CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Litton Marine Systems has been awarded a contract worth up to $5.2 million to supply ring laser gyrocompass systems for an entire class of U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutters.

The contract calls for Litton Marine to retrofit Sperry MK 39 MOD3A ring laser gyro systems on all of the USCG 270-ft. Famous Class medium-endurance cutters. The new-generation systems will replace the existing MK 29 spinning-mass gyrocompasses on the cutters. Deliveries will begin in 2000 and will continue over the next four years.

Sperry Marine, a business unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has launched a new Web-based interactive tool to help ship owners and shipyards quickly determine the voyage data recorder (VDR) carriage requirements for new and existing ships.

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has received the BAE Systems Bronze Chairman’s Award for Innovation in recognition of pioneering work performed on the network data system for the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer program.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - John DeMaso, president of Litton Marine Systems, today announced the promotion of J. Nolasco DaCunha as vice president and general manager of the Commercial Sector, Wayne Humphreys as vice president and general manager of the Military Sector and Norman Addington as vice president of operations.