{"id":28446,"date":"2020-06-24T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/24\/senate-takes-aim-at-navys-new-jammer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:03:37","slug":"senate-takes-aim-at-navys-new-jammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2020\/06\/24\/senate-takes-aim-at-navys-new-jammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate takes aim at Navy\u2019s new jammer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Senate Armed Services Committee is taking aim at the Navy\u2019s premier aerial jamming platform that is meant to play a big role in future conflicts against technologically sophisticated adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the committee\u2019s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, Congress is requiring a report be delivered in July 2021 on a strategy for how the Next Generation Jammer will help ensure full spectrum electromagnetic superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee passed the bill last week and released a summary, but full text<\/a> of the measure was made public just this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Next Generation 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\t