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.ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Litton Industries, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Litton_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Litton_logo.svg/220px-Litton_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Litton_logo.svg/330px-Litton_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Litton_logo.svg/440px-Litton_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1026" data-file-height="283" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: LIT</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Defense_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractor">Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1953<span class="noprint">; 71 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1953</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Tex_Thornton" title="Tex Thornton">Charles Bates "Tex" Thornton</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roy_Ash" title="Roy Ash">Roy Ash</a><br />Hugh Jamieson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2001</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">Northrop Grumman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Shipbuilding<br />Aerospace<br />Electronic components<br />Information technology</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010515221700/http://www.litton.com/">Archived</a> 15 May 2001 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Litton Industries, Inc.</b>, was an American <a href="/wiki/Defense_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractor">defense contractor</a> that specialized in shipbuilding, aerospace, electronic components, and information technology. The company was founded in 1953 and was named after inventor <a href="/wiki/Charles_Litton_Sr." title="Charles Litton Sr.">Charles Litton Sr.</a>, who was also an early investor in the company. </p><p>During the 1960s, the company began acquiring many unrelated firms and became one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerates</a> in the United States. At its peak, in addition to many defense-related companies, it also owned both <a href="/wiki/Royal_Typewriter_Company" title="Royal Typewriter Company">Royal Typewriters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adlerwerke_vorm._Heinrich_Kleyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer">Adler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moffat_(company)" title="Moffat (company)">Moffat</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_appliance" title="Major appliance">major appliances</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stouffer%27s" title="Stouffer's">Stouffer's</a> <a href="/wiki/Frozen_food" title="Frozen food">frozen foods</a>, and various office equipment and furniture companies. </p><p>Like many conglomerates, the company suffered significant declines in the 1970s, selling off many of its unrelated brands and had largely returned to its defense roots by the 1980s. The company continued to shrink after the ending of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> and by the late 1990s was a <a href="/wiki/Corporate_takeover" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate takeover">corporate takeover</a> target. The company was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> in 2001. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litton_Industries&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1062633282">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .content .thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){display:flex;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap;align-content:flex-start;flex-direction:column}}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output div.thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){font-size:94%;text-align:center;overflow:hidden;min-width:100px}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){margin:0 auto;max-width:100%!important}</style> <div class="thumb tright"> <div style="display:table;"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Litton_original_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="First logo, introduced in 1958"><img alt="First logo, introduced in 1958" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Litton_original_logo.svg/110px-Litton_original_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Litton_original_logo.svg/165px-Litton_original_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Litton_original_logo.svg/220px-Litton_original_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1349" /></a></span><div class="thumbcaption" style="display:table-caption;caption-side:bottom;box-sizing:border-box;">First logo, introduced in 1958 </div> </div> </div> <p>Litton Industries was originally established as an <a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">electronics</a> company building <a href="/wiki/Navigation" title="Navigation">navigation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> equipment. They diversified and became a much larger business, with major <a href="/wiki/Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Shipyards">shipyards</a>, and manufacturing <a href="/wiki/Microwave_oven" title="Microwave oven">microwave ovens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was founded in 1953 by American business executive <a href="/wiki/Tex_Thornton" title="Tex Thornton">Charles Bates "Tex" Thornton</a> alongside his associates <a href="/wiki/Roy_Ash" title="Roy Ash">Roy Ash</a> and Hugh Jamieson.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a>, the original name of the company was 'Electro Dynamics Corporation.'<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, with a loan from the <a href="/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a>, Thornton acquired the <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_tube" title="Vacuum tube">vacuum tube</a> producer 'Litton Industries Inc' from its founder <a href="/wiki/Charles_Litton_Sr." title="Charles Litton Sr.">Charles Litton Sr.</a> for <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">$</a>1.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently adopted its name.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Litton Industries lacked capital in the beginning, Thornton thought that the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a> would need more sophisticated weapons and that the demand for another large electronics company would increase. During the years, Litton Industries acquired several other smaller companies and had merged with <a href="/wiki/Monroe_Calculating_Machine_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Monroe Calculating Machine Company">Monroe Calculating Machine</a>. Monroe used Litton's technological assets and Litton required Monroe's sales and service outlets. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, 50% of Litton's business was with the U.S. Government; besides calculators, they were also producing inertial <a href="/wiki/Guidance_system" title="Guidance system">guidance systems</a> for aircraft, <a href="/wiki/Potentiometer" title="Potentiometer">potentiometers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duplexer" title="Duplexer">duplexers</a>, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961, Litton acquired <a href="/wiki/Ingalls_Shipbuilding" title="Ingalls Shipbuilding">Ingalls Shipbuilding</a> for $8 million<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently ventured into the production of submarines and oil-drilling equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1963, Litton Industries reached $500 million<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a revenue of $393.8 million.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1964, Litton acquired Royal McBee. </p><p>In 1969, the company acquired <a href="/wiki/Triumph-Adler" title="Triumph-Adler">Triumph-Adler</a>, a major typewriter manufacturer based in Germany and the sixth-largest European office equipment manufacturer at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, after several years of disappointing sales, Thornton replaced Ash with Fred O'Green as president of the company. With the new strategy, Litton sold some of its profit-losing subsidiaries and focused on the profitable ones. The company also succeeded to make a $1.6 billion deal with the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian Air Force">Saudi Arabian Air Force</a>. </p><p>The profits of the company increased from $44 million in 1979 to $78 million in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1980s, Litton dropped its businesses in publishing, medical products, office furniture, and microwaves and shifted the production to sophisticated technology. As a result of that, the company bought the electronic firms <a href="/wiki/Itek" title="Itek">Itek Corp.</a> and Core Laboratories. In the early 1990s, Litton Industries split into separate <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commerce" title="Commerce">commercial</a> companies. The US$2 billion commercial business, which included Litton's <a href="/wiki/Oilfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Oilfield">oilfield</a> services, business, and automated <a href="/wiki/Assembly_line" title="Assembly line">assembly line</a> operations, was named <a href="/wiki/Western_Atlas" title="Western Atlas">Western Atlas</a>, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Litton Industries bought <a href="/wiki/TASC,_Inc." title="TASC, Inc.">TASC, Inc.</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, TASC sold three stand-alone commercial operations: Adesso Software, WSI (Weather Services International) Corporation<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Emerge. The company reported sales of $5.6 billion and a net income of $218 million for the 2000 fiscal year. </p><p>On December 21, 2000, in a joint statement, Litton Industries and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> announced that the latter will acquire Litton Industries shares in a transaction worth $5.1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transaction was completed on May 31, 2001 and Northrop Grumman officially acquired Litton Industries.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litton_Industries&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A provisional list of Litton Industries' major divisions: </p> <ul><li>LITEF GmbH (<a href="/wiki/Freiburg_im_Breisgau" title="Freiburg im Breisgau">Freiburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Advanced Systems<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Aero Products<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Automated Marine Systems (AMS)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Sperry Marine</li> <li>C.Plath</li> <li>Load monitoring System for Spanish Product Carriers (IMP-16 based <a href="/wiki/Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">embedded system</a> w/real-time monitoring and calculation of shear forces and bending moment for load officers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decca_Radar" title="Decca Radar">Decca Radar</a> (formerly a division of <a href="/wiki/Racal" title="Racal">Racal</a>) <ul><li>Decca Navigator, a historical <a href="/wiki/Very_low_frequency" title="Very low frequency">VLF</a> navigation system</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Litton Bionetics, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Detrick" title="Fort Detrick">Fort Detrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_MD" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick, MD">Frederick, MD</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Computer Services<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Data Systems<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Electron Devices → now <a href="/wiki/L3_Technologies" title="L3 Technologies">L3 Technologies</a>, Electron Devices: Torrance CA & Williamsport PA<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Electro-Optical Systems Incorporated</li> <li>Litton Encoder<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Guidance and Control Systems<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Industries, Potentiometer Division, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_NY" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vernon, NY">Mount Vernon, NY</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Industries - Clifton Precision, <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Heights,_Pennsylvania" title="Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania">Clifton Heights, PA</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Integrated Systems<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Italia<sup id="cite_ref-allison_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allison-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Kester<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Network Access Systems<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton PRC<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Ship Systems<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avondale_Shipyard" title="Avondale Shipyard">Avondale Shipyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingalls_Shipbuilding" title="Ingalls Shipbuilding">Ingalls Shipbuilding</a></li></ul></li> <li>Litton Space Systems</li> <li>Litton Systems Canada<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Litton Westrex<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>TELDIX<sup id="cite_ref-allison_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allison-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Atlas" title="Western Atlas">Western Atlas</a>, a joint venture formed with <a href="/wiki/Dresser_Industries" title="Dresser Industries">Dresser Industries</a>, including former Litton subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Western_Geophysical" title="Western Geophysical">Western Geophysical</a>. Spun off in 1994.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litton_Industries&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Litton_Industries_bombing" title="Litton Industries bombing">Litton Industries bombing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litton_Industries&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Litton-Industries-Inc">"Litton Industries Inc"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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New York: Stein and Day. pp. 47–76. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8128-2961-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8128-2961-7"><bdi>978-0-8128-2961-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+rise+and+fall+of+the+conglomerate+kings&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=47-76&rft.pub=Stein+and+Day&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-8128-2961-7&rft.aulast=Sobel&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frisefallofconglo00sobe%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitton+Industries" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRodengen2000" class="citation book cs1">Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/legendoflittonin0000rode/"><i>The legend of Litton Industries</i></a>. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprises. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-945903-51-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-945903-51-2"><bdi>978-0-945903-51-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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