Raytheon Wins $227M for Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band LRIP Lot II Ship Sets

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon $227 million for the production and delivery of five Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band low rate initial production lot II ship sets.

Additionally, this modification provides for the production and delivery of associated spares, peculiar support equipment, gold units for operational test program set development, travel and associated data, a U.S. DoD release today said.

The Navy’s Next Generation Jammer program aims to develop an airborne electronic warfare (EW) system, as a replacement for the AN/ALQ-99 found on the EA-18G military aircraft.

The ALQ-249(V)1 is the first of a family of three EW pods which will make up the NGJ system, the others being the (V)2 low-band (NGJ-LB), and the (V)3 high-band (NGJ-HB) systems.

NGJ-MB is an external jamming pod that will address advanced and emerging threats using the latest digital, software-based and Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technologies and will provide enhanced Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) capabilities to disrupt, deny and degrade enemy air defense and ground communication systems.

Gone are the days of isolated Surface-to-Air Missile systems that operate on a small frequency spectrum and do not integrate into a larger Integrated Air Defense System. Modern adversaries are developing complex emitters that use advanced techniques to defeat legacy jamming. NGJ-MB will provide new capabilities to the fleet to ensure spectrum dominance against current and future threats.

PMA-234 is responsible for acquiring, delivering and sustaining AEA systems, providing combatant commanders with capabilities that enable mission success.