On May 7, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) presented Northrop Grumman Newport News with two environmental awards for pretreatment excellence. Shipyard employees pictured: above front is Jim Thornton, director, Environmental, Health & Safety. In the back, left to right is Frank Thorn, manager, Environmental Engineering; John Shephard, senior vice president, Operations; Dwayne Jackson, O31, Laboratory Services; Jim Gross, O31; Amy Cheatham, O27, environmental engineer; Jennifer Boykin, director, Facilities & Waterfront Support; Katy Robinson, O47, Treatment Plant operator; Keith Ogburn, O47, supervisor of Treatment Plants; Don Willard, manager, Recycling and Waste Services; Chuck Gresham, O47, Treatment Plant operator; and Lennie Routten, Laboratory Services supervisor.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- May 16, 2003 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Newport News sector has received a Platinum and a Gold Pretreatment Excellence Award from the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). The company was honored for its exemplary environmental compliance record and for demonstrating a commitment to environmental excellence.

The Platinum Award signifies five consecutive years of perfect compliance (1998-2002), and the Gold Award signifies a perfect compliance record for the year 2002. Northrop Grumman Newport News achieved perfect compliance by sampling and analyzing all industrial waste water at the facility and meeting the discharge limits mandated by the HRSD. The company also met all the technical and administrative requirements set forth by HRSD.

Northrop Grumman Newport News employees John Shephard, senior vice president, Operations; Jim Thornton, director, Environmental Health and Safety; and Jennifer Boykin, director, Facilities, accepted the awards on behalf of the sector at an awards luncheon held in Virginia Beach, Va., May 7.

"At Northrop Grumman Newport News, we believe we have a responsibility to be good stewards of the environment. These awards are the result of collaborative efforts of hundreds of people in the shipyard," said Shephard. "Our investment in pollution prevention measures, along with the ideas and daily work of our employees to protect the environment, have been beneficial to both our company and the Hampton Roads community."

Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear powered submarines. Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels, and has the capability to design, build and maintain every class of ship in the U.S. Navy's fleet. The Newport News sector employs about 18,000 people.

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Jennifer Dunn
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