TRW HIGHLIGHTS TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE AND SYSTEM/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CAPABILITY AT SEA-AIR-SPACE 2000.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech/Aerospace/Aviation Writers

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000

TRW Inc. will feature its technology and systems/software engineering expertise for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), National Missile Defense and other U.S. Navy programs next week at the 2000 Sea-Air-Space Systems & Technology Exposition, sponsored by the Navy League of the United States. The show will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 18-20. TRW will be located at Booth No. 3213.

TRW's ability to offer a fully integrated systems solution for flight controls, engine controls, and power generation within one company distinguishes it from other suppliers to the JSF. The company has a contract for the Rolls-Royce Allison LiftFan(TM) clutch control system and the LiftFan(TM) drive shaft for Lockheed Martin's Concept Demonstrator Aircraft (CDA) Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) JSF. TRW also is supplying the 270V DC emergency power generating system to Lockheed Martin for the Joint/Integrated Subsystems Technology (J/IST) demonstrator program. The J/IST demonstrator program is designed to develop further critical technologies for transition into JSF.

TRW is the prime contractor for research and development, and operations and maintenance at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's (BMDO) Joint National Test Facility (JNTF). In March 1999, BMDO awarded TRW a $47 million contract modification for operations and maintenance responsibilities at the JNTF where it had served for the past four years as prime contractor for research and development.

TRW is also developing the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) system for the National Missile Defense (NMD) program under a $183 million three-year contract from Lead Systems Integrator, The Boeing Company. TRW is responsible for developing, integrating, testing, and operating the BMC3 capability for the NMD effort over a 10-year period if all options of the contract are exercised.

As the integration contractor for the Joint Simulation System (JSIMS) and the Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center (JTASC), TRW is incorporating all the elements of joint warfare within the modeling and simulation area. At JNTF, a unique wargaming center staffed by all the services, TRW is supporting the JNTF commander and his staff in accomplishing missile defense missions.

TRW will be featuring a range of products on the stand including an Integrated Actuation Package (IAP(TM)), a high-power electro-mechanical actuator motor; an integrated control actuation system supplied on the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW); the Joint Strike Fighter lift fan drive shaft; helicopter flexible main drive shaft; and internal and external personnel rescue hoists.

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