Air Force orders jammers from Mercury Defense Systems

A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter aircraft is parked inside a hangar during the inaugural Trilateral Exercise between the US Air Force, United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the French Air Force at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, December 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Mercury Defense Systems has been awarded a $15.4 million Air Force contract for jammers.

The contract was issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Under the contract, awarded as part of the “Advanced Techniques for Digital Radio Frequency Memories” Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project, Mercury will deliver 28 Type II DRFM units, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The work is scheduled to be completed by January 2018.