Navy awards $403.3 million modification to Raytheon for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band

The Navy yesterday announced a $403.3 million contract modification to Raytheon for the service's Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band program.

"This modification increases the scope of the contract to procure an additional seven System Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA) shipsets, 60 SDTA pod subsystems, 27 pieces of peculiar support equipment, one fatigue test pod and one static test pod in support of the initial operational test and evaluation phase of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Program," the contract announcement reads.

Raytheon is slated to finish the work by December 2022.

The Navy will field the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band capability on the EA-18G Growler.

According to the Navy's fiscal year 2020 budget documents, the service expects the NGJ-MB to reach milestone C in the final quarter of FY-20, while initial operational capability is slated for the fourth quarter of FY-22.

The mid-band capability, previously referred to as the Next Generation Jammer Increment 1, "will address [Airborne Electronic Attack] capability and sufficiency gaps against enemy threats operating in the middle frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum," the budget documents read.