EXHIBIT 23.9


                           CONSENT OF GENERAL COUNSEL
                                       OF
                          NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION


          I hereby consent to the reference to my name under the caption
"Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference" in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation
filed as of the date hereof and to the incorporation by reference of the
Northrop Grumman Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 13, 1997 with respect
to any legal conclusion as to the merits of a legal proceeding contained
therein.  In giving such consent, I do not thereby concede that I am in the
category of such persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.


Date:  January 20, 1998


                                /s/   Richard R. Molleur
                               --------------------------
                               Richard R. Molleur