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Navy Awards Raytheon Second Next-Gen Jammer Order

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Navy Awards Raytheon Second Next-Gen Jammer Order
An EA-18G Growler from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, located at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, conducts a Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flight test over Southern Maryland in 2021 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Steve Wolff)

The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $227 million modification on Dec. 23, exercising options to buy five Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band (NGJ-MD) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot Two ship sets. The NGJ program is replacing the legacy ALQ-99 tactical jammer used by EA-18G Growlers against enemy air defense and communications systems. The program splits the jammers into low, mid, and high-band frequency contract systems. This NGJ-MD pod is designated the AN/ALQ-249(V)1. Work will be split among Forest, Miss.…

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