Litton Industries

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Litton logo at time of Northrop-Grumman merger in 2001.

Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001.

Litton started in 1953 as an electronics company building navigation, communications and electronic warfare equipment. They diversified and became a much bigger business, with major shipyards, etc, and even manufacturing microwave ovens.

In the early 1990s, Litton Industries split into separate military and commercial companies. The $2 billion commercial business, which included Litton's oilfield services, business and automated assembly line operations, was named Western Atlas Inc.

An old logo was a stylized 1980s-style "Li", followed by the division's name in more traditional block text. For much of the 1990s, "LiSWEDA" was a common sight on cash registers, and "LiCOLE" can still be found on many filing cabinets.

[edit] Divisions

Litton Guidance and Control Systems
Litton Aero Products
Litton Data Systems
Litton Space Systems
Litton Integrated Systems
Litton Ship Systems
- Avondale Shipyards
- Ingalls Shipyards
Litton Marine Systems logo

Litton Marine Systems
- Sperry Marine
- C.Plath
- Decca Radar (formerly a division of Racal)
  - Decca Navigator, a historical VLF navigation system
Litton Systems Canada
Litton Italia
LITEF
TELDIX
Litton Kester