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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Next Generation Jammer (NGJ)

PE 0604274N·U.S. Navy·Approp. 1319 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$50.3M
◆ Development crest → decline
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U.S. Navy funding falls 22% to a $50.3M request in FY2027, with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. RTX / Raytheon leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$50.3M
▼ 22% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$64.2M
▼ 14% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$75.0M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $50.3M for Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) under RDT&E program element 0604274N, down 22% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

255075075.0FY25ACTUAL64.2FY26ENACTED50.3FY27REQUEST24.1FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual75.0
FY2026Enacted64.2
FY2027Request50.3
FY2028Outyear24.1
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0604274N

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -22% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 0557

Next Generation Jammer

$50.3MFY2027 request ▼ 22%
FY2025 actual$75.0M
FY2026 enacted$64.2M
FY2027 request$50.3M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services

This Program Element (PE 0604274N) supports the AN/ALQ-249 NGJ-MB program. NGJ-MB will address AEA capability and sufficiency gaps against enemy threats operating in the middle frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. In addition, this PE supports NGJ-MB Extended (MBX), which is an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to the current NGJ-MB system that will extend the upper frequency coverage limit to counter modern and adaptive threats. This modification will increase frequency range of the NGJ-MB system and enhance the survivability of the platform and protected entities against emerging threats. In total, NGJ-MB will provide the ability to effectively engage enemy threats from increased stand-off distances, employ increased capacity (number of jamming assignments) against enemy targets, and support agile employment by operators. The NGJ-MB system will be integrated on the EA-18G tactical aircraft and will augment and then replace the legacy AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System in the middle frequency bands. NGJ-MB (to include MBX) is a Cooperative development and production program with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Extended▼ 22%
FY2025 actual$75.0M
FY2026 enacted$64.2M
FY2027 request$50.3M

The NGJ-MB MBX effort continues execution of the prime contract with deliveries of Engineering Development Model (EDM) arrays and Advanced Frequency Control Modules (AFCMs). Integrated tests continue in System Integration Labs (SILs) and anechoic chambers progressing to Developmental and Operational (DT/OT) flight tests. Funding supports…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$50.3M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$50.3M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$50.3M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$50.3M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

RTX / Raytheon
$38.4M · 76%
Primary Hardware Development - MBX Development · CPIF
NAWCWD
$3.5M · 6.9%
Software/Aircraft Integration MBX
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes96%48.4
Government labs & warfare centers1.7%0.9
Other / unspecified2.2%1.1
FY2027 request100%50.3
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) (formerly known as Next Generation Jammer Increment 1) is the next step in the evolution of Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA). It is a critical capability necessary to defend against current, evolving, and developing Electronic Warfare gaps, ensures kill chain wholeness against growing threat capabilities and capacities, keeps pace with enemy threat weapon systems' advancements, and supports the continuous expansion of the AEA mission areas that exceed the capability of legacy systems. NGJ-MB utilizes enhanced techniques and tactics to deliver significantly improved radar and communications jamming effectiveness to include classified capabilities.

The NGJ-MB program is designated an Acquisition Category 1C Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP), MDAP program number 445. The activity focused on Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase completing the design of the pod and building fifteen (15) EDM pods for Developmental Test (DT) and six (6) System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) Pod shipsets (2 pods per shipset) for final DT, Operational Test (OT), tactics development, and Initial Operational Capability (IOC). MS-C occurred in 3rd Qtr. FY 2021. FRPDR conducted 4th Qtr FY 2025.

Project 0557 — Next Generation Jammer
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604274N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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