ADM-160C MALD-J

Description: The ADM-160 MALD, formerly known as the Miniature Decoy, is a family of Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) designed to protect US fighters and bombers from sophisticated netted air defenses. These decoys are released from both aircraft types and will feature the same Radar Cross Section (RCS) related to fighter- and bomber-sized aircraft. The scope of the MALD program is to deliver decoys that will confuse the enemy by posing as friendly aircraft. The first version developed by Raytheon entered service with the US Air Force in 2008.

The Raytheon ADM-160C Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J) is a radar jamming variant of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) developed by Raytheon for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The United States Air Force (USAF) awarded Raytheon a two-year MALD-J $80 million development, testing and integration contract on March 31, 2008. The new advanced modular decoy system had already completed developmental flight testing before the contract award and is expected to provide new airborne electronic attack capability. The USAF is expected to take the production decision, also known as Milestone C, in early 2011.