13 May 2020:Northrop Grumman Corporation has added proven structure supplier CPI Aero to its Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) Capability Block 1 (CB-1) solution team. As per the proposal submitted for NGL-LB in January and US Navy's speed to fleet plan, CPI Aero, Inc.is selected to provide the NGJ-LB pod structure and assembly.
"The addition of CPI Aero to our NGJ-LB team will help provide rapid fleet capability to the Navy," said Paul Kalafos, vice president, surveillance and electromagnetic manoeuvre warfare, Northrop Grumman. "They have extensive experience in providing aircraft and pod structural components for several Department of Defence customers and we are proud to have them on our team of EW engineering and mission experts, helping the Navy maintain its war fighting edge through advanced airborne electronic attack (AEA) capabilities."
"Our leading structures and assembly experience is used by the Navy's EA-18G, E-2D, MH-60S and CH-53K systems, and we have a well-established record providing these components on-time, efficiently and with consistent high quality," said Doug McCrosson, president and CEO, CPI Aero, Inc.
CPI Aero, Inc. is also the current supplier of record for pod structure and assembly for the Navy's ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band program.
Northrop Grumman is the AEA integrator for the Navy's current EA-18G Growler electronic warfare system. The NGJ-LB will fly on the EA-18G Growler, providing advanced AEA capabilities. Northrop Grumman has been working closely with the Navy to build and demonstrate survivable and capable carrier-based solutions for over 50 years. Starting with the AN/ALQ-86, to the current AN/ALQ-99, AN/ALQ-218 and AN/ALQ-240 for EA-18G and P-8, Northrop Grumman is helping define the future of naval electronic warfare through artificial intelligence, cognitive solutions, software defined and hardware enabled multi-function technologies and open architecture systems.