CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Litton Marine Systems recently completed the first installation of a complete Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) with IMO-compliant protective memory capsule.

The Litton VoyageMaster VDR system was installed on the new Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Radiance of the Seas at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Litton Marine Systems has introduced a new 18-inch flat-screen Decca BridgeMaster E marine radar for the commercial fishing and workboat markets.

The new radars, along with other Litton Marine Systems products, were featured at the Fishing 2000 exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland.

The new flat-screen radars have been designed specifically for commercial vessels and larger pleasure craft not requiring full IMO type approval and where space and weight are important factors, according to Nolasco DaCunha , Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit today announced that it has received recent orders for 10 VoyageMaster Voyage Data Recorders (VDR). Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The VoyageMaster system meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirements for VDRs and is fully type approved. The VDR carriage requirements apply to all new ships over 3,000 gross tons, and all existing roll-on, rolloff passenger ships. The compliance deadline is July 1, 2002.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- March 19, 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded type approval from the Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas for its shipboard Machinery Automation and Integrated Ship Control Solution (MAISTRO).

MAISTRO has been developed by Sperry Marine to provide a fully integrated machinery control, monitoring and automation solution that can be configured for virtually any size, type or class of vessel.