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Navy Expecting Second Next-Gen Jammer Order in 2022, Legacy System Staying

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Navy Expecting Second Next-Gen Jammer Order in 2022, Legacy System Staying
An EA-18G Growler from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, located at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, conducts a Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flight test over Southern Maryland in 2021 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Steve Wolff)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --  The Navy is planning to award a second Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot for the Next Generation Jammer in 2022 and will keep flying the legacy jammer for the foreseeable future, an official said this week. In June, acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Jay Stefany approved the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) for Milestone C, allowing it to move into the production and deployment phase with LRIP (Defense…

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