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ITT Exelis, Boeing, Complete Next-Gen Jammer Wind Tunnel Tests

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

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As part of the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program’s technology maturation phase, ITT Exelis [XLS] and Boeing [BA] said they have successfully completed wind tunnel testing of the team’s proposed full-scale pod at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The testing, observed by Navy representatives, demonstrated the power generation and control capability of the pod’s Ram Air Turbine, used to generate electrical power for jamming, the companies said in a Dec. 19 statement. If selected by the Navy, the…

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