NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING ANNOUNCES 
APPOINTMENT OF NEW BOARD MEMBER

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 23, 2000 – Newport News Shipbuilding (NYSE: NNS) announced today that Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson will become a member of its Board of Directors beginning July 1, 2000. Dr. Jackson is the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. She served as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1995 to 1999. Prior to this, she was Professor of Physics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and concurrently served as a consultant in semiconductor theory to AT & T Bell Laboratories.

"We look forward to having Dr. Jackson's depth of knowledge and experience on the board," said Newport News Shipbuilding Chairman and CEO Bill Fricks. "Her strong background in both the nuclear technology and federal policy and regulatory arenas will be valuable to us as we continue to grow our core nuclear shipbuilding, design and fleet services business."

Dr. Jackson is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). She also received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from M.I.T. For her significant contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science and public policy, Jackson was inducted into The National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998. Dr. Jackson serves on a number of corporate boards and councils. She also is a member of the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness. She is a life member of the Board of Trustees of the M.I.T. Corporation.


Newport News Shipbuilding designs and constructs nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for the U.S. Navy and provides life-cycle services for ships in the Navy fleet. The company employs nearly 17,300 people and has annual revenues of approximately $1.9 billion. Visit NNS on the Web at www.nns.com