The Air Force recently took delivery of its 1,000th Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer variant as part of Lot 5 production, manufacturer Raytheon announced. “The MALD program has enjoyed a perfect 33-for-33 flight test record over the past two years,” said Mike Jarrett, company vice president for air warfare and missile systems, in a release May 13. “The MALD has demonstrated it can simultaneously increase the combat capability of platforms, sensors, weapons, and decision-makers working in the battlespace.” Raytheon began delivering the 300-pound, radar-jamming decoy in late 2012, and sealed an $81.7 million deal with the Air Force for production Lot 6 last spring.
The Space Force should take bold, decisive steps—and soon—to develop the capabilities and architecture needed to support more flexible, dynamic operations in orbit and counter Chinese aggression and technological progress, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
