PMA-234

NGJ-LB begins final DET tests

The U.S. Navy recently began the final Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET) test period for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) capability at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

Tests are being conducted at the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility and the Facility for Antenna and RCS Measurement (FARM) through this summer. The 20-month DET contract has been a collaborative effort with industry partners to assess technical maturity.

Next-Gen Jammer Mid-Band pod completes developmental testing

The Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) developmental pod recently completed a portion of developmental testing in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

The NGJ-MB Engineering Development Model (EDM) pods, developed by the Raytheon Company in El Segundo, California, completed more than 400 hours of basic functionality, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) data collection and performance testing over a period of three months.

Next-Gen Jammer Mid-Band fit check

The first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) engineering development model pod delivered to the Navy is fit checked on an EA-18G Growler at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 in September. The fit check verifies the pod securely attaches to the Growler in preparation for flight tests scheduled to begin later this year.

First Next Gen Jammer Mid-Band arrives for test prep

The first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Engineering Development Model pod arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after a trek across America late July to begin various verification and test procedures in preparation for the second pod delivery early fall.

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The future of PMA-234 Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) must include aggressive and innovative use of new technology to produce operationally relevant and sustainable, non-kinetic weapon systems quickly and affordably. Operational relevance requires detection and identification of, and the ability to counter threats, improving and evolving threat capabilities.

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Next Generation Jammer

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The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) System is an external carriage Airborne Electronic Attack capability for the EA-18G that will provide enhanced capabilities to disrupt, deny, degrade, and deceive enemy air defense and ground communication systems. Comprised of three stand-alone programs: NGJ Mid-Band, NGJ Low Band, and a future NGJ High Band, each of the three programs covers a different frequency band and addresses a variety of adversary systems. NGJ will augment, and eventually replace, the ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System currently integrated on the EA-18G Growler aircraft.

ALQ-231 Intrepid Tiger

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The ALQ-231 (V) Intrepid Tiger II (IT II) is a precision, on-demand, external carriage Electronic Warfare weapon system designed to provide Marine Corps fixed and rotary wing aircraft with an organic, distributed and networked Airborne Electronic Warfare capability that can be controlled from the cockpit or by a ground operator.

ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System

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The ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System is an external carriage airborne electronic attack capability for the EA-18G Growler used against radar and communications targets for the suppression of enemy Integrated Air Defenses. Each jammer pod contains a ram air turbine generator, two selectable transmitter modules with associated antennas and a universal exciter that is interfaced with, and controlled by, the onboard system and aircrew. The modular open architecture of the jammer system facilitates optimization of transmitters and antennas for a given frequency range and can be tailored to meet mission requirements.