What is Mald N?
The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, MALD®, is an expendable flight vehicle that confuses enemy air defenses by hiding in plain sight — posing as friendly aircraft or cruise missile. It weighs less than 300 pounds and has an approximate range of 500 nautical miles.
What is Mald J?
The MALD-J decoy is the jammer variant of the basic decoy and the first ever stand-in jammer to enter production. The unmanned system can operate alone or in pairs, and moves much closer to the victim radar than conventional electronic warfare when jamming electronics.
What are Jsow used for?
The JSOW family consists of multiple weapon variants. The AGM-154A configuration is used to attack fixed and relocateable soft targets such as parked aircraft, trucks, armored personnel carriers and surface-to-air missile sites.
What is missile decoy?
[′mis·əl ′dē‚kȯi] (ordnance) A vehicle used to simulate a missile in flight, attracting enemy radar and drawing fire so as to increase the odds for penetration by manned bombers or other weapon systems. Also known as diversionary missile.
What is decoy jamming?
Radar jamming and deception is a form of electronic countermeasures that intentionally sends out radio frequency signals to interfere with the operation of radar by saturating its receiver with noise or false information.
What is Nulka Navy?
Description. The MK 53 Decoy Launching System (DLS) (Nulka) is a rapid response Active Expendable Decoy (AED) System capable of providing highly effective defense for ships against modern Anti-Ship Missiles. Developed in cooperation with Australia, Nulka means ‘be quick’ in the Australian Aboriginal dialect.
What is Nulka missile?
The Nulka active missile decoy is the most sophisticated soft-kill defence system against anti-ship missiles available for the protection of surface warships. It is currently deployed on over 150 Australian, US and Canadian warships.
When did Raytheon get the MALD-J contract?
Operational testing of the MALD-J began in September 2012. Raytheon received an $81.7m firm-fixed-price option for the additional production and delivery of MALD-Js to the USAF in April 2013. The contract also includes Lot 6 on the Lot 5 contract of an additional 200 jammers and containers, along with a ten-year warranty.
What is Raytheon MALD-J jammer?
Raytheon delivered 1,000th MALD-J jammer variant, which uses jamming and radar signature technology, to the USAF under the Lot 5 production contract in May 2014. The turbojet-powered modular and programmable MALD is launched from fighters as a decoy. It is used to perform counter air operations to inactivate air defence systems.
What is the range of the MALD-J rocket?
As previously related to Jane’s by RMS officials, the MALD-J has an operational range of about 900 km after launch, with its flight characteristics able to be pre-programmed to better represent a particular manned type.