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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23



CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in TRW Inc.'s Registration
Statement No. 333-03973 on Form S-8 pertaining to The TRW Employee Stock
Ownership and Savings Plan and the related prospectus of our report dated June
11, 1999 with respect to the financial statements of The TRW Employee Stock
Ownership and Savings Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 included
in this Annual Report on Form 11-K.


                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

                                                     ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Cleveland, Ohio
June 29, 1999