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Navy/USMC

Raytheon Tests Navy’s Next Airborne Jammer

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, November 20th, 2014

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Raytheon Tests Navy’s Next Airborne Jammer

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

Raytheon [RTN] has conducted the first flight test of the prototype integrated electronic attack system of the Navy’s next generation airborne jammer and demonstrated its capability to disable defense radars, the company said. The core components for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), consisting of an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, a digital receiver and self-powered pod, were attached to the bottom of a Gulfstream Jet for the flight testing at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. "Eight months after…

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