Next Generation Jammer (NGJ)

Abstract

The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) is the next step in the evolution of Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) and is a critical capability necessary to address current, emerging, and evolving Electronic Warfare gaps, ensure kill chain wholeness against growing threat capabilities and capacity, keep pace with enemy threat weapon systems' advancements, and support the continuous expansion of the AEA mission areas that exceed the capability of currently fielded systems. NGJ will utilize enhanced techniques and tactics to deliver significantly improved radar and communications jamming effectiveness as well as other classified capabilities. Utilizing an Open Systems Architecture that supports software and hardware updates to rapidly counter emergent and evolving threats, NGJ is a key enabler and force multiplier for operations across the spectrum of missions defined in the Defense Strategic Guidance, including strike warfare, projecting power despite anti-access/area denial challenges, and counterinsurgency/irregular warfare. NGJ will also address the shortfalls in scalability, flexibility, supportability, interoperability, availability, and capability of the existing AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System. This Program Element (PE 0604274N) supports the AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer - Mid Band (NGJ-MB) (formerly known as Next Generation Jammer Increment 1) program. NGJ-MB will address AEA capability and sufficiency gaps against enemy threats operating in the middle frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. NGJ-MB will provide the ability to effectively engage enemy threats from increased stand-off distances, employ increased capacity (number of jamming assignments) against enemy targets, and support agile employment by operators. The NGJ-MB system will be integrated on the EA-18G tactical aircraft and replace the aging AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System Mid-Band pods.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0604274N_5_1319_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: A system CDR was held 3rd Qtr. FY 2017, which revealed deficiencies in modeling, assumptions, and methodologies used in the design of the pod structure. These deficiencies are driving a redesign of the pod structure, but subsystem design, development, manufacturing, integration, and test are continuing independent of the pod structure redesign effort. The following changes have been made: Milestone C moved from 4th Qtr. FY 2019 to 4th Qtr. FY 2020. Initial Operational Capability moved from 4th Qtr. FY 2021 to 4th Qtr. FY 2022. Full Rate Production Decision Review moved from 1st Qtr. FY 2022 to 1st Qtr. FY 2023. Engineering & Manufacturing Development end moved from 3rd Qtr. FY 2021 to 3rd Qtr. FY 2022. Engineering Development Model Deliveries start moved from 1st Qtr. FY 2019 to 3rd Qtr. FY 2019. Integrated Testing broken out to Aeromechanical Testing (IT-B1), Mission Systems Testing (IT-B2), Mission Systems Testing (IT-C1) for clarity. Operational Test Readiness Review moved from 2nd Qtr. 2021 to 2nd Qtr. 2022. Initial Operational Test & Evaluation moved from 2nd through 3rd Qtrs. FY 2021 to 2nd through 3rd Qtrs. FY 2022. AERO Flight Readiness Review moved from 4th Qtr. FY 2018 to 1st Qtr. FY 2020. Production Readiness Review moved from 2nd Qtr. FY 2019 to 2nd Qtr. FY 2020. System Verification Review moved from 3rd Qtr. FY 2019 to 3rd Qtr. FY 2020. System Demonstration Test Article RDTEN Contract Award moved from 2nd Qtr. FY 2019 to 4th Qtr. FY 2019. Low Rate Initial Production 1 APN-5 Contract Award moved from 4th Qtr. FY 2019 to 4th Qtr. FY 2020. Low Rate Initial Production 2 APN-5 Contract Award moved from 2nd Qtr. FY 2020 to 2nd Qtr. FY 2021. Low Rate Initial Production 3 APN-5 Contract Award moved from 2nd Qtr. FY 2021 to 2nd Qtr. FY 2022. Full Rate Production 1 APN-5 Contract Award moved from 2nd Qtr. FY 2022 to 2nd Qtr. FY 2023. System Demonstration Test Article RDTEN Deliveries moved from 3rd Qtr. FY 2020 through 1st Qtr. FY 2021 to 2nd Qtr. FY 2021 through 2nd Qtr. FY 2022. Low Rate Initial Production 1 Deliveries moved from 2nd through 4th Qtrs. FY 2021 to 3rd Qtr. FY 2022 through 2nd Qtr. FY 2023. Low Rate Initial Production 2 Deliveries moved from 3rd Qtr. FY 2021 through 4th Qtr. FY 2022 to 3rd Qtr. FY 2023. Low Rate Initial Production 3 Deliveries start moved from 4th Qtr. FY 2022 to 4th Qtr. FY 2023. The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $1.330M to reflect the Department of Navy's effort to support the Office of Management and Budget directed reforms for Efficiency and Effectiveness that include a lean, accountable, more efficient government.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Contracts
• Developmental Tests
• Electromagnetic Spectra
• Engineering
• Flight Testing
• Frequency
• Frequency Bands
• Manufacturing
• Production
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Aircraft
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities
• Warfare
• Wind Tunnel Tests
• Wind Tunnels

Readers

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Technology Areas

• Microelectronics