Military Embedded Systems

Harris to deliver additional 48 airborne electronic jammers

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May 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte

Technology Editor

Military Embedded Systems

Harris to deliver additional 48 airborne electronic jammers
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MELBOURNE, Fla. The U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft will continue to receive Harris' electronic jammers under a modified contract with Harris that came in during the company's third quarter in 2016.

Harris engineers will manufacture and deliver 48 on-board electronic warfare jamming systems for the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) program.

The order's estimated value is $88 million with deliveries expected to be completed by December 2018.

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