Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band: A Year of Firsts

摘要

In spring 2021, the team executed mission systems testing that evaluated output power and the ability to maintain jamming energy on a ground target. It also executed simultaneous, dual-coast developmental flight test at VX-23 and VX-31, collecting data to support the transition of the NGJ-MB to initial operational test and evaluation.The Navy's airborne electronic attack (AEA) community first witnessed the beginning of the next generation of electronic attack in 2020 when VX-23's "Salty Dogs" began testing the NGJ-MB, led by Cmdr. Joshua "Donny" Hattery and test engineer Kurt Marburger. After three months of anechoic chamber testing in early 2020, NGJ-MB finished the first portion of its developmental chamber test. This included 400 hours of basic functionality testing, electromagnetic environmental effects data collection and performance testing.