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Northrop Grumman Unveils Next-Gen Jammer Low-Band Team

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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Northrop Grumman Unveils Next-Gen Jammer Low-Band Team

An E/A-18 Growler electronic attack aircraft in the foreground shadowed by a F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Wednesday it is teaming up with Harris Corporation [HRS] and Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL] to work on the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB).Last month Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Northrop Grumman and L3 Technologies [LLL] each contracts worth over $35 million to demonstrate and test technologies that may provide solutions for the low band section of the NGJ program.Northrop Grumman’s contract runs for 20 months.That award came after the Government Accountability Office denied…

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