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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1840 Century Park East
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(Street)
Los Angeles California 90067
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 8/24/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity
(voluntary) 95-1055798
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Comptek Research, Inc. ("CTK")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
___ Director ___ Officer _X_ 10% Owner ___ Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_____ Form filed by One Reporting Person
__X__ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value Through Yavapai
$0.02 per share 5,876,589 I Acqusition, Corp. (a
wholly owned
subsidiary of
Northrop Grumman
Corporation)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
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Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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None
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Name: John H. Mullan Date
Title: Corporate Vice President
and Secretary
Explanation of Responses:
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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