)
05740          Reline upper partial denture (chairside)
05741          Reline lower partial denture (chairside)
05750             Reline    complete    upper    denture
          (laboratory)
05751             Reline    complete    lower    denture
          (laboratory)
05760          Reline upper partial denture (laboratory)
05761          Reline lower partial denture (laboratory)

Other removable prosthetic services

05820           Temporary  partial -- stayplate  denture
          (upper)
05821           Temporary  partial -- stayplate  denture
          (lower)
05850          Tissue conditioning, upper -- denture
05851          Tissue conditioning, lower -- denture


06200-06999 -- PROSTHODONTICS, FIXED
(Each  abutment and each pontic constitutes  a  unit  in
bridge)

Bridge pontics

06210          Pontic -- cast high noble metal
06211          Pontic -- cast predominantly base metal
06212          Pontic -- cast noble metal
06240           Pontic -- porcelain fused to high  noble
          metal
06241             Pontic    --   porcelain   fused    to
          predominantly base metal
06242          Pontic -- porcelain fused to noble metal

Retainers

06520          Inlay -- metallic -- two surfaces
06530           Inlay  --  metallic  --  three  or  more
          surfaces
06540           Onlay  -- metallic per tooth in addition
          to inlay
06545           Retainer  --  cast metal for  acid  etch
          bridge

Bridge retainers -- crowns

06750           Crown  -- porcelain fused to high  noble
          metal
06751          Crown -- porcelain fused to predominantly
          base metal
06752          Crown -- porcelain fused to noble metal
06780          Crown -- 3/4 cast high noble metal
06790          Crown -- full cast high noble metal
06791           Crown  --  full cast predominantly  base
          metal
06792          Crown -- full cast noble metal

Other fixed prosthetic services

06930          Recement bridge
06940          Stress breaker
06970           Cast  post and core addition  to  bridge
          retainer
06972           Prefabricated post and core in  addition
          to bridge retainer
06973           Retainer  crown  buildup  (substructure)
          including any pins
06980          Bridge repair, by report


07000-07999 -- ORAL SURGERY

Extractions  --  includes local anesthesia  and  routine
postoperative care

07110          Single tooth
07120          Each additional tooth
07130          Root removal -- exposed roots

Surgical  extractions -- includes local  anesthesia  and
routine postoperative care

07210          Surgical removal of erupted tooth
07220          Removal of impacted tooth -- soft tissue
07230           Removal  of impacted tooth --  partially
          bony
07240           Removal  of impacted tooth -- completely
          bony
07250           Surgical removal of residual tooth roots
          (cutting procedure)

Other surgical procedures

07260          Oral antral fistula closure
07270          Tooth reimplantation and/or stabilization
          of  accidentally  evulsed or  displaced  tooth
          and/or alveolus
07272          Tooth transplantation
07281            Surgical   exposure  of   impacted   or
          unerupted tooth to aid eruption
07285          Biopsy of oral tissue -- hard
07286          Biopsy of oral tissue -- soft

Alveoloplasty  --  surgical  preparation  of  ridge  for
dentures

07310            Alveoloplasty   in   conjunction   with
          extractions -- per quadrant
07320           Alveoloplasty  not in  conjunction  with
          extractions -- per quadrant

Vestibuloplasty

07340            Vestibuloplasty  --   ridge   extension
          (secondary epithelialization)
07350            Vestibuloplasty  --   ridge   extension
          (including   soft   tissue   grafts,    muscle
          reattachments,   revision   of   soft   tissue
          attachment and management of hypertrophied and
          hyperplastic tissue)

Removal of tumors, cysts and neoplasms

07430            Excision  of  benign  tumor  --  lesion
          diameter up to 1.25 cm
07431            Excision  of  benign  tumor  --  lesion
          diameter greater than 1.25 cm
07440           Excision  of malignant tumor  --  lesion
          diameter up to 1.25,     by report
07441           Excision  of malignant tumor  --  lesion
          diameter greater than 1.25 cm, by report
07450           Removal of odontogenic cyst or tumor  --
          lesion diameter up to 1.25 cm
07451           Removal of odontogenic cyst or tumor  --
          lesion diameter greater than 1.25 cm
07460          Removal of nonodontogenic cyst or tumor -
          - lesion diameter up to 1.25 cm
07461          Removal of nonodontogenic cyst or tumor -
          - lesion diameter greater than 1.25 cm
07465           Destruction  of  lesion(s)  by  physical
          methods, by report

Excision of bone tissue

07470            Removal  of  exostosis  --  maxilla  or
          mandible
07480             Partial   ostectomy   (guttering    or
          saucerization), by report
07490           Radical resection of mandible with  bone
          graft, by report

Surgical incision

07510           Incision  and  drainage  of  abscess  --
          intraoral soft tissue
07520           Incision  and  drainage  of  abscess  --
          extraoral soft tissue
07530            Removal  of  foreign  body,   skin   or
          subcutaneous areolar tissue
07540             Removal    of   foreign   bodies    --
          musculoskeletal system
07550          Sequestrectomy for osteomyelitis
07560          Maxillary sinusotomy for removal of tooth
          fragment or foreign body

Treatment of fractures -- simple

07610            Maxilla   --   open  reduction   (teeth
          immobilized if present)
07620            Maxilla  --  closed  reduction   (teeth
          immobilized if present)
07630            Mandible   --  open  reduction   (teeth
          immobilized if present)
07640            Mandible  --  closed  reduction  (teeth
          immobilized if present)
07650           Malar  and/or  zygomatic  arch  --  open
          reduction, by report
07660           Malar  and/or zygomatic arch  --  closed
          reduction, by report
07670           Alveolus -- stabilization of teeth, open
          reduction splinting
07680           Facial  bones  -- complicated  reduction
          with    fixation    and   multiple    surgical
          approaches, by report

Treatment of fractures -- compound
07710          Maxilla -- open reduction
07720          Maxilla -- closed reduction
07730          Mandible -- open reduction
07740          Mandible -- closed reduction
07750           Malar  and/or  zygomatic  arch  --  open
          reduction, by report
07760           Malar  and/or zygomatic arch  --  closed
          reduction, by report
07770           Alveolus -- stabilization of teeth, open
          reduction splinting, by report
07780           Facial  bones  -- complicated  reduction
          with    fixation    and   multiple    surgical
          approaches, by report

Reduction of dislocation and management of other
temporomandibular joint dysfunctions

07810          Open reduction of dislocation, by report
07820          Closed reduction of dislocation
07830          Manipulation under anesthesia

Repair of traumatic wounds

07910          Suture of recent small wounds up to 5 cm,
          by report

Complicated suturing (reconstruction requiring  delicate
handling  of tissues and wide undermining for meticulous
closure)

07911           Suture  of complex wounds up to 5cm,  by
          report
07912           Suture of complex wounds greater than  5
          cm, by report

Other repair procedures

07960          Frenulectomy (frenectomy or frenotomy) --
          separate procedure
07970           Excision of hyperplastic tissue  --  per
          arch
07971          Excision of pericoronal gingiva
07980          Sialolithotomy
07981          Excision of salivary gland, by report
07982          Sialodochoplasty
07983          Closure of salivary fistula


09000-09999 -- ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERVICES

Unclassified treatment

09110            Palliative  (emergency)  treatment   of
          dental pain -- minor procedures

Anesthesia

09211          Regional block anesthesia
09212          Trigeminal division block anesthesia
09220          General anesthesia -- first 30 minutes
09221           General anesthesia -- each additional 15
          minutes

Professional consultation

09310           Special consultation (specialist only --
          separate  fee only if patient not  treated  by
          consultant) Professional visits

09430           Office  visit  for  observation  (during
          regularly   scheduled  hours)  --   no   other
          services performed
09440          Office visit -- after regularly scheduled
          hours

Drugs

09610          Therapeutic drug injection, by report

Miscellaneous services

09930          Treatment of complications (postsurgical)
          --  unusual  circumstances,  narrative  report
          required
09951          Occlusal adjustment -- limited

                       APPENDIX C

               ORTHODONTIC BENEFIT RIDER

                EFFECTIVE: July 1, 1995


Orthodontic  Benefits  are  available  only  to  persons
enrolled  in  Group #5134-0014 and the Delta  Care  Plus
Plan, Group #5134-0301.

In  consideration of the payments specified in paragraph
3.1  of the attached Contract, and subject to all of the
terms and conditions thereof, except as herein otherwise
specified, Delta agrees to provide Orthodontic  Benefits
to Eligible Persons, as follows:

1.   Orthodontics   are   defined  as   the   procedures
     performed by a licensed Dentist, involving surgical
     repositioning of the teeth or jaws in whole  or  in
     part  and/or  the  use  of  an  active  orthodontic
     appliance  and post-treatment retentive  appliances
     for  treatment of malalignment of teeth and/or jaws
     which significantly interferes with their function.

2.   Delta  will pay or otherwise discharge 50%  of  the
     lesser of the Usual, Customary and Reasonable  fees
     or of the fees actually charged for Orthodontics.

3.   The  lifetime maximum amount payable by  Delta  for
     all  Orthodontics rendered to each Eligible  Person
     shall   be  $1,000.00  for  Group  #5134-0014   and
     $2,000.00 for Group #5134-0301, and the limitations
     on  maximum amounts payable during a calendar year,
     if  any, specified in the attached Agreement, shall
     not apply to Orthodontics.

4.   EXCLUSIONS   AND  LIMITATIONS:   In   addition   to
     Exclusions and Limitations stated in Article IV  to
     the attached Contract, the following exclusions and
     limitations shall apply to Orthodontic Benefits:

          (a)   The obligation of Delta to make payments
          for  an Orthodontic treatment plan begun prior
          to  the eligibility date of the patient  shall
          commence  with the first payment due following
          the  patient's eligibility date.   The  above-
          mentioned  maximum amount payable  will  apply
          fully to this and subsequent payments.

          (b)   The obligation of Delta to make payments
          for   Orthodontics  shall  terminate  on   the
          payment  due date next following the date  the
          dependent  loses eligibility or  the  employee
          loses  eligibility,  or  upon  termination  of
          treatment  for any reason prior to  completion
          of  the  case,  or  upon  termination  of  the
          Contract, whichever shall occur first.

          (c)   Delta  will  not make  any  payment  for
          repair   or   replacement  of  an  Orthodontic
          appliance  furnished, in  whole  or  in  part,
          under this Program.

          (d)  X-rays and extraction procedures incident
          to Orthodontics are not covered by Orthodontic
          Benefits,   but  may  be  covered  under   the
          provisions  of the attached Contract,  subject
          to all of the terms and provisions thereof.

          (e)  Applicable to Group #5134-0014:
                 An  Eligible  Person  is  eligible  for
          Orthodontic Benefits only after they have been
          continuously enrolled under this Contract  for
          twelve (12) months.



Exhibit 10(n)

The Buckeye Union Insurance Company
Continental
Home Office: 1111 East Broad Street
Insurance
Columbus, Ohio 43205
Administrative Office: 180 Maiden Lane         GROUP EXCESS LIABILITY
POLICY
New York, New York 10038                                DECLARATIONS
(212) 440-3400
                                                    Policy
                                               Number GPE002253
     Policy  Buckeye Union Insurance Company
  Issued by  180 Maiden Lane
             New York, New York 10038
 Producer's  Johnson & Higgins of California
       Name  2029 Century Park East
and Address  Los Angeles, CA 90067
             Senior Vice Presidents, Division Benefit Managers and
      Corporate Named  Officers, All Other Vice Presidents and Designated
      Retirees of
    Insured  Northrop Grumman Corporation and as per Endorsement No. 1a &
             No. 1b.
 Sponsoring  Northrop Grumman Corporation
Organizatio  1840 Century Park East
      n and  Los Angeles, CA 90067
    Address
     Policy  From  November 1, 1995 to November 1, 1996
     Period            Month    Day  Year      Month   Day  Year
             12:01 a.m. Standard Time at the Address of the Sponsoring
             Organization as stated herein
   Limit of  $ See End. 1a & 1b       Each Occurrence
  Liability
   Retained  $ 500.00            Each Occurrence
     Limits
The Named Insured agrees to maintain during the term of the policy at
least the following underlying coverages and minimum required underlying
limits for:    Automobile Liability (Cars or Recreational Vehicles) and
Comprehensive
Personal Liability.  If exposure exists, the Named Insured further agrees
to maintain at least the following underlying coverages and minimum
Required Underlying Limits for Watercraft and Employers Liability.
               Exposures        Coverages       Minimum Required U / L
Limit
             Automobile)      Bodily Injury    $250,000 Per Person,
$500,000
                                                       Per Occurrence
             (Cars and       Property Damage       $50,000 Per Occurrence
             Recreational         - or-           $300,000 Per Occurrence
             Vehicles        Combined Single        ($325,000 in Texas)
             except               Limit
             snowmobiles
             Homeowners      Combined Single
                             Limit (Required      $100,000 Per Occurrence
             Personal       for all property
             Liability      owned or rented)
Schedule of  Watercraft          Bodily
     Required                    Injury/Property      $100,000 Per
                              Occurrence
Underlying   Liability          Damage or
  Limits                     Combined Single
                                  Limit
             Employers      Combined Single       $100,000 Per Occurrence
             Liability      Liability
             Snowmobile       Bodily Injury        $100,000 Per Person or
                                                  $300,000 Per Occurrence
                             Property Damage       $25,000 Per Occurrence
                                   or
             Liability       Combined Single      $300,000 Per Occurrence
                                  Limit
             UM/UIM (only     Bodily Injury    $250,000 Per Person,
$500,000
             when)                                     Per Occurrence
             coverage is     Property Damage       $50,000 Per Occurrence
             provided
             under this           -or-            $300,000 Per Occurrence
             policy          Combined Single        ($325,000 in Texas)
                                  Limit
    Premium  $ See End. No. Rate per
             2              Participant
             $ 108,975.00   Advance Premium Payable at
                            inception
Endorsement  Forming a  part of this policy at inception       Endorsement
          s  No. 1 - 5
          
Dated at New York, New York           THE BUCKEYE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY
this 7th day of December,
1995
                                          Countersigned
                            by_________________________
                                                    Authorized
Representative


CES 12448 (6/92)                Original

                         GROUP EXCESS LIABILITY

INTRODUCTION

Various provisions in this policy restrict coverage. Read the entire policy
carefully to determine rights, duties and what is and is not covered.


Throughout  this  policy the words "you" and "your"  refer  to  the  "Named
Insured" shown in the declarations. "Named Insured" means the person  shown
as  the  Named insured in the Policy Declarations and that person's spouse,
if he or she lives in the same household.


Wherever  used  in this policy, "We," "us" and "our" refer to  the  company
providing this insurance.


INSURING AGREEMENT


If the Sponsoring Organization pays the premium, and you and the Sponsoring
Organization comply with policy terms, we agree with you as follows


We  will  pay all sums, more fully defined by the term net loss,  that  the
Insured  becomes legally obligated to pay for Personal Injury  or  Property
Damage  in  excess  of the Required Underlying Limit or in  excess  of  the
Retained Limited, if applicable


This insurance applies to Personal Injury and Property Damage only if:


a.   The Personal Injury or Property Damage is caused by an occurrence that
     takes place in the policy territory; and

b.    The  Personal  Injury  or Property Damage occurs  during  the  policy
period.

WHAT WE DO NOT COVER

We do not provide coverage for:

1.   Personal Injury or Property Damage caused intentionally by any person.
     This does not apply to:
          (a)   any  act by an Insured while trying to prevent or eliminate
          danger In the use of Cars or watercraft; or
       (b)  while trying to protect persons or property;

2.Personal  Injury  or  Property  Damage  arising  out  of  the
  ownership, maintenance  or  use  of  any aircraft or hovercraft
  Aircraft  does  not
include  model airplanes of the hobby type which Co not carry  people  or
  cargo.
3.Personal  Injury  or Property Damage arising out of any  watercraft
  your own, rent or use, or is in your care custody or control If It is:
               (a)  powered by an inboard or inboard/outboard motor of
          more than 50 horsepower;
               (b)  a sailing vessel'. (with or without auxiliary power)
          26 feet or more in overall length;
                (c)   powered  by  any  outboard  motor(s),  singly  or
          in combination, of more than 25 total horsepower.
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       This  restriction  does  not apply to such watercraft  if  they
       are covered by required underlying liability insurance.
       We  will  not pay for or defend any claims that are, or  should
       be, covered under any kind of maritime statutes.
       
4.Personal Injury or Property Damage arising out of the use of any  car
  or watercraft  in  any prearranged or organized race, speed  contest,
  other competition  or  practice.  However, this exclusion  does  not
  apply  to sailboats.
  
5.Personal  Injury or Property Damage resulting from any act or failure
  to act  by  any  Insured as a director or officer of any organization.
  This does  not apply to such positions in a non-profit organization
  from which the Insured does not receive pay.
  
6.Personal  Injury or Property Damage for providing or failing  to
  provide professional services by:
          (a) the Insured or;
          (b) any Person for whom the Insured is legally responsible.

7.Personal  Injury or Property Damage resulting from business  activity
  or business property This exclusion does not apply to:
  
     (a)housing property you rent out or are holding for rental for use
        as a  place  to  live. But such property must be covered  by
        required underlying  limits.  By "housing property", we  mean
        1,2,3,  or  4 family  houses, and any smaller detached structures
        on the property such  as  a garage or storage shed, the grounds,
        and private  roads on  the  property. Housing property also
        includes that part of  any other  dwelling  that  you are
        occupying as your  residence.  Those parts  of  any housing
        property that you're renting out or  holding for  rental as a
        place to live are not considered business property unless  more
        than  two roomers or boarders per family  are  living there.
        Parts  of housing property that you rent out  or  hold  for
        rental  for  use  as  private garages are not  considered
        business property.
     (b)activities which are described in an endorsement attached  to
        this policy;
     (c)the  use  of any Private Passenger Car provided it is not  used
        to carry  persons or property for a fee. This exclusion does not
        apply to a share-the-expense ride.
        
8.Personal  Injury or Property Damage covered by a nuclear energy
  liability policy  or  that would have been covered by any such policy
  if its  limit had not been exceeded.
  
9.Personal  Injury  arising  out  of the  transmission  of,  or  threat
  of transmission of, a communicable sickness or disease by an Insured.
  
10.     Bodily Injury to any person eligible to receive any benefits
under
any   workers  compensation,  non-occupational  disability,  unemployment
  compensation, or similar law
11.  Property Damage to:
     (a) property owned by an Insured.
     (b) any other property which is rented to, used by, occupied by, or
     in the  care,  custody,  or  control of an insured.  However,  this
     only applies  to  the  extent that the Insured has  agreed  in
     writing  to provide insurance for this property.
     
12.  The owner or lessee of a Car or watercraft loaned to or hired by
you.

13.  Sums  which  an  Insured  is entitled to recover  from  the  owner
     or operator of an "uninsured motor vehicle."
     
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DEFENSE OF SUITS NOT COVERED BY OTHER INSURANCE

DEFENSE

  We  will defend any suit for damages which is not covered by the types
  of policies  described  in  the  Schedule  of  Underlying  Limits   of
  the Declarations or anyother available insurance. This applies  only
  if  the basis of the suit is covered bythis policy. We will settle or
  defend  any claim or suit as we fee I appropriate. Our duty to settle
  or defend  ends when our limit of liability has been exhausted.
  
 The Insured must reimburse us for any amount within the Retained Limit
                                    
If  the law does not permit us to comply with this agreement. we will pay
  any expense that is incurred with our consent.

SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS

In  addition  to  our limit of liability, we will pay  on  behalf  of  an
  Insured:
  1.The  cost  of  bail  bonds  required because  of  an  occurrence.
     This includes related traffic law violations, resulting in Bodily
     Injury or Property Damage covered under this policy.
  2.   All costs taxed against an Insured.
3.Premiums  on appeal bonds and bonds to release attachments in any  suit
     we defend.
  4.Interest  accruing after a judgment is entered in any suit  we  defend.
     Our  duty to pay interest ends when we offer to pay that part  of  the
     judgment  which  does  not  exceed our limit  of  liability  for  this
     coverage.
5.Other  reasonable expenses incurred at our request. This  does  include
     loss of earnings up to $100 per day or a maximum of $5,000.
The  amounts  we  pay  for defense, and the other supplementary  payments
  described above, will not reduce the limits of insurance.

LIMITS OF LIABILITY

The  limit  of liability shown in the Declarations is the amount  you  have
selected  and  is the maximum amount that we will pay for all  damages  for
Personal  Injury and Property Damage from any one occurrence. This  amount.
is  the most we will pay and will not be added to in any way, multiplied by
any factor, or otherwise increased for any reason, regardless of the number
of:

      Insureds
      Claims Made
    premiums charged or premiums shown, either separately or collectively,
     in the Declarations, or in any other document attached to or made part
     of your policy
      cars or watercraft owned or involved in the occurrence.
We will be liable only for the Net Loss resulting from any one occurrence:
  1.   in excess of your Required Underlying Limit or
  2.   if applicable, in excess of your Retained Limit or
  3.in  excess  of  valid and collectible insurance, or a $35,000  Retained
     Limit, whichever is greater, if the occurrence arises from the use  of
     a  car  or  motorcycle which is hired by you or loaned to  you  for  a
     period of thirty (30) days or less. Any car or motorcycle hired by you
     or  loaned to you for a period of more than thirty (30) days shall  be
     subject  to the required underlying limit for Automobile Liability  on
     the Policy Declarations.
     
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  4.in  excess  of  valid and collectible insurance or a  $35,000  Retained
     Limit, whichever is greater, if the occurrence arises from the use  of
     a  watercraft which is hired by you or loaned to you for a  period  of
     thirty (30) days or less. Any watercraft hired by you or loaned to you
     for  a  period of more than thirty (30) days shall be subject  to  the
     Required  Underlying  Limit for watercraft  liability  on  the  Policy
     Declarations.
     
GENERAL CONDITIONS

DUTIES AFTER AN OCCURRENCE
  As  soon  after  an injury or occurrence takes place that  is  likely  to
  involve coverage under this policy, we must be notified promptly. You  or
  the  Sponsoring  Organization should tell us  how,  when  and  where  the
  occurrence  happened.  You  or the Sponsoring  Organization  should  also
  include  the  names  and  address  of any  injured  persons  and  of  any
  witnesses.
  A person seeking any coverage must:
  1.  Cooperate with the underlying insurers, as required by their policies
  and  with us in the investigation, settlement or defense of any claim  or
  suit.
  2.  Promptly tell us if a claim is made or a suit is brought. That person
  must  also send to us or the underlying insurer copies of any notices  of
  legal papers received concerning the occurrence.
  3. Attend hearings and trials
  4. Help in securing and giving evidence
  5. Help in having witness attend.
  6.  At our request enforce any right of contribution or indemnity against
  any person or organization  who may be liable to the Insured, because  of
  a loss covered under this policy
  
APPEALS

  If  the Insured or any underlying insurer elects not to appeal a judgment
  which  exceeds the underlying or Retained Limit, we may elect to  do  so.
  We  shall be responsible for all costs, taxes, expenses and interests  on
  judgments incidental to the appeal.
  
WHEN LOSS PAYABLE

The  Insured  may  make claim for payment after the  Net  Loss  has  been
  determined in excess of:
  1. the Required Underlying Limit or
  2. the Retained Limit, i-' applicable.
This  will  be  determined after a trial or by written agreement  of  the
  Insured, the claimant and us.

LEGAL ACTION AGAINST US

  No legal action may be brought against us:
1.  until  there  has been full compliance with all  the  terms  of  this
  policy;
  2. until:
  (a) we agree in writing that the Insured has an obligation to pay,and
  (b)  the  amount of that obligation has been determined by judgment
     after trail or written agreement as required in the previous
     condition.
No  person  or organization has any right under this policy to  bring  us
  into  any action to determine the liability of an Insured No Insured
  can bring us into an action against another party.
  
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OTHER INSURANCE

  Our  coverage  is  excess over any other insurance. This applies
  whether the  other  insurance is primary, contributing, excess or
  contingent  If the  other insurance provides coverage only in excess of
  a stated  amount of  liability for each occurrence, we shall pay that
  part of the Net Loss covered  by  this policy. In such cases we will
  pay only our  share.  Our share  is  the proportion that our limit of
  liability bears to the  total of  all  limits of all other excess
  indemnity policies applicable to  the loss.
  
OUR RIGHT TO RECOVER PAYMENT

1.If  we  make  a payment under this policy, we will share recovery
  rights with  the  Insured and any underlying insurer. If the person  to
  or  for whom  payment  was made has a right to recover damages  from
  another  we shall be subrogated to that right. That person shall:
  (a) do whatever is necessary to enable us to exercise our rights and
  (b) shall do nothing after loss to prejudice them.
2.if  we  make  a payment under this policy and the person to or  for
  whom payment is made recovers damages from another, that person shall
  hold  in trust  for  us the proceeds of the recovery. That person shall
  reimburse us to the extent of our payment.
3.   Recoveries shall be applied
(a)  first to reimburse any party (inc!uding the Insured) that  may  have
  been paid any amount in excess of our limit of liability;
  (b) then to reimburse us up to the amount paid;
(c)  last,  to reimburse any interests (including the Insured)  that  may
   have paid any amount either under underlying policies or otherwise.
A  different  sharing  may  be made by a written agreement  signed  by
all
interested  parties  Any expenses incurred in makings recoveries  shall
be shared by interested parties in the ratio of their respective losses.

CHANGES

  This  policy  contains all the agreements between you and us.  Its
  terms may  not  be changed or waived except by endorsement issued by
  us.  If  a change  requires a premium adjustment. we will adjust the
  premium  as  of the effective date of change.
  
TRANSFER OF YOUR INTEREST IN THIS POLICY

  Your  rights  and  duties under this policy except as  provided  for
  the Sponsoring  Organization in this policy may no. be assigned
  without  our written  consent.  However,  if  a Named  Insured  shown
  in  the  Policy Declarations dies, coverage will be provided until the
  end of the  policy period for:
  1.    the surviving spouse if resident in she same household at the
time
  of death; or
  2.    the  legal  representative of the deceased Insured as  if  a
Named
  insured shown in the Policy Declarations.

IF YOU GO BANKRUPT

Bankruptcy  or insolvency of any Insured does not relieve us  of  any  of
  our obligations under this policy.
KEEPING REQUIRED UNDERLYING INSURANCE IN FORCE
If  you  fail  to keep Required Underlying policies in force for  the
full amount  of  the  Required Underlying Limits, we will not  provide
coverage unless  and  until  the  amount  of  all claims  resulting  from
2  single occurrence exceed the Required
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     Underlying  Limits. If any underlying policy  has  an
     aggregate limit which is not reinstated after a
     loss, you   must  try,  within  reason,  to  have
     coverage reinstated promptly.
     
FALSE INFORMATION

     If  you or someone on your behalf has given us
     false information:
     1. in he application, or
     2.   in   any   other  notice  regarding
underlying
     insurance, we may refuse to make payments under
     this policy.
     
PREMIUM

     The  Sponsoring Organization is responsible  for
     the payment  of all premiums to us. ALL return
     Premiums, if any, will be sent to the Sponsoring
     Organization.
     
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OR COVERAGE TERMINATION

     Cancellation:

       (a)  The  Sponsoring Organization  may  cancel
       the coverage  afforded by this policy at any
       time.  To do  so, the Sponsoring Organization
       must notify  us in  advance  of the date
       cancellation  is  to  take place and return this
       policy to us.
       (b)  We  may  cancel this policy  at  any  time
       by giving  the Sponsoring Organization at the
       address shown on the Policy Declarations written
       notice:
          1.  at  least  10 days in advance  of  the
          date
       cancellation is to take effect, if cancellation
       is for non-payment of premium, or
          2  at  least  45  days in advance  of  the
       date cancellation  is  to  take effect  for  any
       reason other than non-payment of premium.
       (c)  We  may  deliver  any notice  of
       cancellation instead of mailing it. Proof of
       mailing any  notice shall be sufficient proof of
       notice.
       (d)  If  the  policy is cancelled a return
       premium may  be due. This refund will be promptly
       forwarded to  the Sponsoring Organization. No
       refunds will be made  by  us  to individual Named
       Insureds.  Should the  policy  be  cancelled at
       the  request  of  the Sponsoring Organization,
       the amount to be  refunded will  be computed at
       90% of pro-rata. If we  cancel the  policy,  the
       return premium will  be  computed pro-rata
       However, making or offering to  make  the refund
       is not a condition of cancellation.

TERMINATION:

     Should an individual for ANY reason no longer
     qualify as   a   Named  Insured  as  defined  in
     the  Policy Declarations  or  other, provisions of
     this  policy, coverage will cease thirty (30) days
     from the date of such   termination  or  the
     policy   expiration
     or
     cancellation  date whichever comes first.  Again,
     no refunds  will  be  made  by us  to  individual
     Named Insureds.
     
DEFINITIONS

Bodily  Injury  means bodily injury, sickness  or
disease sustained by a person, including death resulting
from  any of these at any time.
Business  Activity  means any full or  part  time
gainful employment, trade, profession, or occupation,
other  than farming  as defined in the policy. Business
activity  does not mean part time jobs of Insureds who
are students under the  age of 23 or activities which
are ordinarily incident to non-business pursuits

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Business  property means property on which a  business
is conducted  and  property, or any part  of  it,
rented  to others or held for rental.

Car  means  a  land motor vehicle designed for  travel
on public  roads  or  subject to motor vehicle
registration, including   trailers,  or  semi-trailers,
farm  tractors, trailers and implements.

Private  Passenger Car means a private passenger,
station wagon or jeep type auto or motorcycle.

Your  Car  means any car or motorcycle owned or  hired
by you, or loaned to you.

Farming  means agricultural operations or the  raising
of animals  which  produced $2,500 or less  in  gross
annual revenues.

Insured means:
 1. You or any relative;
 2. a Any person:
     (1) using your car or watercraft, or
     (2) having custody of any of your animals.
     b. Such person must
     (1) have your permission for such use or custody,
     and (2) limit the use or custody as you may
     require.
3.  Any other person or organization. Coverage is only
for the legal responsibility for
     acts  or omissions of those persons for whom
coverage is afforded above.

Named Insured(s) means individuals who are members of
the group as defined in the Policy Declarations.

Net  Loss means the sum actually paid or payable due to
a claim  for  which  the  Insured  is  liable  either
by  a settlement  we  agreed to or a final judgment.
Such  sums will include proper adjustment for recoveries
and salvage.

Occurrence means:
     1. an accident or
     2.   the   continuous   or   repeated   exposure
to
     substantially the same conditions
          neither  expected nor intended  by  the
     insured except to protect persons or
         property.

Occupying means in, upon, getting in, on, out or off.

Personal Injury means:
1.  bodily  injury, shock, mental anguish, mental
injury, sickness or disease, including
    death resulting therefrom;
2.   injury   because  of  false  arrest,   detention
or
imprisonment, malicious prosecution,
     wrongful  entry  or  eviction,  humiliation,
liable, slander, defamation of character or
    invasion of privacy.

Policy Period means the time the policy is in effect

Policy Territory means anywhere in the world.

Property Damage means physical injury to or destruction
of tangible  property.  This includes loss  of  use  of
such property.

Recreational Vehicle means a motorized land vehicle
that: 1. is designed for recreational use of public
roads; and 2. is not subject to motor vehicle
registration.

This  includes  all  terrain vehicles,  antique
vehicles, classes or special interest vehicles, dune
buggies,  motor homes, replica vehicles, snowmobiles,
motorscooters, trail bikes, mopeds, motorized bikes,
mini-bikes and pedacycles. A golf cart is a recreational
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vehicle;  except  that  for  the  purposes  of
underlying insurance, the required underlying limit for
golf carts is equivalent to the required underlying
limit for Homeowners Personal Liability in the Policy
Declarations.

Relative  means a person related to you by blood,
marriage or  adoption  who  is a resident of your
household.  This includes a ward or foster child. or
other person under the age of 21 who is in your care.

Required Underlying Limit means the minimum limits you
are required  to maintain in force for the types of
insurance and  exposures  described  in  the  Schedule
of  Required Underlying Limits in the Policy
Declarations.

Retained  Limit  means  the amount stated  in  the
Policy Declarations, if underlying insurance does not
cover  the occurrence,   or   an   amount   applying
to    specific
circumstances outlined in Items 3 and 4 of the  Limits
of Liability section of the policy.

Sponsoring  Organization means the  company,
corporation, association,  partnership  or  sole
proprietorship  which sponsors and defines the criteria
for qualification  as  a Named  Insured  For  the
purpose  of  this  policy,   the Sponsoring
Organization shall be the agent of  the  Named
Insured.
Uninsured motor vehicle means a car or motorcycle:
 1) For which no liability bond or policy applies at the
time of the occurrence;

     2)    That  is  an  underinsured  motor  vehicle.
An
     underinsured motor vehicle is a car or motorcycle
     for which  a  bodily  injury  liability  bond  or
     policy applies  at the time of an occurrence but
     the  amount paid  under that bond or policy to an
     Insured is  not enough  to pay the full amount the
     Insured is legally entitled  to  recover  as
     damages  caused   by
     the
     occurrence.

     3)    For which an insuring or bonding company
denies
     coverage or is or becomes insolvent; or

     4)    That  is a hit-and-run vehicle and neither
the
     driver nor owner can be identified. The vehicle
must:

               (a)  hit you or any relative, your car or
          a vehicle you or any relative are occupying;
          or (b)     cause an occurrence resulting in
          bodily
       injury -c you or any relative without hitting
       you, any  relative,  your car or a vehicle  you
       or  any relative are occupying.
       
If  there  is  no  physical contact with  the  hit-and-
run vehicle,  the facts of the occurrence must be
proved.  We will  accept  only  competent  evidence
other  than    the
testimony  of  a person making claims under  this  or
any similar coverage.

However,  uninsured  motor vehicle does  not  include
any vehicle:

a.   Owned  or  operated  by  a  self-insurer  under
any
     applicable  motor vehicle law except  a  self-
     insurer who  is  or becomes insolvent and cannot
     provide  the amounts required by that motor vehicle
     law;
b.   Owned by a governmental unit or agency;
c.   Designed for use mainly off public roads while not
on public roads; or
d.    Owned  by or furnished or available for the
regular
use of you or any relative.

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      In  Witness  Whereof, we have caused this policy
to  be executed  and  attested, and, if required by state
law,  this policy  shall  not  be  valid  unless
countersigned  by   our authorized representative





     Secretary


Chairman


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Abelson, Rose Mary                   Garone, Joseph C.
Amato, Carl                          Gifford, James R.
Anderson, Terry J.                   Gilmartin, George F.
Apodaca, Louis                       Gingery, David W.
Arlotta, Frederick R.                Glennan III, Thomas
K.
Armen Jr., Harry                     Gobler, John F.
Armijo, Deborah                      Goldberg, Robert M.
Armstrong, Carter M.                 Goode, Richard D.
Attridge, Kent T.                    Goodyear, William G.
Auffrey, Lawrence A.                 Gordan, Barry
Babb, Steven C.                      Granata, Arthur J.
Babich, Nicholas G.                  Graves Jr., Harry
M.
Ball, John J.                        Gregor, Richard J.
Battaglia, Richard S.                Grieves, Richard
W.
Battaglia, Vincent J.                Griothe, Robert N.
Beach, Melody J.                     Guma Jr., Anthony
C.
Beard, David C.                      Gunter, Richard R.
Belfils, Kurt E.                     Haas, Dr. Gerald
N.
Belmont, John                        Halloran, Edward
G.
Bernard, Thomas W.                   Harmon, Gordon V.
Bercier, Russell J.                  Harris, Herbert
F.
Bernardo, Dom M.                     Head, Barry
Blancett, David A.                   Hernandez, Christopher
M.
Blyseth, Martin C.                   Higgins, Robert F.
Boudreaux III, Numa                  Hines, Michael L.
Bowman, Larry L.                     Hoppe, David R.
Broto, Robert M.                     Horn, Leroy F.
Brown, Howard Lowell                 Horner, Lawrence E.
Buck, Lawrence A.                    Howell, Eric B.
Bughman, Edward G.                   Hunt, Brian L.
Burton, Dale E.                      Janiesch, Henry
Busch, Carl J.                       Jordan, Gregory W.
Byrne, James E.                      Katz, Michael P.
Cagnazzi, Joseph M.                  Kazan, Elliot C.
Christensen, Mark J.                 Keller Jr., Robert
D.
Ciminera, Michael V.                 Kent Jr., J. Gaston
Cockroft, Daniel S.                  Kozak, Michael J.
Consdorf, Jeffrey                    Kwong, Stanley W.
Cool, Christopher B.                 Landers, Thomas E.
Costello, Joseph O.                  Lange, Richard A.
Craven Jr., Robert J.                Langietti, Ronald
J.
Dasal, Ramon P.                      Lapins, Maris
Davis, Robert C.                     Lawrence, Gerard M.
Davis, Thomas C.                     Leahy, Michael V.
Di Marzo, Pasquale                   Lennon, Michael
Dogaer, Frank J.                     Lepoint, William R.
Dutka, Gerald L.                     Lindsay, Donald
Dyson, Norman L.                     Lippon, Frank C.
Eakin, Donald R.                     Liu, Dr. Yu Ping
Eckroth Jr., Joseph F.               Llinares, Richard
M.
Ensor, John R.                       Lloyd, Patrick F.
Faeth, George F.                     Lowe, William H.
Farrell, Timothy M.                  Mac Kenzie, Alan
S.
Feldman, Mark                        Major, Michael G.
Fera, Peter                          Marquis, Roland P.
Frankenberger Jr., Charles E.        Mars, Kenneth L.
Freeze, C. Douglas                   Marxen, Frank W.
Freibert, George J.                  Matter, Terrence
K.
Mattern, Richard W.                  Stappaerts, Dr. Eddy
A.
Mc Cabe, John J.                     Stark, John C.
Mc Cabe, John M.                     Stewart, Howard L.
Mc Connell, William                  Stopper, Joseph
P.
Mc Coy, Ira J.                       Sutton, Robert
D.
Mc Kinley Jr., Dr. Howard L.         Swenson Jr., Stanley
R.
Meehan, Robert                       Swift, Malcolm S.
Mennona, Pasquale V.                 Tartas, Theophilios
F.
Mercier, Jean E.                     Taylor, Charles E.
Michaelsen, John D.                  Taylor, Dana H.
Michelon, Lawrence J.                Thomas Jr., Robert W.
Mihelich, Robert B.                  Thompson Jr., John B.
Milburn, Richard A.                  Timmerman, Steven D.
Moghe, Sanjay S.                     Tisone, Patricia A.
Montana, Roy                         Tomita, Charles Y.
Moynes, John F.                      Tomlinson, George F.
Mullan, John H.                      Tomlinson, Thomas W.
Muller, Owen B.                      Tucker, Mark A.
Myers, Steven R.                     Underhill, Richard A.
Newman, Burton A.                    Urbanski, John
Newquist, Lance G.                   Uzemeck, Alec M.
Nool, James C.                       Van Weele, Alan P.
Ober II, William T.                  Vance, Richard M.
Olinger, Eugene                      Weil Jr., David S.
Olson Jr., Jarvis L.                 Weir, Thomas J.
Olson, David H.                      Werkheiser, David
W.
Ostermann, Louis E.                  Wes, James A.
Petty, Raymond                       West, G. Allen
Phillips, Thomas E.                  Wickman, Douglas
V.
Pickett, George E.                   Williams, Charles
T.
Piscitelli, Nataline F.              Williams, Roger B.
Plancon, Paul A.                     Williams, Thomas
L.
Pozza, Scott J.                      Wilson, Patrick J.
Prueter, Michael R.                  Wolff, Georgetta
A.
Quandt, Harry A.                     Wood, Douglas E.
Renshaw, Ramon D.                    Wooler, Dr. Peter
T.
Rhoades, Mark A.                     Yates, Victor J.
Roehrig, Gary P.                     Young, Raymond F.
Romano, Dennis G.                    Zottoli, Robert
Root, Steven J.
Roth, Alan
Sachs, Edward P.
Salmon, Ernest P.
Samford, Lester L.
Sancer, Dr. Maurice I.
Sanford, James L.
Schutte, Robert J.
Serio, Gary F.
Shea, Richard D.
Shelman, Thomas
Siconolfi, Paul R.
Sims, James M.
Sloan, Steven A.
Smith, George W.
Soloway, Richard S.
Sowa, Kurt A.
Sperling, Harris
Spira, Vicki E.
Abbott, Richard I.                   Mc Millan, William
J.
Anderson, Herbert W.                 Mc Niff, Gerald J.
Arthurs, Thomas Desmond              Mendell, Robert W.
Baker, Dr. W. Dean                   Miller, Mark F.
Barry, Patrick E.                    Molleur, Richard R.
Bavitz, Paul                         Montgomery, Monte
D.
Berchtold, Kenneth J.                Movius, Stephen C.
Beroiz, Denny J.                     Mroz, Mitchell D.
Bonkowski, Steven                    Mulderig, Joseph P.
Boyer, Brian E.                      Muller Jr., Charles
F.
Brackney, William O.                 Myers, Albert F.
Braga, Gerald A.                     Myers, Robert G.
Breitfeller, John F.                 Nelson, Robert E.
Broomall, Vernon H.                  Odum, Richard F.
Brown, Gary L.                       Packard, Jan R.
Cantafio, Anthony W.                 Parker, Margo B.
Carrier III, William D.              Parsons, Lawrence D.
Carrier Jr., Louis M.                Peterson, Shirley V.
Cincotta, Eugene A.                  Phillips, John C.
Clark Jr., Martin F.                 Porter, Biggs C.
Coco, Paul J.                        Rheinlander, Thomas
W.
Coles, Robert J.                     Rice, Dr. Dennis K.
Crosby Jr., Ralph D.                 Roche, Dr. James G.
Dandridge, Martin E.                 Ross, David A.
De Iasi, Dr. Richard J.              Rubenstein,
Lawrence
De Stefano, Vincent G.               Rumbaugh, Michael
G.
Diaz, Jorge H.                       Ryder, John V.
Edwards Jr., James J.                Schaum, Craig O.
Elkin, Marvin                        Schwarz, Robert E.
Ficarra, Molly A.                    Seymour, Scott J.
Foley, Edward D.                     Silverstein, Robert
L.
Frankenberg, Henry                   Simpson, John L.
Gibbs Jr., Nelson F.                 Smith Jr., Wylie B.
Grady, Arthur L.                     Snow Jr., Murray
Haise Jr., Fred W.                   Soikkeli, Robert
J.
Hanlon III, Daniel E.                Solberg, Wallace
C.
Hanson, Stanley C.                   St. Germain, Robert
P.
Harris, Clifford P.                  Steele, Stuart A.
Harrison, John E.                    Stevens, Lynn H.
Hateley, J. Michael                  Stout, Wesley R.
Hatten, Donald E.                    Tackabury, Paul D.
Helm, Robert W.                      Terry, William B.
Holcombe, Pierson J.                 Thompson, Fred L.
Hoover, Jim C.                       Vernor, Lawrence
Hutter, Christopher P.               Wachino, William
James, William J.                    Waugh Jr., Richard
B.
Johnson, James C.                    Weiss, Dr. Max T.
Johnson, Nils E.                     Whitehead, Robin S.
Jones Jr., Charles L.                Williams, Gordon L.
Kaufold, Mark A.                     Wilson Jr., Joseph
Kresa, Kent                          Wulf, Robert E.
Kump, Donald H.                      Yslas, Stephen D.
Lawler, William H.                   Zakrzeski, Alexander
Lawson, Anthony E.                   Zehner, Thomas H.
Mayhew, Bruce F.
Mc Cann, James K.
Mc Connell, James A.
Mc Hugh Jr., Marion E.

                      RATE AND PREMIUM SCHEDULE
                                  
                                  
 Rate per Participant          Policy Limit        No. of
Participants
                            TotaI Premium
                                  
                                  
          $275.00        $2,000,000.00  213            $  58.575.00
          $450.00        $5,000,000.00  112            $  50,400.00

                                                       $108,975.00

The total premium for this policy is $108,975.00

May 1, 1996

Six Month Update

At six months into the policy period, and at renewaI, the name and
address Iisting of participants shouId be updated and furnished to
CNA Excess & Select . The appropriate premium adjustment wiII be
made annualIy.


Al l other terms and conditions remain unchanged.




                       SERVICE OF SUIT CLAUSE
                                  
It is agreed that in the event of the failure of the Company to pay
any amount claimed to be due hereunder, the company, at the request
of the Named Insured, will submit to the jurisdiction of any court
of competent jurisdiction within the United States of America, and
will comply with all requirements necessary, to give such court the
jurisdiction and all matters arising hereunder shall be determined
in accordance with the law and practice of such court.

It is further agreed that service of process in such suit may be
made
upon Martin Haber, Vice President and General Counsel c/o The
Buckeye Union Insurance Company, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
10038 and that in any suit instituted against the Company upon this
policy the Company will abide by the final decision of such court or
of any appellate court in the event of an appeal.
The above Named is authorized and directed to accept service of
process on behalf of the Company in any such suit and/or upon the
request of the Named Insured to give a written undertaking to the
Named Insured that it will enter a general appearance upon the
Company's behalf in the event such a suit shall be instituted.
Further, pursuant to any statute of any state, territory, or
district of the United States of America, which makes provision
therefor, the Company hereby designates the Superintendent,
Commissioner or Director of Insurance or other Officer specified for
that purpose in the statute or his successor or successors in
office, as their true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served
any lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by
or on behalf of the Named Insured or any beneficiary hereunder
arising out of this contract of insurance, and hereby designate the
above named as the person to whom the said officer is authorized to
mail such process or a true copy thereof.


             DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY EXCLUSION
                                  
                                  
As respects "What We Do Not Cover", Exclusion 5, page 2 of 9, is
amended to read as follows:


We do not provide coverage for:

5.   Personal Injury or Property Damage resulting from any act or
 failure to act by any Insured as a director or officer of any
           organization.  FOLLOWING FORM ENDORSEMENT
           
In considerarion of the premium charged, it is understood and
agreed that the coverage under
GPE 002253 will apply in so far as coverage is afforded by
primary comprehensive liability insurance.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.






                              -19-
Exhibit 10(r)

                      AMENDED AND RESTATED
                SPECIAL SEVERANCE PAY AGREEMENT



      The Special Severance Pay Agreement entered into as of  the

25th day of February, 1994 by and between Northrop Corporation, a

Delaware   corporation,   name  changed   to   Northrop   Grumman

Corporation   (the   "Company")    and                       (the

"Employee"),  in  consideration of  the  mutual  benefits  to  be

obtained from the amendments thereto contained herein, is  hereby

amended  and,  as  so  amended, is restated  for  convenience  of

reference and as so amended and restated is the "Agreement."



                            RECITALS



      Employee  is a key member of the Company's management  team

and  has  been  designated  by  the Compensation  and  Management

Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors

(the  "Board")  of  the  Company as a key employee  to  whom  the

protection  of  the  Company's Special Severance  Pay  Plan  (the

"Plan")  are  extended.  The purpose of the Plan is to  reinforce

and encourage the continued attention and dedication of employees

like Employee to their assigned duties without distraction in the

face  of the potentially disturbing circumstances that arise from

the possibility of a change in control of the Company.



      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits  to

be   derived   from  this  Agreement,  including  the   continued

employment and rendition of services by Employee, it is agreed as

follows:



          1.     Company's  Right  to  Terminate.   No  provision

          contained herein shall affect the Company's ability  to

          terminate  Employee's employment at any time,  with  or

          without cause.  Nothing in this Agreement shall in  any

          way  require the Company to provide any Benefits  prior

          to a change in Control nor shall this Agreement ever be

          construed  in any way as establishing any  policies  or

          requirements for severance benefits for Employee if  he

          terminates  employment  with the  Company  prior  to  a

          change in control



          2.   Change in Control.  Benefits provided herein shall

          be  payable only in the event there shall have occurred

          a  "Change in Control" as defined below, and Employee's

          employment  by the Company shall thereafter  have  been

          terminated  in accordance with Section 3  below.   Each

          event  constituting  a "Change in Control"  as  defined

          below  shall  be  considered  a  separate  "Change   in

          Control"  entitling Employee to the  Benefits  provided

          herein if his employment by the Company shall have been

          terminated in accordance with Section 3 below following

          such   "Change  in  Control."   For  purposes  of  this

          Agreement a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have

          occurred  if  (i)  there shall be consummated  (x)  any

          consolidation or merger of the Company in which (A) the

          Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation,

          other  than a merger in which the holders of the Common

          Stock  of  the Company immediately prior to the  merger

          have  the same proportionate ownership of common  stock

          of  the  surviving  corporation immediately  after  the

          merger,   or  (B)  the  Common  Stock  of  the  Company

          outstanding  immediately  prior  to  the  merger  would

          amount  to  less than 50% of the common  stock  of  the

          surviving corporation outstanding immediately after the

          merger  or  (y)  any  sale, lease,  exchange  or  other

          transfer  (in  one transaction or a series  of  related

          transactions)  of  all, or substantially  all,  of  the

          assets of the Company, or (ii) the stockholders of  the

          Company  approve a plan or proposal for the liquidation

          or  dissolution of the Company, or (iii)  any  "person"

          (as   defined  in  Sections  13(d)  and  14(d)  of  the

          Securities  Exchange  act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the

          "Exchange   Act"),   but  not   including   any   trust

          established pursuant to an employee benefit plan of the

          Company,  shall  become  the  "beneficial  owner"   (as

          defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly

          or  indirectly,  of  fifteen percent  or  more  of  the

          Company's outstanding Common Stock, or (iv) during  any

          period  of  two  consecutive years, a majority  of  the

          directors  of the Company shall cease to be "Continuing

          Directors,"   as  defined  below.   As   used   herein,

          "Continuing  Director" shall mean a person  who  was  a

          director  of  the  Company  at  the  beginning  of  any

          specified two-year period and any person whose election

          or  nomination  as a director during  such  period  was

          approved   by   two-thirds  of  the   then   Continuing

          Directors.



          3.    Termination Following Change in Control.  In  the

          event a Change in Control shall have occurred, Employee

          shall be entitled to the Benefits provided in Section 4

          hereof upon any termination of his employment with  the

          Company  within  the  30-month  period  following  such

          Change  in  Control except a termination of  employment

          (a)  because  of  his  death, (b) by  the  Company  for

          "Cause"  or "Disability" or (c) by him other  than  for

          "Good Reason."



                 (i)   Disability.   For  the  purposes  of  this

          Agreement  only,  and for no other benefit  program  or

          policy  of  the  Company, termination for  "Disability"

          shall mean termination of Employee's employment because

          of  his absence from duties with the Company on a full-

          time  basis  for 130 consecutive business  days,  as  a

          result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness,

          unless   he   shall  have  returned  to  the  full-time

          performance of his duties within 30 days after  "Notice

          of  Termination" (as described in (iv) below) is  given

          in connection with such absence.



                (ii)   Cause.   Termination  by  the  Company  of

          Employee's   employment   for   "Cause"   shall    mean

          termination  within  the 30-month  period  following  a

          Change in Control by reason of:



                          (A)   the willful and continued failure

               by  Employee to substantially perform  his  duties

               with  the  Company  (other than any  such  failure

               resulting  from his incapacity due to physical  or

               mental  illness), for a period of 30 or more  days

               after a written demand for substantial performance

               is delivered to him by the Chief Executive Officer

               (the  "Officer") of the Company or the  Committee,

               which demand specifically identifies the manner in

               which such Officer or the Committee believes  that

               Employee  has  not  substantially  performed   his

               duties.

                         (B)  the willful engaging by Employee in

               misconduct  which is materially injurious  to  the

               Company, monetarily or otherwise.  For purposes of

               this  paragraph,  no act, or failure  to  act,  on

               Employee's  part  shall  be  considered  "willful"

               unless  done, or omitted to be done,  by  Employee

               not  in  good faith and without reasonable  belief

               that his action or omission was not opposed to the

               best interest of the Company.



                Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not

          be  deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and

          until  there  shall have been delivered to  Employee  a

          copy of a Notice of Termination from the Officer or the

          Committee  after reasonable notice to Employee  and  an

          opportunity for him, together with his counsel,  to  be

          heard  before the Committee (or, if there  be  no  such

          Committee  or  such Committee delivers  the  Notice  of

          Termination,  the  Board), finding that,  in  the  good

          faith opinion of such Committee (or the Board), he  was

          guilty of conduct set forth above in clauses (A) or (B)

          of  the  first  sentence  of this  paragraph  (ii)  and

          specifying the particulars thereof in detail.



     (iii)    Good  Reason.   Termination  by  Employee  of   his

     employment  for "Good Reason" shall mean the termination  by

     Employee  of  his  employment  within  the  30-month  period

     following a Change in Control:



                (A)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change in Control, the Company reduces Employee's  base

          salary  in  effect immediately prior to the  Change  in

          Control or as increased from time to time thereafter.



                (B)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change  in  Control, the Company, without  the  express

          written  consent of the Employee, requires Employee  to

          report to a location or be relocated anywhere in excess

          of  one  hundred  (100)  miles of  his  present  office

          location,  except for required travel on the  Company's

          business to an extent substantially consistent with his

          present business travel obligations.



                (C)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change  in Control, the Company has failed to  maintain

          in   force   plans  providing  benefits  at  least   as

          beneficial  as, or substantially equivalent  to,  those

          provided   by   any   benefit  or  compensation   plan,

          retirement  or  pension plan, stock option  plan,  life

          insurance  plan, health and accident plan or disability

          plan in which Employee is participating at the time  of

          a  Change  in Control or if the Company has  taken  any

          action   which   would  adversely   affect   Employee's

          participation   in  or  materially  reduce   Employee's

          benefits under any of such plans or deprive him of  any

          material fringe benefit (without substituting a  fringe

          benefit   substantially  equivalent  to  such  benefit)

          enjoyed by him at the time of the Change in Control, or

          if  the Company fails to provide him with the number of

          paid  vacation  days to which he would be  entitled  in

          accordance with the Company's normal vacation policy in

          effect at the time of the Change in Control.



                (D)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change  in  Control,  the  Company  materially  reduces

          Employee's  title, job authorities or  responsibilities

          in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.



                (E)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change  in  Control, the Company fails  to  obtain  the

          assumption  of  the  obligations  contained   in   this

          Agreement by any successor as contemplated in Section 5

          hereof.



                (F)   if  within the 30-month period following  a

          Change  in  Control, the Company purports to  terminate

          Employee's employment in a manner which is not effected

          pursuant  to  a  Notice of Termination  satisfying  the

          requirements   of  paragraph  (iv)  below    (and,   if

          applicable, paragraph (ii) above); and for purposes  of

          this Agreement, no such purported termination shall  be

          effective.



     A  termination of employment by Employee within the 30-month

     period  following  a Change in Control  shall  be  for  Good

     Reason if one of the occurrences specified in this paragraph

     (iii) shall have occurred, notwithstanding that Employee may

     have  other  reasons  for terminating employment,  including

     employment  by  another employer which Employee  desires  to

     accept.



     (v)  Date of Termination.  "Date of Termination" shall mean:



                (A)   If Employee's employment is terminated  for

          Disability,   thirty   (30)  days   after   Notice   of

          Termination is given (provided that Employee shall  not

          have  returned to the performance of his  duties  on  a

          full-time basis during such thirty (30) day period),



                 (B)   if  Employee's  employment  is  terminated

          pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, the date on which the

          Notice of Termination is given,



               (C)  if Employee's employment is terminated by the

          Company  for  any  other reason, the date  on  which  a

          Notice of Termination is given; provided that if within

          thirty  (30)  days after any Notice of  Termination  is

          given  Employee  notifies the Company  that  a  dispute

          exists   concerning  the  termination,  the   Date   of

          Termination shall be the date on which such  Notice  of

          Termination  is given or the date on which the  dispute

          is   finally  determined,  either  by  mutual   written

          agreement of the parties, or by a final judgment, order

          or   decree  of  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,

          whichever  shall  provide  Employee  with  the  greater

          dollar value of Benefits hereunder, and



                (D)   if  Employee terminates his employment  for

          Good  Reason,  the  date on which the Company  receives

          notice from Employee of such termination.



          4.   Certain Benefits Upon Termination.  If, within the

          30-month   period  following  a  Change   in   Control,

          Employee's   employment  by  the   Company   shall   be

          terminated (a) by the Company other than for  Cause  or

          Disability or (b) by Employee for Good Reason, Employee

          shall  be  entitled to each of the "Benefits"  provided

          below:



               (i)  the Company shall pay Employee:  (a) his full

          base  salary  through the Date of Termination,  at  the

          rate  in  effect  at the time Notice of Termination  is

          given,  and  (b) an additional amount representing  the

          prorated  portion  of any additional  compensation  for

          which  the  employee  would be eligible,  but  for  his

          termination,   under  any  cash  bonus   or   incentive

          compensation  plan  maintained  by  the   Company   and

          applicable   to   the   period  in   which   Employee's

          termination occurs.  The amount referred to  under  (b)

          shall  be  determined by multiplying (A) the amount  of

          all  such cash bonus or incentive compensation payments

          made  to  Employee in respect of the last full calendar

          year   preceding  Employee's  termination,  by  (B)   a

          fraction representing the number of weeks elapsed  from

          the   end  of  such  calendar  year  to  the  Date   of

          Termination, divided by 52.



                (ii)   the Company shall pay as severance pay  to

          Employee after the Date of Termination, an amount equal

          to 2.99 times Employee's full Base Amount as defined in

          Section  280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,  as

          amended   (the  Code),  and  the  regulations   adopted

          thereunder in effect from time to time.  Such severance

          pay shall be paid to Employee in a cash lump sum within

          30 days following the Date of Termination.





                (iii)  for a period not to exceed thirty-six (36)

          months  the  Company shall, at its expense, arrange  to

          provide   Employee  with  medical,  dental   and   life

          insurance benefits substantially similar to those which

          Employee was receiving immediately prior to the  Change

          in  Control  or, if greater, those which  Employee  was

          receiving  on his Date of Termination.  Notwithstanding

          the  foregoing,  the  Company  shall  not  provide  any

          benefit  otherwise receivable by Employee  pursuant  to

          this  Section 4(iii) to the extent that a substantially

          similar benefit is actually received by Employee from a

          subsequent  employer during such period, and  any  such

          benefit actually received by Employee shall be reported

          to the Company.



                (iv)   the  Company  shall pay  to  Employee  all

          deferred and accrued bonus and vacation pay to which he

          is  entitled  under  the terms  of  the  Company's  pay

          policies  as in effect immediately prior to the  Change

          in  Control or, if it results in greater vacation  pay,

          as in effect on Employee's Date of Termination.



Employee  shall  not be required to mitigate the  amount  of  any

payment  provided  for  in  this  Section  4  by  seeking   other

employment  or  otherwise, nor shall the amount  of  any  payment

provided  for  in  this Section 4 be reduced by any  compensation

earned  by  Employee  as  the result  of  employment  by  another

employer after the Date of Termination, or otherwise.



Anything  in  this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,  in

the event that the amount of any "parachute payments" provided to

Employee under this Agreement, when added to any other "parachute

payments" which Employee is entitled to receive from the Company,

would constitute an "excess parachute payment," such payments  or

benefits  should  be reduced to the minimum extent  necessary  so

that  no  such amount payable or benefit provided to the Employee

shall   constitute  an  "excess  parachute  payment";   provided,

however,  that no such reduction shall be made if the net  after-

tax  benefit (after taking into account Federal, State, local  or

other  income and excise taxes) to the Employee as the result  of

such payments or benefits without such reduction would exceed the

net after-tax benefit (taking all such taxes into account) to the

Employee  of  such  payments or benefits if such  reduction  were

made.   As used herein, the terms "parachute payment" and "excess

parachute payment" have the meaning set forth in Section 280G  of

the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  If any  payments

or  benefits  must be reduced by reason of this  paragraph,  such

reduction  shall  be made in the order and manner  determined  by

Employee,  as  soon  as  administratively  practicable  following

Notice of Termination.





5.   Successors,  Binding Agreement.  The Company  may  amend  or

     terminate  this  Agreement by action of a  majority  of  its

     Continuing Directors (as defined in Section 2 hereof) at any

     time  prior  to  a  Change in Control.  In any  event,  this

     Agreement  shall  terminate on the fifth  (5th)  anniversary

     hereof unless a Change in Control has occurred.  The Company

     expressly  waives  any  right to  amend  or  terminate  this

     Agreement  following  a Change in Control  and  the  Company

     acknowledges  that  Employee  shall  have  a   binding   and

     irrevocable right to the Benefits set forth hereunder in the

     event of a Change in Control.  Any purported termination  of

     this  Agreement  following  a Change  in  Control  shall  be

     ineffective, and Employee shall not lose any right hereunder

     for failing to contest such a purported termination.



     (i)   The Company will require any successor (whether direct

     or   indirect,   by   purchase,  merger,  consolidation   or

     otherwise)to all or substantially all of the business and/or

     assets  of  the Company, to expressly assume  and  agree  to

     honor  this  Agreement in the same manner and  to  the  same

     extent that the Company would be required to so honor if  no

     such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company  to

     obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such

     succession shall be a violation of this Agreement and  shall

     entitle  Employee  to  Benefits from  the  Company  or  such

     successor  in  the  same amount and on  the  same  terms  as

     Employee  would  be entitle hereunder if he  terminated  his

     employment  for  Good Reason, except that  for  purposes  of

     implementing  the  foregoing, the date  on  which  any  such

     succession  becomes effective shall be deemed  the  Date  of

     Termination.   As  used in this Agreement,  "Company"  shall

     mean  the Company hereinbefore defined and any successor  to

     its  business and/or assets as aforesaid which executes  and

     delivers the agreement provided for in this paragraph  5  or

     which   otherwise  becomes  bound  by  all  the  terms   and

     provisions  of  this  Agreement by operation  of  law.   The

     Company shall promptly notify Employee of any succession  by

     purchase,  merger,  consolidation or  otherwise  to  all  or

     substantially all the business and/or assets of the  Company

     and  shall  state whether or not the successor has  executed

     the  agreement required by this paragraph (i)  and,  if  so,

     shall make a copy of such agreement available to Employee.



     (ii)   This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of  and  be

     enforceable   by   Employee  and  his  personal   or   legal

     representatives,   executors,  administrators,   successors,

     heirs,  distributees,  devisees and legatees.   If  Employee

     should  die while any amount would still be payable  to  him

     hereunder  if  he had continued to live, all  such  amounts,

     unless   otherwise  provided  herein,  shall  be   paid   in

     accordance with the terms of this Agreement to his  devisee,

     legatee  or other designee or, if there be no such designee,

     to his estate.



     (iii)   The  Company expressly acknowledges and agrees  that

     Employee  shall  have a contractual right  to  the  Benefits

     provided  hereunder,  and the Company expressly  waives  any

     ability,  if possible, to deny liability for any  breach  of

     its  contractual commitment hereunder upon  the  grounds  of

     lack  of consideration, accord and satisfaction or any other

     defense.   In any dispute arising after a Change in  Control

     as  to  whether Employee is entitled to Benefits under  this

     Agreement,  there  shall be a presumption that  Employee  is

     entitled  to  such  Benefits  and  the  burden  of   proving

     otherwise shall be on the Company.



     (iv)   All  Benefits to be provided hereunder  shall  be  in

     addition  to any pension, disability, worker's compensation,

     other Company benefit plan distribution, unpaid vacation  or

     other  unpaid  benefits that Employee has  at  his  Date  of

     Termination.



6.   Notice.   For  purposes of this Agreement, notices  and  all

     other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be

     in  writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when

     delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail,  return

     receipt  requested, postage prepaid, addressed:  (i)  if  to

     Employee, to his latest address as reflected on the  records

     of  the  Company, and if to Company:  Northrop  Corporation,

     1840 Century Park East, Los Angeles, California 90067, Attn:

     President,  or to such other address as Company may  furnish

     to  Employee  in  writing with specific  reference  to  this

     Agreement  and  the  importance of the notice,  except  that

     notice  of  change of address shall be effective  only  upon

     receipt.



7.   Miscellaneous.   After  a Change in Control,  no  rights  of

     Employee  under  this  Agreement may be released,  modified,

     waived  or  discharged  by  Employee  unless  such  release,

     waiver,  modification, or discharge is agreed to in  writing

     signed   by   Employee   and   a  licensed   attorney-at-law

     representing Employee.  No failure to enforce or  waiver  by

     Employee  at  any time of any breach by the Company  of,  or

     noncompliance  with,  any condition  or  provision  of  this

     Agreement to be performed by the Company shall be  deemed  a

     waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions  at

     the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  This Agreement

     shall  not supersede or in any way limit the rights,  duties

     or  obligations  Employee may have under any  other  written

     agreement  with the Company.   The Company expressly  waives

     any  right  to  deny liability hereunder on the  basis  that

     Employee  failed to submit a claim on a timely  basis.   The

     validity,  interpretation, construction and  performance  of

     this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of

     California.



8.   Validity.   The  invalidity  or  unenforceability   of   any

     provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or

     enforceability  of  any other provision of  this  Agreement,

     which shall remain in full force and effect.



      IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, as of July    , 1995 the parties  have

executed  this  Agreement  amending  and  restating  the  Special

Severance Pay Agreement originally dated as of February 25, 1994.





ATTEST:                            Northrop Grumman Corporation


__________________________         By_______________________



__________________________           ________________________
                                     Employee






Exhibit 10(s)

                      EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


This Agreement is entered into effective January 1, 1996, by  and
between  Northrop  Grumman Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation
("Northrop Grumman"), and Gordon L. Williams ("Mr. Williams"), an
individual residing in Texas.

WHEREAS,  Mr. Williams is currently employed by Northrop Grumman,
the  parent and successor in interest to Vought Aircraft  Company
("Vought") as the Vice President and General Manager of  Northrop
Grumman's Commercial Aircraft Division;  and

WHEREAS,  Mr.  Williams  currently has in  effect  an  employment
agreement  with  Vought  ("Vought Agreement")  which  expires  on
January 1, 1996;  and

WHEREAS,  Northrop  Grumman  wishes to  continue  to  employ  Mr.
Williams  and Mr. Williams desires to continue to be employed  by
Northrop Grumman on and after January 1, 1996 upon the terms  and
conditions set forth herein;

NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the  premises  and  mutual
covenants contained herein, it is agreed as follows:

1.   Employment

     Northrop  Grumman hereby offers to continue  to  employ  Mr.
     Williams  as  Vice  President and  General  Manager  of  its
     Commercial Aircraft Division on and after January  1,  1996,
     and Mr. Williams hereby accepts such continued employment by
     Northrop  Grumman, upon the terms and conditions herein  set
     forth.

2.   Term

     The  term of this Agreement shall commence as of January  1,
     1996,  and  shall  expire on August 1, 1997,  unless  sooner
     terminated as hereinafter set forth in Section 6, below.  If
     this  Agreement is not terminated pursuant to Section 6,  it
     is  the intent of the parties that Mr. Williams retire  from
     employment with Northrop Grumman effective August 1, 1997.

3.   Duties

     Mr. Williams will, during the term hereof:

          (a)   Faithfully and diligently do and perform all such
          acts  and duties and furnish such services as the Chief
          Executive  Officer of Northrop Grumman (the  "CEO")  or
          the   Board  of  Directors  of  Northrop  Grumman  (the
          "Board") shall direct, and do and perform all  acts  in
          the  ordinary  course  of Northrop  Grumman's  business
          (within  such  limits  as the  CEO  or  the  Board  may
          prescribe)   necessary   and  conducive   to   Northrop
          Grumman's best interest;  and

          (b)   Devote  his full time, energy and  skill  to  the
          business  of  Northrop Grumman and to the promotion  of
          Northrop Grumman's best interests, except for vacations
          and absences made necessary because of illness.

4.   Compensation

          (a)   Subject  to  the provisions of Section  6  below,
          Northrop  Grumman  shall pay to Mr.  Williams  for  all
          services to be performed by him during the term of this
          Agreement  a  fixed salary at the rate of $420,000  per
          annum, payable in periodic payments in accordance  with
          Northrop  Grumman's practices for other  executive  and
          managerial   employees,  as  such  practices   may   be
          determined from time to time.

          (b)   Under  the  terms  of the Vought  Agreement,  Mr.
          Williams'  annual  salary and/or  bonus  is  offset  by
          amounts he receives from an annuity purchased by Vought
          and   Northrop   Grumman  under  the  Vought   Aircraft
          Supplemental  Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP").   Mr.
          Williams shall continue to be a participant in SERP (or
          any  successor  or replacement plan with  substantially
          identical benefits).  However, there shall be  no  such
          offset from the salary payable to Mr. Williams starting
          January   1,  1996  pursuant  to  the  terms  of   this
          Agreement.    No  further  purchase  of  annuities   to
          recognize  additional  accrual of  retirement  benefits
          beyond 1994 will be made until August 1, 1997.

          (c)   Mr.  Williams shall be a participant in  Northrop
          Grumman's  Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor
          or replacement plan.  Mr. Williams shall be assigned  a
          target  bonus  level of 55% of his annual  base  salary
          with  customary  adjustments for  individual  and  unit
          performance  pursuant  to the terms  of  the  Incentive
          Compensation Plan.

          (d)  Mr. Williams shall receive a grant of 8,000 shares
          of  restricted Northrop Grumman stock pursuant  to  the
          terms  of  the  1993  Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Plan.
          Vesting of those shares shall be as follows:  3,000  of
          these  shares shall vest as of February 16,  1996,  and
          the  remaining 5,000 shares shall vest as of August  1,
          1997.   Vesting shall be contingent upon  Mr.  Williams
          remaining  employed  by  Northrop  Grumman  as  of  the
          relevant vesting date.

          (e)   Mr.  Williams shall be paid a one-time  bonus  of
          $50,000,  with this amount to be paid to him  no  later
          than January 12, 1996.

          (f)    Northrop  Grumman  agrees  that,   unless   this
          Agreement  is  terminated pursuant  to  paragraph  6(b)
          below,  for  the  purposes of SERP the Average  Monthly
          Compensation as defined in SERP shall not be less  than
          $66,666.67.

          (g)  All compensation payments to Mr. Williams pursuant
          to  this  Agreement shall be subject to such deductions
          as  may  be  required  to  be  made  pursuant  to  law,
          government  regulation or order, or by agreement  with,
          or consent of, Mr. Williams.

5.   Fringe Benefits and Perquisites

     Mr.  Williams shall be eligible to participate in the fringe
     benefit plans and perquisites normally available to Northrop
     Grumman  Vice Presidents of comparable status, in accordance
     with  each plan's rules of eligibility.  These benefits  and
     perquisites are subject to change by Northrop Grumman during
     the  term  of  this Agreement during the course of  Northrop
     Grumman's  regular  review of its fringe benefit  plans  and
     perquisites applicable to other officers.

6.   Termination of Employment

     (a)  Voluntary Termination by Mr. Williams

                Mr.  Williams shall have the right to voluntarily
          terminate his employment with Northrop Grumman  at  any
          time.   In  such  event,  Mr.  Williams  shall  not  be
          entitled  to any further benefits under this  Agreement
          after   the  date  of  his  voluntary  termination   of
          employment,   including,  but  not  limited   to,   any
          continuation  of  base salary, bonus  awards  or  other
          perquisites and unvested stock awards.

      (b)   Termination by Northrop Grumman for Certain Specified
Reasons

                 Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this
          Agreement to the contrary, Northrop Grumman shall  have
          the right to terminate Mr. Williams' employment for (i)
          the  willful  and continued failure by Mr. Williams  to
          perform substantially the duties of his position,  (ii)
          the  willful engaging by Mr. Williams in conduct  which
          is   demonstrably   injurious  to   Northrop   Grumman,
          monetarily or otherwise;  or  (iii) gross negligence in
          performing his job duties.  In such event, Mr. Williams
          shall  not  be  entitled to any further benefits  under
          this  Agreement  after  the date of  such  termination,
          including, but not limited to, any continuation of base
          salary,  bonus awards or other perquisites and unvested
          stock awards.
          (c)  Termination by Northrop Grumman for Other Reasons

                 Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this
          Agreement to the contrary, Northrop Grumman shall  have
          the  right,  in  its sole discretion, to terminate  Mr.
          Williams'  employment,  with  or  without  cause,   for
          reasons  other  than those specified  in  Section  6(b)
          above.   In  such event, Mr. Williams shall immediately
          be  paid  all  sums due as of the date of  termination.
          Northrop  Grumman  shall  also  continue  to  pay   Mr.
          Williams  his  base  salary  as  of  the  date  of  his
          termination  on  a  monthly basis,  with  such  monthly
          payments  to  terminate  as of  August  1,  1997.   Mr.
          Williams shall be eligible for consideration for a  pro
          rata  bonus  for work performed by him in the  year  in
          which  the termination occurs.  Any such pro rata bonus
          will  be paid by February 15 in the succeeding calendar
          year.  In addition, Northrop Grumman's management shall
          recommend to the Board the accelerated vesting of a pro
          rata portion of Mr. Williams' unvested shares under the
          Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.

                These  arrangements constitute full  compensation
          for  Mr.  Williams' loss of any salary, bonuses,  stock
          options,  fringe  benefits and other employment  rights
          and  benefits as a result of a termination pursuant  to
          this  Section 6(c).  Mr. Williams agrees that his  sole
          claim for any losses or damages arising out of any such
          termination  shall  be  for the  recovery  of  benefits
          enumerated  in  this  Section 6(c),  and  Mr.  Williams
          hereby  waives his rights to any and all other remedies
          at law or equity.

          (d)  Termination Upon Disability

               In the event that Mr. Williams becomes permanently
          disabled  during  the  term  of  this  Agreement,  this
          Agreement  shall  automatically  terminate,   but   Mr.
          Williams   shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  benefits
          accorded   to  other  disabled  senior  executives   of
          Northrop   Grumman,   including  long-term   disability
          insurance  plan  benefits.   Mr.  Williams   shall   be
          eligible  for  consideration for a pro rata  bonus  for
          work  performed  by  him  in  the  year  in  which  the
          disability  occurs.  Any such pro rata  bonus  will  be
          paid  by  February 15 in the succeeding calendar  year.
          In   addition,  Northrop  Grumman's  management   shall
          recommend to the Board the accelerated vesting of a pro
          rata portion of Mr. Williams' unvested shares under the
          Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.

          (e)  Termination Upon Death of Mr. Williams

                In  the  event that Mr. Williams dies during  the
          term   of   this   Agreement,  this   Agreement   shall
          automatically  terminate, but Mr. Williams'  estate  or
          designated  beneficiary shall be  entitled  to  receive
          payments  pursuant  to  Mr.  Williams'  life  insurance
          benefits,  any  base  salary payments  earned  but  not
          received  by  Mr.  Williams prior to the  date  of  his
          death,  and  any other benefits provided in  accordance
          with  other  plans  of Northrop Grumman  to  which  Mr.
          Williams would have been entitled.  Mr. Williams  shall
          be  eligible for consideration for a pro rata bonus for
          work  performed  by  him in the  year  in  which  death
          occurs.   Any  such  pro rata bonus  will  be  paid  by
          February  15  in  the  succeeding  calendar  year.   In
          addition, Northrop Grumman's management shall recommend
          to  the  Board the accelerated vesting of  a  pro  rata
          portion of Mr. Williams' unvested shares under the Long-
          Term Stock Incentive Plan.

          (f)  Nothing in (a) through (e) above, shall affect the
          rights  and  benefits  Mr.  Williams,  his  estate   or
          designated beneficiaries would otherwise be entitled to
          if  this  Agreement  were  not  in  force  and  effect.
          Further,  if  this Agreement is terminated pursuant  to
          (a)  through  (e) above, participation  in  the  Vought
          Aircraft Salaried Health Care Plan (or any successor or
          replacement  plan) as amended from time to time,  shall
          be  continued  for the remainder of the  lives  of  Mr.
          Williams  and  his  legally recognized  spouse  on  the
          effective date of this Agreement.

7.   Complete Agreement

     This   Agreement  represents  the  complete  agreement   and
     understanding  between  Northrop Grumman  and  Mr.  Williams
     pertaining  to  the  subject matter  contained  herein,  and
     supersedes  all prior agreements or understandings,  written
     or  oral,  between the parties with respect to such  subject
     matter as of its effective date.

8.   Amendment or Modification;  Waiver

     No  provision  of  this Agreement may be amended  or  waived
     unless  such  amendment or waiver is agreed to  in  writing,
     signed  by Mr. Williams and by a duly authorized officer  of
     Northrop  Grumman.   No waiver by any party  hereto  of  any
     breach by another party hereto of any condition or provision
     of  this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall
     be  deemed a waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition  or
     provision at the same time or any prior or subsequent time.

9.   Arbitration

     Any  dispute  arising  out  of or concerning  Mr.  Williams'
     employment with Northrop Grumman, including, but not limited
     to,  disputes concerning the termination of such  employment
     or  the  interpretation of this Agreement, shall be resolved
     by  final and binding arbitration to be conducted in Dallas,
     Texas,  under rules of the American Arbitration  Association
     using a single arbitrator.  The parties shall each pay  one-
     half  the  cost of the arbitrator but otherwise  shall  bear
     their  own  expenses  and attorney's fees.   The  arbitrator
     shall  have no authority to award punitive damages to either
     party.

10.  Severability

     In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement
     shall  be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for  any
     reason,  the  remaining  provisions  or  portions   of   the
     Agreement  shall be unaffected thereby and shall  remain  in
     full  force  and effect to the fullest extent  permitted  by
     law.

11.  Assignment

     This Agreement is personal to Mr. Williams and shall not  be
     assigned by him.  Northrop Grumman may assign this Agreement
     without Mr. Williams' consent to any other entity succeeding
     to  all  or  substantially all of the assets or business  of
     Northrop   Grumman,   whether  by   merger,   consolidation,
     acquisition or otherwise.  This Agreement shall  be  binding
     upon Northrop Grumman, its successors and permitted assigns,
     and Mr. Williams.

12.  Applicable Law

     This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
     with the laws of the State of Texas.


IN  WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Agreement on
________________, ______________, 1995.



GORDON L. WILLIAMS               NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

______________________________                                By:
__________________________________
                                 Marvin Elkin
                                  Corporate  Vice  President  and
Chief
                                      Human     Resources     and
Administrative
                                 Officer






Exhibit 10(t)



                  Northrop Grumman Corporation
              EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN




1.  Purpose.

The purpose of the Plan is to provide an arrangement whereby
executives can elect to defer receipt of compensation for which a
deduction to the Corporation would otherwise be disallowed for
federal income tax purposes under Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code").


2. Definitions.

     (a) "Committee" is the Compensation and Management
Development Committee (or its successor) of the Board of
Directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation.

     (b) "Company" means Northrop Grumman Corporation and any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates.

     (c) "Compensation" means salary and other items of
includible compensation paid to a Participant from the Company
for a calendar year.

     (d) "Corporation" means Northrop Grumman Corporation.

     (e) "Disability" means a permanent and total disability for
which a Participant is currently receiving benefits from a long-
term disability plan sponsored by the Company.

     (f) "Effective Date" means December 30, 1994, or such other
date as specified by the Board of Directors.

     (g) "Eligible Employee" means an employee who meets the
conditions for eligibility under Section 3 of this Plan.

     (h) "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who makes an
election to defer Compensation under this Plan.

     (i) "Plan" means the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of
the Northrop Grumman Corporation as set forth herein and as from
time to time amended.

     (j) "Plan Year" means the calendar year.

     (k) "Retirement" means retirement pursuant to one or more of
the qualified pension or profit-sharing plans maintained by the
Company.

     (l) "Section 162(m) limit" means the limit on deductibility
of salary and other compensation imposed by Section 162(m) of the
Code, and any subsequent or superseding provisions of the Code.

     (m) "Termination" means a complete separation from service
by the Participant from the Company.


3.  Eligibility.

     (a)  An employee of the Company who is eligible to receive
Compensation in excess of the Section 162(m) limit may be
eligible to participate in this Plan for that year, upon approval
of his eligibility by the Committee.


4.  Participation.

     (a)  An Eligible Employee may become a Participant by
electing to defer some or all of his Compensation under this
Plan, on a form and in the manner specified by the Committee.

     (b)  Eligible Employees must make a separate election to
participate with respect to each Plan Year.  Any deferral made
under this Plan shall only be effective with respect to the Plan
Year to which it relates.


5.  Time of Deferral.

     (a)  An election to defer Compensation under this Plan shall
be made no later than December 31 preceding the calendar year in
which the services are performed to which the Compensation
relates.

     (b)  Any deferral election under this Plan shall be binding
with respect to the period for which it was made and shall be
irrevocable with respect to that period.


6.  Deferral Account.

     There shall be established on the books of the Corporation a
deferral account for each Participant, and all amounts deferred
by the Participant under this Plan for all years of participation
shall be credited to that account, together with any interest or
earnings on such amounts.


7.  Investment Options.

     (a)  During the first full Plan Year, interest will be
credited to deferral accounts at a rate equal to 115-percent of
the fourth quarter monthly rate of Moody's Average Corporate Bond
rate.

     (b)  With respect to subsequent Plan Years, the Committee,
in its sole discretion, may make available one or more investment
options under this Plan in which Participants may elect to direct
investment of their deferral accounts.  In addition, the
Committee may determine that one or more of the accounts shall
earn interest at a stated rate over a specified term.


8.  No Guarantee of Payment; No Funding.

     (a)  Participants in this Plan shall have no rights on
account of this Plan in or to any specific assets of the Company,
and any rights that a Participant shall have on account of this
Plan shall be no greater than those of a general, unsecured
creditor of the Corporation.

     (b)  The Corporation in no way guarantees the principal, or
any other portion of a Participant deferral account and any
earnings thereon.  Any and all investments remain the property of
the Corporation.

     (c)  The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, establish
a rabbi trust for the purpose of funding its obligations under
this Plan, but nothing contained herein shall require the
establishment or funding of any such trust.

     (d)  This Plan is intended to qualify as unfunded plan
maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management and highly
compensated employees ("a Top-Hat Plan"), for purposes of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA").  In the event of any change in law which the
Committee determines, in its discretion, will cause the Plan to
fail to qualify as a Top-Hat Plan, the Committee may terminate
the participation of such Participants as it deems necessary to
preserve or restore the Plan's status, and may take such other
action, including the acceleration of payment of Participant
deferral accounts, if necessary to preserve or restore the Plan's
status as a Top-Hat Plan.


9. Form and Timing of Distributions.

     (a)  At the time a Participant makes a deferral election
under this Plan, he or she shall also make an election with
respect to the form of payment of that deferral (a "Distribution
Election").  Each Distribution Election shall be effective only
with respect to the deferral elected for that period (and pro-
rata earnings on that deferral, if any), and a separate
Distribution Election shall be made for any subsequent deferrals.

     (b)  A Distribution Election shall consist of one of the
following:

     (1)  A lump sum payment to be made in the year following the
     earliest to occur of the Participant's Termination,
     Retirement or Disability; and

     (2)  Annual installment payments for a period of five or ten
     years, beginning in the year following the earliest to occur
     of the Participant's Termination, Retirement or Disability.

     (c)  Distributions shall be paid in January of each year or
as soon thereafter as administratively possible.

     (d)  The death of a Participant prior to his Retirement or
Disability shall be treated as a Termination of employment for
purposes of the distribution of benefits under this Plan.  In the
event that a Participant receiving installment distributions dies
prior to the receipt of all such installments, installment
payments shall continue to the Participant's beneficiary or
beneficiaries, as designated under this Plan.


10.  Beneficiary Designation.

     (a)  At the time of deferral election or any time
thereafter, a Participant may designate one or more beneficiaries
to receive any benefits due upon death.  In the absence of any
designation under this Plan, the beneficiary of a married
Participant shall be the Participant's spouse to whom he was
married at the time of death, and the beneficiary of an unmarried
Participant shall be his estate.

     (b)  The Participant can elect to change his beneficiary at
any time up to the date of distribution, and no consent shall be
required for a married Participant to designate a non-spouse
beneficiary.



11.  Emergency Benefit.

If a Participant suffers an unforeseeable and immediate financial
emergency, the Committee, in its sole discretion and upon the
written application of the Participant, may distribute to the
Participant at such time as the Committee may prescribe that
portion of his deferral account, if any, which the Committee
determines is necessary to meet the financial emergency.  A
financial emergency shall include major uninsured medical
expenses or such other circumstances as the Committee may, in its
discretion, determine, provided that the Participant demonstrates
to the Committee's satisfaction that he lacks available resources
to meet the emergency.  Any such distribution shall reduce the
balance in the Participant's deferral account available for
distribution.


12.  Administration of the Plan.

     (a)  The Committee shall be the Administrator of the Plan,
and it may delegate responsibilities therefor to the Vice
President, Human Resources, or his delegates.

     (b)  The Committee shall have the full and exclusive
authority to interpret the Plan, to construe ambiguities and to
decide all matters under the Plan in its discretion.  Such
interpretation and decision shall be final, conclusive and
binding on all Participants and any person claiming under or
through any Participant.

     (c)  The Committee shall have full discretionary authority
to interpret and administer the Plan, and to make such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its
responsibilities under this Plan as well as the purposes for
which it was established, including any rules relating to the
availability of investment options for deferral accounts.


13.  Taxes.

The Corporation may withhold from any distribution under this
Plan any and all amounts necessary for the payment of any taxes,
including without limitation, income and employment taxes, and
the amounts payable to Participants shall be reduced by the tax
so withheld.





14.  Amendment and Termination.

     (a)  The Committee may at any time amend the Plan in any
manner (including any method for determining earnings on deferral
accounts), provided that no such amendment shall reduce the
amounts previously credited to a deferral account of any
Participant for periods prior to the amendment.

     (b)  The Plan shall continue in effect until terminated by
action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  Upon
termination of the Plan, no further deferrals of Compensation
shall be made, and distribution of any amounts credited to
deferral accounts shall be made in accordance with rules of the
Committee.


15.  No Assignment of Benefits.

Participant's rights to benefit payments under the Plan are not
subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or
garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant's
beneficiary.


16.  Future Rights.

No person shall have any claim or right under this Plan to be
retained in the employ of the Company, or to remain eligible for
any Compensation able to be deferred under this Plan.


17.  Governing Law.

The terms of this Plan shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware, to the extent not preempted by
federal law.


18.  Forfeitures.

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, any
benefit payable to a Participant hereunder may be forfeited,
discontinued or reduced if the Participant is discharged for
gross misconduct of a type which is or was directly or indirectly
harmful to the business or reputation of the Corporation.



Exhibit 21
                         Exhibit 21
                              
                              
                              
                              
  Significant Subsidiaries of Registrant as of December 31,
                            1995

Significant Subsidiaries           Incorporated In

Grumman Corporation                New York

Grumman Aerospace Corporation      New York



Note:                              The other subsidiaries of
the Registrant are not "significant subsidiaries", as
defined by Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X, and therefore are
not listed herein.

                                Exhibit 24
                              
                              
                              
          POWER OF ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
               1995 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K




KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors and officers of NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint RICHARD R. MOLLEUR
and JAMES C. JOHNSON, and each of them, as his agents and
attorneys-in-fact (the "Agents"), in his respective name and
in the capacity or capacities indicated below to execute
and/or file the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1995 (the "Report") under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and
any one or more amendments to any part of the Report that
may be required to be filed under the Act (including the
financial statements, schedules and all exhibits and other
documents filed therewith or constituting a part thereof)
and to any part or all of any amendment(s) to the Report,
whether executed and filed by the undersigned or by any of
the Agents.  Further, each of the undersigned does hereby
authorize and direct the Agents to take any and all actions
and execute and file any and all documents with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), which
they deem necessary or advisable to comply with the Act and
the rules and regulations or orders of the Commission
adopted or issued pursuant thereto, to the end that the
Report shall be properly filed under the Act.  Finally, each
of the undersigned does hereby ratify each and every act and
document which the Agents may take, execute or file pursuant
thereto with the same force and effect as though such action
had been taken or such document had been executed or filed
by the undersigned, respectively.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the
Commission.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed
these presents this 21st day of February, 1996.

___Kent Kresa____ Chairman of the Board, President and
___               Chief Executive Officer and Director
Kent Kresa        (Principal Executive Officer)
                  
___Jack R. Borsting__ Director
___
Jack R. Borsting
                  
___John T. Chain, Jr.___ Director
___
John T. Chain,
Jr.
                  
___Jack Edwards____ Director
___
Jack Edwards
                  
___Aulana L. Peters____ Director
___
Aulana L. Peters
                  
___John E. Robson_____ Director
___
John E. Robson
                  
__Richard M. Rosenberg____ Director
___
Richard M.
Rosenberg
                  
___Brent Scowcroft____ Director
___
Brent Scowcroft
                  
___John Brooks Slaughter___ Director
___
John Brooks
Slaughter
                  
___Wallace C. Solberg___ Director
___
Wallace C.
Solberg
                  
___Richard J. Stegemeier___ Director
___
Richard J.
Stegemeier
                  
___Richard B. Waugh, Jr.___ Corporate Vice President
__                and Chief Financial Officer
Richard B. Waugh, (Principal Financial Officer)
Jr.
                  
__Nelson F. Gibbs___ Corporate Vice President
___               and Controller
Nelson F. Gibbs   (Principal Accounting Officer)


 

5 YEAR DEC-31-1995 DEC-31-1995 18 0 1,197 68 771 2,072 2,900 1,724 5,455 1,715 1,163 272 0 0 1,187 5,455 6,818 6,818 6,282 6,282 (10) 0 137 409 157 252 0 0 0 252 5.11 5.11