USN completes development testing of NGJ-MB pods for Growler
The US Navy (USN) has completed developmental testing of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods being developed by Raytheon for the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack (EA) aircraft.
Two Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods, attached to an EA-18G Growler, undergo testing in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. (US Navy)
The milestone, announced by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on 19 March, followed 400 hours of basic functionality, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) data collection, and performance testing of NGJ-MB engineering development model (EDM) pods over a three-month period.
Raytheon has been contracted to deliver 15 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and 14 flight-certification trial NGJ-MB systems to the USN from its El Segundo facility in California.
As previously reported by Jane’s , Raytheon’s NGJ-MB pod is part of a wider Block 2 electronic warfare (EW) capability upgrade for the Growler that also includes the NGJ-Low Band (LB) and NGJ-High Band (HB) pods to replace the current AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS). In developing three separate NGJ solutions, the USN is looking to enhance the EA capabilities of the Growler in each of the three separate wavebands, as opposed to the current TJS solution that provides a good capability across the entirety of the frequency spectrum.
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