signature=0ff97bb456772726110bbbea4fca8d7a,MALD-J SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATES MANNED AIRCRAFT PROTECTI...

【摘要】

In a test involving a combination of captive-carry and free-flying min-iature air launched decoy jammers (MALD-Js), flying within a simu-lated operational environment, the USAF demonstrated that the system could protect a full strike package of manned aircraft.Built by Raytheon Missile Systems Division (Tucson, AZ), and with a range of approximately 500 nmi, the baseline MALD platform is an air-launchable, low-cost, modular, flight vehicle that emulates the radar signatures and combat flight profiles ofUS and allied aircraft. The MALD-J variant carries a stand-in jamming system intended to reduce or elimi-nate the need for manned stand-in jamming aircraft.According to Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Sys-tems' Air Warfare Systems product line, "Completion of this test removes the last major hurdle toward MALD-J completing a functional configuration audit (FCA)." Upon completion of the FCA, the USAF may authorize a Mile-stone C decision, beginning produc-tion by the end of 2011