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Navy/USMC

Navy Re-evaluating Airborne Jammer Proposals

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, December 23rd, 2013

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Navy Re-evaluating Airborne Jammer Proposals

The Navy is re-evaluating the proposals submitted for its next generation airborne jammer in line with the recommendations made by the General Accountability Office in the successful protest of the award that originally went to Raytheon [RTN]. In response to a protest by BAE Systems, the GAO ruled in November that the Navy failed to adequately evaluate technical risks outlined in the request for proposals for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), and insufficiently documented the evaluations and improperly credited Raytheon…

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