SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) and Cobham (LSE: COB) are joining forces for the Next
Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) competition to replace the U.S.
Navy's ALQ-99 tactical jamming system currently on the E/A-18
Growler aircraft.
"The Lockheed Martin and Cobham team will leverage expertise in
both companies to offer the U.S. Navy a critically important system
with increased capability and reduced risk," said Joe Ottaviano, director of electronic warfare at
Lockheed Martin. "Our team is confident we can meet the Navy's need
for improved jamming capabilities with a scalable, open
architecture design that balances capabilities with size, weight
and power constraints."
Both partners on the team bring critical capabilities and areas
of expertise. Cobham developed and was the only production partner
to the U.S. Navy for the ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter/Antenna Group
(LBT/AG) and has been supporting the LBT/AG program for more than
20 years. Lockheed Martin has been developing electronic warfare
solutions for more than 40 years and has experience with various
airborne and naval electronic warfare programs, including the
Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system and the
multi-mission AN/ALQ-210 and AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures
(ESM) systems for the U.S. Navy. These Lockheed Martin products
provide situational awareness, threat warning and proven electronic
warfare solutions to detect, track and deter incoming threats.
"Cobham has continued to invest in state-of-the-art, next
generation Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) transmitter
capabilities for the EA-18G community and looks forward to
continuing to deliver reliable and scalable solutions well into the
future," said Jim Barber, senior
vice president of Cobham Integrated Electronic Solutions, a
business unit of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions. "Our strong
partnership with Lockheed Martin on programs such as AOEW and the
Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2,
along with our collective capabilities and heritage with the
electronic warfare community will provide the best value for the
U.S. Navy."
The NGJ-LB system will be integrated on the EA-18G aircraft and
will replace the ALQ-99 low band pods. The ALQ-99 is a tactical
jamming system that has been deployed on the EA-6B Prowler and now
the EA-18G Growler. The NGJ-LB system will provide significantly
greater electronic attack capabilities in the lower frequency bands
of the electromagnetic spectrum against modern threats.
Cobham is the only company to continuously provide ALQ-99
Airborne Electronic Attack transmitters to the U.S. Navy since the
initial operational deployment of the EA-6B in 1972, delivering
over 850 transmitters. Since that time, Cobham has invested in
cutting edge Gallium Nitride (GaN) power amplifier and antenna
technology to ensure that the Navy's high performance, reliability,
and sustainability needs are met. Cobham's latest ALQ-99 Low Band
Transmitter has provided critical protection for U.S. and coalition
warfighters since 2005.
For more information, visit
www.lockheedmartin.com/electronicwarfare and www.cobham.com/ew
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
100,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
About Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions
We provide
critical solutions for communication on land, at sea, and in the
air and space, by moving data through off-the-shelf and customized
products and subsystems including RF, microwave, and high
reliability microelectronics, antenna apertures and motion control
solutions. Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions supplies defense,
aerospace, security, medical, and industrial markets.
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