{"id":22408,"date":"2020-08-12T20:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T20:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/12\/navy-completes-first-flight-test-of-new-jamming-pod\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:53:49","slug":"navy-completes-first-flight-test-of-new-jamming-pod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/08\/12\/navy-completes-first-flight-test-of-new-jamming-pod\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy completes first flight test of new jamming pod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Navy announced the first successful fight test of its new upgraded airborne electronic warfare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod was mounted and flown on an EA-18G Growler aircraft at Patuxent River, Maryland, on Aug. 7, the Navy said in an Aug. 10 news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jammer is the Navy\u2019s and, by extension, the joint force\u2019s premier aerial electronic attack platform. It will replace the ALQ-99 jamming pod and has been broken up into three pods covering three portions of the electromagnetic spectrum: mid, low and high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon was awarded the mid-band pod in 2016. Bids for the low-band pod are currently out with Northrop Grumman and L3 Technologies selected to conduct a demonstration of existing systems. The timeline and funding for a high-band post is unclear at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, much of the testing for mid band had been conducted in labs to evaluate the electronics in the pod, but the flight test is a milestone for seeing how the system integrates with the aircraft and the pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\t