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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Newport
News Shipbuilding Inc. Balance Sheet as of September 17, 2000, and the related
Statement of Earnings for the nine months ended September 17, 2000 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-END> SEP-17-2000
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0
0
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<CHANGES> 0
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<EPS-BASIC> 2.12
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