Next generation jammer low band
US Navy Awards L3Harris $587 Million Contract for Next Generation Jammer – Low Band Program
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 12, 2024 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a five-year contract, worth up to $587.4 million, to deliver custom tactical jamming pods designed to modernize the U.S. Navy’s Aerial Electronic Attack capability.
The Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB) is an advanced airborne electronic warfare system. L3Harris’ solution consolidates advanced processing with increased jamming capability and will be easier to maintain than the Navy’s current system through a modular, open-system architecture that enables seamless upgrades. The L3Harris system will operate with joint and allied forces to provide growth capacity for future technology integration to stay ahead of adversarial capabilities.
“Our Next Generation Jammer – Low Band solution provides the U.S. Navy with the latest digital, software-based technologies to address advanced and emerging threats from peer adversaries,” said Christopher E. Kubasik, Chair and CEO, L3Harris. “L3Harris is proud to support the Navy’s efforts to extend U.S. air superiority and operate seamlessly wit
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year, $496 million contract to deliver prototype tactical jamming pods designed to stretch U.S. air superiority, the corporation said in a Dec. 21 release.
The Next Generation Jammer Depressed Band (NGJ-LB) is a high-powered, high-capacity airborne electronic warfare system. L3Harris’ single-pod solution enables extended stand-off jamming capability, covers a broad spectrum and processes an increased number of threats. The system operates seamlessly with shared and allied forces and provides growth capacity for emerging threats.
“The Next-Generation Jammer Low Band contract highlights L3Harris’ long-standing commitment to support the U.S. Navy’s mission to maintain superiority on land, sea and in the air,” said Dana Mehnert, president, Communication Systems Segment, L3Harris. “The selection of L3Harris demonstrates our company’s strength as a technology prime to provide a truly unique solution that meets the Navy’s need to address all contested environments.”
The firm will deliver eight operational pods to the Naval Air Systems Command for fleet assessment, and additional test a
L3Harris Technologies awarded Next Generation Jammer contract
The US Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a US$587 Million contract to deliver Next Generation Jammer - Low Band (NGJ-LB) pods for its E/A-18G Growler aircraft.
Through the contract, L3Harris Technologies will deliver eight operational prototype pods to US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for fleet assessment and additional test assets for airworthiness and design verification over the next five years.
NGJ-LB complements the Next Generation Jammer - Mid Band (NGJ-MB) which is built by Northrop Grumman onboard the E/A-18G Growler. Together with the Next Generation Jammer - High Band (NGJ-HB), which will be the third and final increment delivered, they will replace the legacy AN/ALQ-99.
“Our Next Generation Jammer – Low Band solution provides the U.S. Navy with the latest digital, software-based technologies to address advanced and emerging threats from peer adversaries,” said the Chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies, Christopher E. Kubasik
Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB)
Our NGJ-LB pod revolutionizes the Growler’s ability to perform its primary mission, Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD), from standoff ranges with high-power RF jamming. This translates to greater aircrew survivability, increased lethality and scalability for future technology upgrades.
A force multiplier for the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler and its electronic warfare mission
The U.S. Navy’s EA-18G – a modified F/A-18F Super Hornet – fleet currently relies on an obsolete jamming system that is increasingly challenged by ever-improving adversary radar capabilities and plagued by persistent sustainment issues.
Responding to the U.S. Navy’s urgent need, L3Harris has developed the NGJ-LB tactical jamming pod. The revolutionary solution delivers the capability and power necessary to confidently engage enemy air defenses at standoff ranges, optimizing strike force survivability.
Providing greater capability and EA effectiveness
Through high Equivalent, Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) and tailored waveforms, the NGJ-LB increases the number of simultaneous targets that aircrews can attack while reducing aircrew workload and cock
Your ultimate guide to the next-gen jammer (NGJ) program
In our post-postmodern world where the iPhone in your pocket has over 100,000 times the computing power of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed men on the moon (and this computing power grows with each bi-monthly iPhone model release… what are we up to now, the iPhone 42?), you can imagine that the technologies and attack capabilities of the enemies of freedom have evolved, as well.
As the modern battlefield becomes even more digital, it’s clear that if you can disrupt the communication, navigation, or attack capabilities of an enemy by using electronic means, it can make the key difference in a conflict and can be even more effective than the employment of “traditional” weapons systems and tactics. This is the fundamental concept behind electronic warfare and the so-called “next-gen jammer” program that is currently in its final stages of development.
What is electronic warfare?
It might sound like the title of the latest Call of Duty game (or two children fighting in the back seat over a tablet), but electronic warfare (EW) is essentially any tactical action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum and/