US NAVY TO RELEASE NEXT GENERATION JAMMER BAA

摘要

In late August, as this issue of JED went to press, the US Navy's EA-6B Program Office (PMA-234) was expected to issue a Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Technology Maturation (TM) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA).rnThe Navy wants to develop the NGJ to replace the ALQ-99 jamming pods currently used on the EA-6B and EA-18G. The NGO pods, which would be integrated onto to EA-18G and possibly F-35 aircraft, are slated to reach initial operational capability in 2018.rnIn advance of the NGJ program's engineering and development phase, the Navy wants to mature critical technology elements to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 or higher and integrate them into a tactical jamming system concept design. The work performed during the TM phase will feed the follow-on technology demonstration (TD) phase, which will include laboratory and flight demonstrations. Transition to the TD phase is dependent on a successful Milestone A review.