The Navy estimates a key contract to launch the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band into engineering and manufacturing development -- a milestone originally reached in December 2020 but delayed by a series of protests and legal wrangling -- will now be awarded in September. This new development in the planned $5.1 billion acquisition was conveyed to lawmakers in late June as part of a 64-page omnibus reprogramming request signed by Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord. “New EMD contract negotiations are ongoing with...
