L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced that it has received a five-year contract, worth $587.4 million, to deliver custom tactical jamming pods designed to modernize the U.S. Navy's Aerial Electronic Attack capability.
Details of LHX's New Contract
The Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB) is an advanced airborne electronic warfare system. The L3Harris solution will be simpler to maintain than the Navy's present system because of its modular, open-system architecture, which allows for seamless updates.
It also combines enhanced processing with greater jamming capability. The L3Harris system will work with combined and allied forces to offer expansion potential for future technological integration.
Over the course of the next five years, the company will provide more test assets for airworthiness and design verification, in addition to eight operational prototype pods for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to evaluate the fleet. The Navy intends to replace the outdated AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System, and the NGJ-LB pods will aid the initiative by flying on the EA-18G Growler.
Benefits of NGJ-LB
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