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Northrop Grumman Delivers First SEWIP Block 3 To Navy

Friday, June 11th, 2021

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Northrop Grumman Delivers First SEWIP Block 3 To Navy

The SEWIP Block 3 Engineering Development Model System in the Northrop Grumman High Bay Integration Lab in Baltimore, Md. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered the first AL/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 engineering and development model (EDM) unit to the Navy for land-based testing, the company announced June 11. The SEWIP Block 3 is designed to give select surface ships a scalable electronic warfare enterprise suite with improved electronic attack capabilities. Initially these units are geared to target anti-ship missiles by jamming their targeting systems. The Navy previously called the SEWIP system an evolutionary and incremental development…

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