WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA, Litton Industries (NYSE: LIT) announced today the promotion of John V. DeMaso to the position of president of its Litton Marine Systems (LMS) subsidiary. He replaces Dr. Clark "Corky" Graham who was appointed vice president of resource utilization and productivity improvement for Litton Ship Systems. Mr. DeMaso will report to Harry Halamandaris, Litton senior vice president and group executive, Litton Advanced Electronics.

"John DeMaso has served the LMS organization for over 28 years in positions of increasing responsibility and brings to this position extensive experience in all facets of Litton Marine System's business including program management, engineering, operations, production control, manufacturing and marketing," Mr. Halamandaris said. "LMS is a vibrant and profitable company, and is a global competitor in commercial and military marine markets. We look forward to the organization's continuing success under John's leadership."

Mr. DeMaso joined the LMS organization as engineering section head in 1973 when it was known as Sperry Aerospace & Marine. In 1997, he was promoted to production control manager and in 1980 he was named manager of manufacturing. In 1984, he was appointed vice president of operations. From 1992 until 1999, he held the position of vice president of marketing and was promoted to the position of vice president and general manager in 1999.

Prior to joining Litton, Mr. DeMaso was employed by Newport News Shipbuilding as an engineer.

In 1968, Mr. DeMaso received a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering/engineering operations from North Carolina State University, and a Masters of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary in 1972.

Mr. DeMaso serves on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Manufacturers Association and the Executive Committee of the U.S. Department of Commerce District Export Council.

Litton Marine Systems, headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, was formed from the consolidation of Sperry Marine (Charlottesville, Virginia), Decca Marine (New Malden, United Kingdom) and C. Plath (Hamburg Germany). LMS manufactures and markets marine navigation, communications and information systems, and products and services for commercial and military markets under the Sperry, Decca, and C. Plath brand names. LMS has offices in 19 countries and authorized service depots in more than 300 locations worldwide.

Litton is the largest builder of non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and designs, builds and overhauls surface ships for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company is a prime contractor to the U.S. government for information technology and provides specialized IT services to commercial customers and government customers in local/foreign jurisdictions. Litton is a leading provider of defense and commercial electronics technology, components and materials for customers worldwide. Headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, Litton and reported annual revenue of $5.6 billion and more than 40,000 employees for the year ended 7/31/00. For more information, visit Litton's web site at www.litton.com.