The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) completes one of its first flights on the US Navy EA-18G Growler. Credit: Raytheon

RTX’s Raytheon business has been awarded a $192m contract from the US Navy to develop the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Expansion (NGJ-MBX), an upgrade to the current Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) system.

Announcing the move on 1 October, the modification will extend the frequency range of the NGJ-MB system to counter additional threats. The MBX provides additional capabilities to improve operational effectiveness, Raytheon stated.

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“Offensive electronic attack provides a tremendous combat capability supporting strike packages and kinetic weapons across a broad range of missions,” said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon.

“With this upgrade, we’ll ensure our naval aviators in all theaters are better prepared to counter new adversary threats and provide greater combat power throughout their missions.”

NGJ-MB, to include MBX, is an airborne electronic attack system developed in cooperation with the Royal Australian Air Force. The system consists of two pods containing active electronically scanned arrays that radiate in the mid-band frequency range.

The US Navy employs NGJ-MB on the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare (EW) aircraft to target advanced EW threats. Work under the contract will take place in Dallas; Forest, Michigan; El Segundo, California; and Fort Wayne, Indiana through 2027.

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In April 2024, Raytheon was awarded a $40.6m contract by the US Department of Defense to develop its ‘Controlled, Advanced, Distributed Radio Frequency Effects’ (CADRE) capability to integrate with the NGJ system, moving from technology readiness level (TRL) three to TRL six.

Airborne EW dominates global market

According to GlobalData’s ‘Global Electronic Warfare Market Forecast 2023-2033’, valued at $13.9bn in 2023, was projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% over the forecast period and expected to reach $21.8bn by 2033.

Cumulatively, the EW market was forecast to value $194.2bn over the forecast period.

The EW market is split into four segments: airborne platform EW, land platform EW, naval platform EW, and space platform EW.

The market was expected to be dominated by the airborne platform EW segment, which accounts for 55.1% of the market, followed by land platform EW segment with 28.3% share.

Among geographic segments, North America is projected to dominate the sector with a share of 34.1%, followed by Asia-Pacific and Europe, with shares of 29.0% and 27.3%, respectively.