Australia Seeks to Influence US Jammer
Australia Seeks to Influence US Jammer 11 Januari 2017 Raytheon"s Next Generation Jammer (image : Raytheon, Scout) Australia is looking at options to influence development of Raytheon"s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) by possibly entering into a cooperative agreement with the US Navy (USN), a senior Australian official revealed. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) director general of capability planning at Air Force Headquarters, Air Cdre Mike Kitcher, said the NGJ will be a key component of Project Air 5439 Phase 6, a further step in Australia’s Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack acquisition programme. ‘Phase 6 is looking at upgrading the current Growler capability to the US Navy-common Advanced Growler capability, and one of the key components of that is the NGJ suite of jamming pods to replace the existing ALQ-99 pods,’ Kitcher said. ‘We’re working hard with the US Navy, looking at options as to how we might enter into a co-developme...