Raytheon receives NGJ EMD contract
Raytheon has received a $1 billion sole source contract from the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) for Increment 1 of the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), the company announced on 14 April.
Raytheon will provide 14 aeromechanical pods for airworthiness certification and 15 engineering development model pods for mission systems testing and qualification. The contract also includes the design and delivery of prime hardware and simulators to government labs, as well as support for systems integration and flight testing.
The NGJ uses advanced electronic attack technology that combines high-powered, agile, beam-jamming techniques with cutting-edge, solid-state electronics. Raytheon designed the system to meet the navy’s current electronic warfare mission requirements and to provide an open system architecture for future upgrades.
Rick Yuse, president, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, said: ‘NGJ is a smart pod that provides today’s most advanced electronic attack technology, one that can easily be adapted to changing threat environments. That level of sophistication provides our warfighters with the technological advantage required to successfully prosecute their mission and return home safely.’
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