HitchAI
Request access
RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

NEXT Generation Jammer (NGJ) INC II

PE 0604282N·U.S. Navy·Approp. 1319 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$497.0M
⚑ Contested — House cuts 8.0%
HitchAI read

U.S. Navy funding ramps 131% to a $497.0M request in FY2027, before stepping down 75% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 8.0% (to $457.0M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. L3H leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$497.0M
▲ 131% vs FY2026
House mark
$457.0M
▼ $40.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$215.3M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $497.0M for NEXT Generation Jammer (NGJ) INC II under RDT&E program element 0604282N, up 131% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $457.0M.

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.

1503004500142.7FY25ACTUAL215.3FY26ENACTED497.0FY27REQUEST547.1FY28456.6FY29252.6FY30122.9FY31HOUSE
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual142.7
FY2026Enacted215.3
FY2027Request497.0
FY2028Outyear547.1
FY2029Outyear456.6
FY2030Outyear252.6
FY2031Outyear122.9
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 0604282N

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 131% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 3380

Next Generation Jammer Inc II

$497.0MFY2027 request ▲ 131%
FY2025 actual$142.7M
FY2026 enacted$215.3M
FY2027 request$497.0M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services

This Program Element (PE 0604282N) supports the AN/ALQ-266 Next Generation Jammer - Low Band (NGJ-LB) program. NGJ-LB will address Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) capability and sufficiency gaps against enemy threats operating in the lower frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. NGJ-LB 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 and increases survivability and lethality of 4th and 5th generation platforms and strike weapons. The NGJ-LB system will be integrated on the EA-18G tactical aircraft and will augment and then replace the aging AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System in the low band frequencies.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Next Generation Jammer Low Band Primary Hardware Development▲ 143%
FY2025 actual$63.8M
FY2026 enacted$133.0M
FY2027 request$322.6M

Continue execution of the NGJ-LB EMD contract focusing on pod (hardware and software) development and award a contract modification (EMD Phase 2), capturing additional scope required to meet CDD threshold and achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by 3rd Quarter FY 2030. EMD Phase 2 includes the award of (6) Systems Demonstration…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Next Generation Jammer Low Band Systems Engineering▲ 59%
FY2025 actual$36.1M
FY2026 enacted$28.3M
FY2027 request$45.2M

Increased level of advanced capability development efforts through NSMA (Classified discussion available upon request) to reach full CDD requirements and Milestone C. Continue the NGJ-LB EMD Systems Engineering efforts, which will support system performance specification verification and subsystem qualification, Software Integration Lab…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Next Generation Jammer Low Band Support & Management Services▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$3.5M
FY2026 enacted$4.2M
FY2027 request$4.3M

FY2027 planned work Continue support and management services associated with the NGJ-LB Program.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increases from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to inflation.

FY2026 plans — current year Continue support and management services associated with the NGJ-LB Program.

Next Generation Jammer Low Band Test & Evaluation▲ 454%
FY2025 actual$6.4M
FY2026 enacted$9.1M
FY2027 request$50.3M

Begin flight and chamber testing with Captive Mass Model (CMM) and Mission Systems Pod (MSP) pods in early FY 2027. Begin aeromechanical flight testing and providing analyses to support flight clearances and envelope expansion. Begin mission systems chamber and flight test. Provide test data and analyses to support correction of…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Next Generation Jammer Low Band Integration▲ 83%
FY2025 actual$32.9M
FY2026 enacted$40.6M
FY2027 request$74.6M

Continue software integration development and aircraft integration efforts, to include Software Integration Lab testing and lab support. Complete the delivery and installation of NGJ-LB validation and verification A-kits into test aircraft. Continue Software Anomaly Report analysis, implementation and test. Continue to support platform…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Congressional action

The request is contested

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$497.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$457.0M −$40.0M · −8.0%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$497.0M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$497.0M full · +$0
▲ $40.0M chamber gap — 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.

L3H
$322.6M · 65%
Primary H/W Dev - EMD · CPIF
NAWCAD
$56.3M · 11%
Systems Engineering
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes97%483.8
Government labs & warfare centers1.3%6.6
Other / unspecified1.3%6.6
FY2027 request100%497.0
See L3H's full federal contract ledger members →
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) is the next step in the evolution of Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) and is a critical capability necessary to address current, emerging, and evolving Electronic Warfare gaps, ensure kill chain wholeness against growing threat capabilities and capacity, keep pace with enemy threat weapon systems' advancements, and support the continuous expansion of the AEA mission areas that exceed the capability of currently fielded systems. NGJ will utilize enhanced techniques and tactics to deliver significantly improved radar and communications jamming effectiveness as well as other classified capabilities.

The AN/ALQ-266 NGJ-LB program is designated an ACAT-IB Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP), MDAP program number 520. The activity will focus on the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, to develop and build (4) NGJ-LB test pods (2 aeromechanical and 2 mission systems), (8) Operational Prototype Pods (OPP) for Early Operational Capability and (6) Systems Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA) to complete Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

Project 3380 — Next Generation Jammer Inc II
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
Ask Hitch

Ask this program element

Answers are generated from the figures on this page — the FY2027 justification exhibits and the marks tracked above — and nothing else is consulted. Confirm any figure against the cited exhibit before you use it externally.

H
Questions this page can answer
How does the FY2027 request compare with FY2026, and what does the five-year plan show?What did House do to this request, and what is still unresolved?How is the FY2027 request split between industry and government performers?In plain terms, what is this program element for and how is it being acquired?
Sign in →

This page carries the budget justification and the NDAA marks — nothing else. For what L3H has actually been obligated, the ledger is at hitchintel.com/vendors; for live solicitations, hitchintel.com/opportunities. Both are member surfaces.

Provenance

Cite this page

Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604282N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
Suggested citation
HitchAI, "NEXT Generation Jammer (NGJ) INC II (PE 0604282N)," federal budget intelligence, PB2027 vintage. hitchintel.com/programs/0604282N
Machine access
Markdown twin /programs/0604282N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marks