US Navy Orders Development of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Extended Capability by 2027

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $192,018,389 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide for the design, development, manufacture, integration, demonstration, test, and delivery of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band extended capability modification in support of providing additional frequency coverage to meet additional threats within the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band system operational environment for the Navy and the government of Australia. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas (41.7%); Forest, Mississippi (26.7%); El Segundo, California (18.9%); and Fort Wayne, Indiana (12.7%), and is expected to be completed in December 2027. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,362,804; and Royal Australian Air Force cooperative funds in the amount of $5,637,196, will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001924C0047).

Source: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3919852/

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01 October, 2024

US Navy's NGJ-MBX Jammer to Extend Frequency Range to Counter Additional Threats

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