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                                                                   Exhibit 24(a)





CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


    We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements
Nos. 33-42870 on Form S-3, 033-52859 on Form S-8, 033-52865 on Form S-8,
033-53503 on Form S-8, 33-29751 on Form S-8, 2-90748 on Form S-8, 2-64035 on
Form S-8, 2-47665 on Form S-8 and 2-26362 on Form S-8 of our report dated
January 23, 1995 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of TRW
Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
1994.

    We also consent to the incorporation by reference in TRW Inc.'s
Registration Statement No. 033-52859 on Form S-8 pertaining to The TRW Employee
Stock Ownership and Stock Savings Plan and the related prospectus of our report
dated March 17, 1995 with respect to the financial statements of The TRW
Employee Stock Ownership and Stock Savings Plan for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994 included as Exhibit 28(a) to the TRW Inc. Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1994.



                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP





Cleveland, Ohio
March 24, 1995