SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                SCHEDULE TO
                               (RULE 14D-100)
        TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              Amendment No. 27

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                       NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
                     (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
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                             PURCHASER CORP. I
                        A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
                        NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
          (Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror,
                         issuer or other person))

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                  COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE, $0.01 PER SHARE
                       (including associated Rights)
                       (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                 652228107
                   (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                               JOHN H. MULLAN
                        NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
                   CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
                           1840 CENTURY PARK EAST
                       LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
                               (301) 553-6262

        (Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to
      receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

                              WITH A COPY TO:
                              STEPHEN FRAIDIN
                  FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON
                             ONE NEW YORK PLAZA
                       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004-1980
                               (212) 859-8000

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[ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
    made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which
the statement relates:

[X]  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
[ ]  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
[ ]  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
[ ]  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the
results of the tender offer: [ ]



     This Amendment No. 27 (this "Amendment No. 27") amends and supplements
the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO as initially filed and dated May
23, 2001 (as previously amended and amended hereby, the "Schedule TO")
filed by NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Northrop
Grumman") relating to the offer (the "Offer") by Purchaser Corp. I, a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (the
"Purchaser") to issue, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein and in the related letter of election and transmittal, shares
of common stock of Northrop Grumman, par value $1.00 per share (the
"Northrop Grumman Shares") designed to have a value of $67.50 per share or
pay $67.50 per share in cash (subject to the election and proration
procedures and limitations in the Prospectus (defined below) and related
letter of election and transmittal) for each outstanding share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of NEWPORT NEWS
SHIPBUILDING INC., a Delaware corporation ("Newport News") including the
associated Series A participating cumulative preferred stock purchase
rights issued pursuant to the Newport News stockholder protection rights
agreement (the "Rights" and together with the Common Stock, the "Newport
News Shares").

     Northrop Grumman has filed a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-4, relating to the Northrop
Grumman Shares to be issued to stockholders of Newport News in connection
with the tender offer, as set forth in the prospectus which is a part of
the registration statement (the "Prospectus"), and the related letter of
election and transmittal, which were annexed to the Schedule TO as Exhibits
(a)(4) and (a)(1)(A) thereto. On November 13, 2001, Northrop Grumman filed
an amended and restated Registration Statement and Prospectus and related
letter of election and transmittal, which were annexed to Amendment No. 25
to Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(4)(A) and (a)(1)(F).

     All of the information in the Prospectus and the related letter of
election and transmittal, and any prospectus supplement or other supplement
thereto related to the offer hereafter filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by Northrop Grumman, is hereby incorporated by
reference in answer to items 2 through 11 of the Schedule TO.



ITEM 12.     EXHIBITS

             Item 12 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

(a)(5)(EE)   Press release, dated November 21, 2001.



                                SIGNATURE


     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.

                                   NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION


                                   By:  /s/ John H. Mullan
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                                        John H. Mullan
                                        Corporate Vice President and Secretary




                                   PURCHASER CORP. I


                                   By:  /s/ John H. Mullan
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                                        John H. Mullan
                                        Vice President and Secretary


Dated:  November 21, 2001




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(a)(5)(EE)   Press release, dated November 21, 2001.