Northrop Grumman, ITT Exelis To Develop Next-Generation Jammers

Northrop Grumman and ITT Exelis will team up to develop unique solutions for the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program. "The combined expertise of the Northrop Grumman-Exelis team promises to bring the most technologically advanced, innovative and low-risk solution to our Navy customer's Next Generation Jammer program," said Pat McMahon, sector vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman military aircraft systems. "The demonstrated performance of both companies makes this team well positioned to seamlessly transition into the Technology Demonstration phase of the program and continue its long legacy of support to naval aviation and airborne electronic attack". "The partnership of Northrop Grumman and Exelis provides the Navy with a team that uniquely understands the customer's needs," said Rich Sorelle, acting president of Exelis Electronic Systems. "This collaboration will allow the companies to integrate the best of their independently developed subsystems and components into one truly interoperable system, ensuring U.S. forces will be able to control the battlespace electromagnetic spectrum". The Navy's NGJ will fly on the EA-18G Growler as the newest, most advanced electronic attack aircraft in the world, and will provide U.S. forces with the ability to suppress and defeat enemy integrated air defense systems and disrupt and disable an enemy's ground-based communications capabilities.