
The Senate Appropriations Committee in the fiscal 2014 appropriations bill approved Thursday expressed concerns about the lack of competition for the technological development phase of the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ). The EA-18Gs, foreground, will deploy with the Next Generation Jammer. Photo by Boeing. The language, in part of a bill that passed the committee with a 22-8 vote, said the procurement strategy is not compliant with acquisition reforms and instructs the Navy to compete the NGJ program at least…