Author: Michael

The Navy awarded Raytheon, an RTX company, a $192 million contract to develop an extended range capability for the service’s next-generation airborne electronic attack capability.
The program is for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Extended (NGJ-MBX), which will be mounted on EA-18G Growlers. Raytheon won the initial contract for the Mid-Band pod in 2016.
Overall, the Next Generation Jammer — a cooperative program with the Royal Australian Air Force — is the replacement for the decades-old ALQ-99.

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One of the key lessons from the Navy’s recent engagements with Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea is being adaptable on the battlefield to use existing systems differently.
Over the last year, Navy assets in the region have come under fire from a barrage of systems launched by the Houthis — a group backed by Iran that has controlled portions of Yemen, including the capital, since 2014 — to include one-way drones and missiles.

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President Joe Biden ordered 1,000 active duty troops to deploy to North Carolina to help with response efforts to Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history, the White House said Wednesday.
Those active-duty troops will join 6,500 National Guard soldiers from 15 states already deployed or headed towards Helene’s path. 
Under Biden’s order an Infantry Battalion Task Force from Fort Liberty, North Carolina will deploy to the region made up of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers and other units, the Pentagon said in a statement.

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