EXHIBIT 23(b)
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 10,
2000, with respect to the financial statements of The TRW Canada Stock Savings
Plan for the year ended December 31, 1999, included as Exhibit 99(a) to the TRW
Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, in TRW
Inc.'s Registration Statement No. 333-06633 on Form S-8 pertaining to The TRW
Canada Stock Savings Plan and the related prospectus.


                                                  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

                                                  ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Hamilton, Ontario
March 17, 2000