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New Navy Mid-Band Jammer Gets Production Approval

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New Navy Mid-Band Jammer Gets Production Approval
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’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) program received Milestone C approval from acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Jay Stefany on June 28, the Navy announced. This achievement will allow the program to move on to the production and deployment phase and then proceed to the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase. The jammer is based on an external pod attached to an aircraft, with the Mid-Band pod designated AM/ALQ-249(V)1. Raytheon Technologies [RTX] won…

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