Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a $279 million deal to develop electronic jammer technology to replace the U.S. Navy’s legacy systems installed on the EA-18G Growler aircraft, Reuters reported Monday.
Andrea Shalal-Esa writes the Defense Department contract, which is expected to run through May 2015, is part of a bigger project that aims to have the new jamming pods ready for combat missions by fiscal 2020.
“We couldn’t be more pleased with the customer’s selection of our NGJ offering, ” Raytheon spokesman Jon Kasle was quoted as saying.
“We look forward to beginning work on this landmark program, ” he added.