Corporate Profile for Litton Industries Inc., dated April 10, 1998.

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Published Date:   April 10, 1998

Company Name:     Litton Industries Inc.

Address:          21240 Burbank Blvd.
                  Woodland Hills, Calif. 91367

Main Telephone
 Number:          818/598-5000

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL):          www.litton.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Michael R. Brown

Investor Relations
 Contact:         Kathleen Wailes
 Business number: 818/598-2048

Public Relations
 Contact:         Robert Stangarone
 Business number: 818/598-5907

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        LIT (NYSE)

Industry:         Shipbuilding, Electronics, Information Technology

Company description: Litton Industries Inc., founded in 1953 and headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., is a $4.2 billion company with technological and market leadership in its core businesses. Products and services for defense markets in the United States and abroad constitute about 70 percent of Litton's business.

Advanced electronics and information systems are major businesses for Litton. The company is a leader in information technology; command, control and communications (C3); navigation, guidance and control systems; and electronic warfare systems. Litton is also a world leader in marine electronics and is expanding its presence in the C4ISR market (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance). In its electronic components and materials businesses, Litton develops and markets many critical and strategic products, and is the world's leading supplier of gallium arsenide substrates and laser rods. Litton is also among the leading suppliers of soldering materials for circuit boards and electronic devices.

Through its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Litton is a premier designer and builder of surface combatant ships for the U.S. Navy and international naval forces.

Litton performed strongly in FY 1997 with sales of $4.2 billion and net income of $162 million. Litton currently employs about 35,000 people worldwide.

CONTACT: Litton Industries Inc., Woodland Hills