NEXT GENERATION JAMMER MID-BAND TAKES FLIGHT FOR FIRST POWER GENERATION TEST JAMMING POD GENERATES ITS OWN POWER

摘要

Raytheon Company completed the first power generation flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. The U.S. Navy will use the test data to inform the airworthiness authorization decision to fly NGJ-MB on the EA-18G Growler in the spring of 2020. Raytheon conducted the three flight tests on board a Calspan commercial jet to assess the jammer's prime power generation system, known as the ram air turbine generator, at Niagara Falls Airport in New York. The generator scoops air from the airstream, turns a turbine and creates electricity that enables NGJ-MB to jam enemy radars and communications.