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2021-02-07

L3Harris Gets US$496M U.S. Navy Contract for Jamming Pods

The U.S. Navy has awarded global aerospace and defence technology innovator L3Harris Technologies a five-year, US$496 million contract to deliver prototype tactical jamming pods aimed at strengthening U.S. Air superiority.

The Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) is a high-powered, high-capacity airborne electronic warfare (EW) 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 joint and allied forces, and also provides growth capacity for emerging threats.

“The NGJ-LB contract highlights L3Harris’ long-standing commitment to support the U.S. Navy’s mission to maintain superiority on land, sea and in the air,” asserted Dana Mehnert, President, Communication Systems Segment, L3Harris. “The selection of L3Harris demonstrates our company’s strength as a technology prime to provide a unique solution that meets the Navy’s need to address all contested environments.”

The company will deliver eight operational pods to NAVAIR for fleet assessment, and additional test assets for airworthiness and design verification.

The NGJ-LB pods will be flown on the EA-18G Growler and continue the Navy’s plan to address operational gaps and replace the aging ALQ-99 System pods operating in the low frequency spectrum.

NGJ Advantage

The NGJ, an external jamming pod, will provide enhanced airborne electronic attack capabilities to disrupt and degrade enemy air defence and ground communication systems.

The system will replace the legacy AN/ALQ-99 currently integrated on the EA-18G Growler aircraft.

The NGJ System is the next step in the evolution of Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) and is needed to meet current and emerging Electronic Warfare gaps, ensure kill chain wholeness against growing threat capabilities and capacity, and to keep pace with threat weapons systems advances and continuous expansion of the AEA mission area.

The NGJ is developed in three frequency-focused increments – high-, mid- and low-band, offering greater flexibility.

The NGJ-LB is a joint programme collaboration between the U.S. Department of Defence and the Australian Ministry of Defence.

Among the highlights are:

• NGJ-LB replaces the 50-year-old jammer in the lower frequency range

• Provides 360° field of regard for defeating multi-directional threats

• The software-defined system enables rapid, in-theatre, technology insertion

L3Harris provides advanced defence and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains.

L3Harris is exhibiting at stand 03-C10

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