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The Pentagon has awarded a US$171.6 million ($229.2 million) contract to Raytheon, which has been tasked with delivering three Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) systems.
The advanced electronic attack system is designed to deny, disrupt and degrade enemy technology, including communication tools and air-defence systems.
The NGJ-MB leverages active electronically-scanned arrays and a fully-digital back end, enabling:
- operation at extended ranges;
- the attack of multiple targets simultaneously;
- advanced jamming techniques; and
- rapid upgrades through a modular, open systems architecture.
The new contract follows a test and evaluation phase, with Raytheon delivering the first NGJ-MB pod to the US Navy in July 2019.
NGJ-MB is part of a larger NGJ weapon system, built to augment and ultimately replace the legacy ALQ-99 pods in the low-frequency spectrum currently used on the EA-18G Growler.
The Raytheon contract is the latest in a series of awards from the US Navy, which includes a US$60.4 million ($80.6 million) modification of L3 Technologies’ engineering and technical support for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle program.
Australia-based shipbuilding company Austal has also been the beneficiary of major US Navy awards in recent weeks, which includes a $58.7 million modification for the Littoral Combat Ship program.
Austal has also been tasked with delivering concept studies and preliminary design services for a class of 28 to 30 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps.
[Related: Austal wins new US Navy contracts ]
Charbel Kadib
News Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media
Prior to joining the defence and aerospace team in 2020, Charbel was news editor of The Adviser and Mortgage Business, where he covered developments in the banking and financial services sector for three years. Charbel has a keen interest in geopolitics and international relations, graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in politics and journalism. Charbel has also completed internships with The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts and public relations agency Fifty Acres.
