Next generation jammers ordered for Royal Australian Air Force and US Navy Growlers
AN/ALQ-249 NGJ-MB pod on a USN EA-18G Growler (Photo: Raytheon)
The order includes jammers for Australian EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft follows an order for deployment on US Navy Growlers in December last year and an announcement in March that full-rate production was near.
The US Navy (USN) has placed a US$580 million follow-on order for AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer – Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods for use with Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft in use with the USN and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Under the contract, Raytheon will provide additional production NGJ-MB pod shipsets, including pods for the RAAF, as well as spares and support equipment.
The system is designed to target advanced radar threats, communications, data links and non-traditional radio frequency threats and consists of two pods containing active electronically scanned arrays that radiate in the mid-band frequency range.
The system
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