RAYTHEON ARTIST CONCEPT NEXT-GENERATION SURFACE COMBATANT Artist concept of the Raytheon-led team LCS proposed Littoral combat ship - the U.S. Navy's next-generation surface combatant. (PRNewsFoto)[RV] TEWKSBURY, MA USA

    TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN)-led "Team LCS" has reached an agreement with Northrop Grumman Ship
Systems (NGSS) under which NGSS will provide support to Raytheon in pursuit of
the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/NETH013 )
    NGSS will participate with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and its
current team of John J. McMullen Associates, Umoe Mandal, Goodrich Engineered
Polymer Products, Science Applications International Corporation, and Atlantic
Marine by providing its shipbuilding capability and support. Raytheon was
awarded a $10 million contract for Flight 0 Preliminary Design Phase for LCS
in July 2003.
    "Northrop Grumman brings a long, distinguished legacy of naval
shipbuilding expertise to our LCS program," said Dan Smith, president of
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "NGSS's world-class technical expertise
and proven shipbuilding processes will complement our current team and will
provide our U.S. Navy customer with an affordable and transformational
warfighting ship."
    "Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is pleased to contribute our shipbuilding
expertise to Raytheon's LCS program effort," said Jay Foley, vice president of
the NGSS Gulfport (Miss.) Composite Shipbuilding Production facility. "We
maintain a wealth of knowledge in composite technologies and manufacturing
that we believe the Navy needs to be successful in this program. Our
contributions can augment the project to help bring an effective program to
the fleet."
    Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector includes primary locations in
Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and New Orleans and Tallulah, La.; as well as
a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan. The sector currently
employs more than 18,000 shipbuilding professionals, and is one of the
nation's leading, full service systems companies for the design, engineering,
construction, and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy,
U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all
types.
    Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader
in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic
Customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Armed
Forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense
and naval and maritime warfighting solutions.
    Raytheon Company, with 2002 sales of $16.8 billion, is an industry leader
in defense, government and commercial electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000 people
worldwide.

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     Steve Brecken
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