POWER OF ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint RICHARD R.
MOLLEUR and JAMES C. JOHNSON, and each of them as his agents and attorneys-in-fact (the "Agents"), in
his respective name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below to execute and/or file the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 (the "Report") under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Act"), and any one or more amendments to any part of the Report that may be required
to be filed under the Act (including the financial statements, schedules and all exhibits and other documents filed
therewith or constituting a part thereof) and to any part or all of any amendment(s) to the Report, whether
executed and filed by the undersigned or by any of the Agents. Further, each of the undersigned does hereby
authorize and direct the Agents to take any and all actions and execute and file any and all documents with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), which they deem necessary or advisable to comply
with the act and the rules and regulations or orders of the Commission adopted or issued pursuant thereto, to the
end that the Report shall be properly filed under the Act. Finally, each of the undersigned does hereby ratify each
and every act and documents which the Agents may take, execute or file pursuant thereto with the same force
and effect as though such action had been taken or such document had been executed or filed by the
undersigned, respectively.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or superseded by written notice filed
with the Commission.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these presents this 19th day of February,
1997.
\s\ Kent Kresa Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Kent Kre