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Navy Confirms L3Harris Is Next-Gen Jammer-Low Band Winner Again

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

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Navy Confirms L3Harris Is Next-Gen Jammer-Low Band Winner Again

L3Harris Technologies’ bid for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band pod, to partially replace the ALQ-99 system on EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. (Photo: L3Harris)

The Navy on Tuesday confirmed a recent contract to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB), following several setbacks to starting up the program. “NGJ-LB will meet current and emerging electronic warfare threats and increase the lethality of 4th and 5th generation platforms and strike weapons. The Navy will partner with L3Harris to get this key capability into the hands of the warfighter,” Rear Adm. John Lemmon, Program Executive Officer…

Pentagon

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