The Air Force has authorized Raytheon [RTN] to begin low-rate initial-production for the variant of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) that will be equipped with radar-jamming capability, the company said yesterday. The Air Force also signed off on a $5 million contract option to convert the latest production of the MALD baseline to the jammer variant (MALD-J), the company said. MALD, which looks much like a missile, can be fired from aircraft and is designed to mimic the combat…
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