DOD IG gives high marks for Next Gen Jammer program

A new report by the Defense Department inspector general gave Naval Air Systems Command a positive review on its Next Generation Jammer program.

The IG assessed whether NAVAIR "adequately planned and performed a technology readiness assessment of the critical technologies for the Next Generation Jammer program before it progressed into the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the acquisition," the report said.

The NGJ is an aircraft-mounted, tactical jamming system that will replace technology from the 1970s. The report found that NAVAIR performed well, and did not make any recommendations.