U.S. Navy orders next-generation electronic attack units to modernize EA-18G Growler fleet

General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a $184 million Navy contract for production and sustainment of Next Generation Electronic Attack Units supporting EA-18G Growler Block II modernization. Awarded in September, the agreement moves the equipment into full-rate production, with work at Bloomington, Minnesota, continuing through 2032. Production uses firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity terms, while sustainment is covered through cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements, supporting an open architecture intended to accommodate evolving electronic warfare requirements. The units contribute to a wider modernization effort that remains in development and includes cockpit and internal-system improvements shared with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block III.