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 in highly contested environments, 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 will augment and then replace the legacy AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0604274N_5_1319_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Completion of H Build Integration moved from 4QFY2021 to 4QFY2022 due to schedule correction. LRIP 1 Deliveries completion moved from 4QFY2022 to 4QFY2023 due to quantity increase, lengthening delivery period. Start of Aeromechanical Testing (IT-B1) moved from 1QFY2018 to 2QFY2020 and start of Mission Systems Testing (IT-B2) moved from 2QFY2020 to 3QFY2019 due to updated pod delivery schedule. IT-B3 (3QFY2020 to 4QFY2020) and IT-C3 (3QFY2021 to 1QFY2022) added for clarity. Verification of Correction of Deficiencies (VCD) added 4QFY2022 to 3QFY2023. The FY2021 funding request was reduced by $9.242M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Developmental Tests
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Engineering
  • Flight Testing
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Instrumentation
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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