Raytheon to Supply 13 Next Generation Jammer Ship Sets: $590 Million Contract for U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $590,801,245 fixed-price incentive (firm target), cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for low rate initial production of 13 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) ship sets (two pods per ship set) for the Navy EA-18 Growler and Royal Australian Air Force; nine of which will be allocated for the Navy and four allocated for the Royal Australian Air Force. In addition to the ship sets, this procurement will also include associated spares, support equipment, and non-recurring engineering. Work will be performed in Forest, Mississippi (48%); McKinney, Texas (43%); El Segundo, California (7%); Andover, Massachusetts (2%); and Fort Wayne, Indiana (1%), and is expected to be completed in January 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $329,621,523; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $75,216,462; and Royal Australian Air Force cooperative funding in the amount of $185,963,260 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001925C0065).