Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $590 million follow-on production contract from the U.S. Navy for the next-generation jammer mid-band (NGJ-MB) system.
As disclosed, NGJ-MB is a cooperative development and production program with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The contract includes the delivery of shipsets, support equipment, spares and non-recurring engineering support.
The U.S. Navy and RAAF will employ NGJ-MB on the EA-18G GROWLER to target advanced radar threats, communications, data links and non-traditional radio frequency threats.
According to Raytheon, the system reduces adversary targeting ranges, disrupts adversary kill chains and supports kinetic weapons to target.
NGJ-MB allows naval crews to operate effectively at extended ranges and attack multiple targets simultaneously with advanced techniques, it was added.
Work under this contract will take place in McKinney, Texas; Forest, Mississippi; El Segundo, California; and Fort Wayne, Indiana through 2028.
“NGJ-MB is a revolutionary offensive electronic attack system for the joint force that puts a critical combat capability in the hands of our Navy warfighters,” said Barbara Borgonovi , president of Naval Power at Raytheon.
In recent news, Raytheon was awarded a $736 million contract from the US Navy to produce AIM-9X SIDEWINDER missiles.