8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):     November 12, 1999
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                                    TRW Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           Ohio                        1-2384                   34-575430
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(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
   of Incorporation )                File Number)        Identification Number)



1900 Richmond Road, Cleveland, OH                                44124
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (216) 291-7000
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.    Other Events

         On November 11, 1999, TRW Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing the election of David M. Cote as President and Chief Operating
Officer and a Director of TRW Inc. A copy of the press release is attached as
Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

          (a)   Not applicable.
          (b)   Not applicable.
          (c)   Exhibits.

                (99) Press release issued by TRW Inc., dated November 11, 1999.



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                                   SIGNATURES



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                     TRW Inc.



                                     By:  /s/ Kathleen A. Weigand
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                                          Kathleen A. Weigand
                                          Vice President, Assistant General
                                          Counsel and Assistant Secretary


DATE:  November 12, 1999


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




   Exhibit Number    Description
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         (99)        Press release issued by TRW Inc., dated November 11, 1999.

EX-99

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NEWS RELEASE                 TRW, Inc.                                       TRW
                             1900 Richmond Road
                             Cleveland, OH 44124

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                             Contact                                  Exhibit 99
                             Michael J. Jablonski
                             216.291.7775


    TRW NAMES DAVID COTE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER


    CLEVELAND, November 11, 1999 - David M. Cote, 47, formerly with General
    Electric, was elected president and chief operating officer of TRW Inc.
    (NYSE: TRW) at a special meeting of the company's directors. He was also
    elected a director of the company. Cote will report to Joseph T. Gorman,
    chairman and chief executive officer.

    Since 1996 Cote held the position of senior vice president of the General
    Electric Company and president and chief executive officer of GE Appliances,
    a $6 billion business. In that role, Cote was a member of the corporate
    executive council, made up of the chief executive officers of the company's
    top businesses who report directly to GE Chairman Jack Welch. Cote's 25-year
    career with GE spanned manufacturing, finance, marketing, strategic
    planning, and general management.

    In his new position, Cote will initially focus primarily on TRW's $13
    billion global automotive supply business, with the goal of enhancing its
    competitiveness and profitability and accelerating the pace of change. Cote
    joins Gorman and Ronald D. Sugar, president and chief operating officer of
    TRW Aerospace & Information Systems, as a member of the Chief Executive
    Office. Sugar will continue to report to Gorman.

    "We are pleased to have an executive with Dave Cote's outstanding depth and
    breadth join TRW's management team," said Gorman. "He clearly meets our
    criteria for a proven leader who can manage a complex global business. He
    has a strong track record for both achieving growth and improving
    performance. He also understands lean manufacturing and high-volume
    production, and he is a seasoned and talented operating executive who has
    consistently met and exceeded stretch performance targets.

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    "Dave is special in his focus and ability to get things done," Gorman
    continued. "He has demonstrated that he can learn a new business quickly and
    make a positive impact. He is customer focused and structures his operations
    with their needs in mind. He strives to create value for customers,
    employees, and shareholders alike."

    Cote joined GE's Hookset, N. H., Aircraft Engines plant in an entry-level
    position while earning his bachelor's degree in business administration from
    the University of New Hampshire. He completed the GE financial management
    program and joined GE's renowned corporate audit staff in 1978. From 1983 to
    1988 he progressed through a series of financial management and planning
    jobs of increasing responsibility, both in GE operations and the corporate
    headquarters.

    In 1988 Cote joined GE Appliances in Louisville, Ky., as product general
    manager for the Home Laundry/Dishwasher unit, and in 1989 he became manager
    of finance for that operation. In 1992 he was named vice president of GE
    Consumer Service, and in 1994 he became vice president and general manager
    of GE Silicones, Waterford, N.Y., serving in that capacity until being named
    a General Electric senior vice president, heading GE Appliances.

    While at GE Appliances, Cote maintained the global unit's double-digit
    margins in the face of declining prices and modest revenue growth through
    the use of the Six Sigma quality program. Gorman said that Cote has had some
    of GE's toughest executive assignments and achieved considerable success.
    "He has demonstrated the ability to grow a business internally as well as
    through acquisitions. He is not tied to the past," Gorman said. "He
    energizes his people to think differently and has served as a change agent."

    TRW provides advanced-technology products and services for the global
    automotive, aerospace and information systems markets. The company's news
    releases are available through TRW's corporate Web site
    (http://www.trw.com).

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