19 Aug 02. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), leader of the DD(X) Gold Team, and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) said that they were delighted by the decision of the General Accounting Office(GAO), which validates that an appropriate evaluation process was used when the U.S. Navy selected the Gold Team to complete the system design for the Navy's 21st century surface combatant, DD(X).