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Navy buys electronic warfare management system

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A Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft rests on a ramp during a BALTOPS 2015 mission on the flightline of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, June 9, 2015. The U.S. Navy sailors from Patrol Squadron Eight assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., will remain on Spangdahlem to perform their duties for BALTOPS 2015. The annual multinational exercise aims to promote friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation amongst NATO allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Timothy Kim/Released)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $12.3 million Navy contract for the ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management System for the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft.

This contract includes 38 ALQ-213 tactical threat displays for the Navy, with 27 going to the U.S. Navy, three to the U.K. and eight to Australia, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcement.

There will roughly be similar allocations for ALQ-213 early warning management units, OMNI blade antennas, tactical data units and tactical data cartridges.


“In addition, this contract provides for component and system level software and hardware integration and testing prior to system delivery,” the DoD said.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.