Aircraft
Raytheon Will Develop Next Generation Jammer
The U.S. Navy selected Raytheon to develop the Next Generation Jammer pod for the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. (Photo: Boeing)
The U.S. Navy selected Raytheon to develop the Next Generation Jammer pod for the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. (Photo: Boeing)

Raytheon won a hard-fought contest to develop the U.S. Navy’s future airborne electronic warfare system, the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ). On July 8, the Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) said that it had awarded Raytheon a $279.4 million contract for the NGJ technology development (TD) phase.