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USS ENTERPRISE CONTRACT - The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Newport News a $10.4 million contract for the planning of an Extended Selected Restricted Availability on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

DISTINGUISHED PARTNER IN EDUCATION AWARD -- George Yount, center, operations vice president for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale Operations, displays the Distinguished Partner in Education award presented to Avondale by Louisiana State Board of Secondary and Elementary Education's Donna Contois, left, and Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cecil Picard.

HONORING A HERO -- Mrs. Elaine Weaver Williams, of Darlington, S.C., ship's sponsor for the Aegis guided missile destroyer James E. Williams (DDG 95), smashes a bottle of champagne across the bow of the ship named in honor of her husband, James Elliott Williams. Mrs. Williams' two daughters, Gail Williams Patterson, left, and Debbie Williams Clark, supported their mother as her matrons of honor. More than 1,000 guests attended the ceremony held at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula, Miss.

WILLIAMS READY -- Welder Eddie Lee Ervin welds on a fixture built for new ship assemblies as the Aegis guided missile destroyer, James E. Williams (DDG 95), prepares for translation and launch. The 21st Aegis destroyer built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems will be christened at the sector's Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula, Miss., Saturday, June 28.

SAR/MTI PAYLOAD INTEGRATED ON FIRE SCOUT FOR WATCHKEEPER - Northrop Grumman Corporations Integrated Systems sector has completed the integration and end-to-end air vehicle/payload testing of an all-weather, high-resolution, tactical synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI) on the companys production-configured Fire Scout tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV), at the companys Fire Scout System Center, San Diego, Calif. The effort supports a requirement by the U.K. Ministry of Defences WATCHKEEPER program to demonstrate a tactical SAR payload on a rotary-wing UAV.

GULFPORT GROUNDBREAKING - Northrop Grumman Corporations Gulfport Operations broke ground on a $64 million modernization project Monday. Officials participating in the Ship Systems sector ceremony were, from left, John B. (Jay) Foley III, vice president, Ship Systems Gulfport Operations, Ship Systems President Dr. Philip A. Dur, Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and state Rep. Frances Fredericks.

SAN ANTONIO GETS SECOND MAST -- The LPD 17 San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, which is being built by Northrop Grumman Corporations Ship Systems sector, recently received its second all-enclosed composite mast. The 74-foot tall mast was lifted aboard the San Antonio at the companys Avondale Operations in New Orleans. The masts are the largest composite structures ever installed on U.S Navy steel ships.

BENAVIDEZ SEA TRIAL -- The seventh and final Bob Hope-class Strategic Sealift ship, Benavidez, departs Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Avondale Operations in New Orleans May 28, 2003, for predelivery sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The 950-foot-long cargo ship is scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Navy at the end of June.

REAGAN COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE TRIALS -- Upon completion of acceptance sea trials, the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returned to Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., where it will be commissioned July 12, 2003.

SECOND FIRE SCOUT TACTICAL UAV DELIVERED -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector delivered the second production unit of the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical UAV to the Navy on April 14. Photo shows Navy Fire Scout Air Vehicle #2 ready for shipment.