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Navy

Retired Radm. Foley to

Lead Gulfport Facility

Retired Rear Adm. John B. "Jay"

Foley III, USN, one of the U.S. Navy's outstanding leaders during a 33-year career, has been named vice president of

Northrop Grumman's shipbuilding oper- ations in Gulfport, Miss.

Foley, who recently retired from the

Navy as commander, Naval Surface

Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, will bring his leadership and naval expertise to the

Gulfport facility, effective Sept. 16, 2002. "We are delighted to have Jay Foley joining our team," said Dr. Philip A.

Dur, Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president of the company's

Ship Systems sector. "His leadership, operational experience and intellectual reach will make him an important con- tributor to Northrop Grumman Ship

Systems and our future programs.

Our Gulfport facility is set to reach new heights in our shipbuilding business plan as our 'center of excellence' for composite struc- tures. Through

Jay's guidance, I have every confi- dence the facility will become a center of excel- RADM John "Jay" lence for compos- Foley U®N ite ships."

Dur noted that modern ship designs increasingly use composite materials in construction. Additionally, the Navy is interested in faster, lighter ships that may be built entirely of composite mate- rials. Foley will lead this transition to composites for future ships now being designed by Northrop Grumman Ship

Systems, as well as shipbuilding pro- grams that are now underway. These include Aegis destroyers, San Antonio- class LPDs, future large-deck amphibi- ous ships, the DD(X) 21st century destroyer, and the U.S. Coast Guard's

Deepwater program. The facility will also be a center for research and devel- opment of high-tech composites for naval ships. "I am looking forward to this chal- lenge and my operational experience will enable me to contribute to the con- tinued growth of Northrop Grumman

Ship Systems and their long tradition of quality products," Foley said.

The Gulfport facility covers 120 acres and is dedicated exclusively to module assembly and composites manufactur- ing. The facility currently employs approximately 900 people who are engaged in ship unit fabrication for both

Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula and

Avondale Operations in New Orleans.

The facility is already recognized as one of the premier advanced composite manufacturing facilities in the nation.

Foley earned his commission in the

Navy through the NROTC program at the College of the Holy Cross in

Worcester, Mass. He also attended the

National Security Program for Senior

Executives at MIT.

He served as executive officer on the

Ship Systems-built USS Callaghan (DDG 995) in San Diego, and has com- manded USS Quapaw (ATF 110), USS

Estocin (FFG 15), USS Monterey (CG 61), Cruiser-destroyer Group 8 and the

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Battle

Group, where he completed a Mediter- ranean Sea/Arabian Gulf deployment in

July 2000.

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