The Air Force and Raytheon began operational testing of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer and completed four successful flights in four attempts, announced the company on Sept. 24. More MALD-J flight tests are scheduled for the remainder of the year, states the company’s release. The MALD-J adds radar jamming capability to the basic MALD platform, which Air Combat Command cleared for real-world operations in July. “MALD saves lives by saturating enemy integrated air defense systems, causing them to pursue the wrong target instead of attacking our aircraft,” said Harry Schulte, Raytheon’s vice president of Air Warfare Systems. He continued, “With MALD-J, we are building on this combat-proven decoy to provide the warfighter with even more capability.” Overall, the decoy and jammer variants have “achieved 13 successful flight tests in 13 attempts” so far this year, states the release. (See also Miniature Advances.)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
