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Raytheon, USAF test small diameter bomb II system
by Geoff Ziezulewicz
London (UPI) Jul 11, 2016


Raytheon gets $34M aerial decoy jammer contract
Tucson (UPI) Jul 11, 2016 - Raytheon has been awarded a $34.8 million U.S. Air Force contract to demonstrate upgraded electronic warfare capabilities for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer, or MALD-J, missile, the company announced Monday.

Development of the newest version of the MALD-J, known as MALD-X, will be completed in two years, Raytheon said in a statement.

MALD-X aims to build on the MALD platform and will create an upgrade path for the requirements of MALD-N, a net-enabled decoy jammer for the U.S. Navy.

MALD is a flying vehicle that confuses adversaries by posing as friendly aircraft. It is an expendable flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable.

It weighs less than 300 pounds and has a range of about 500 nautical miles and a 90-minute endurance.

MALD-J adds radar-jamming capability to the platform.

The MALD-X will involve an improve electronic warfare payload, low-altitude flight and a data link that allows the weapon to communicate with other net enabled systems.

Raytheon received a $118 million contract last month for Lot 9 MALD-J vehicles and support equipment.

Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force are beginning to flight test the Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II, in coordinate attack and laser illuminated attack modes, the company said Monday.

The SDB II features an advanced tri-mode seeker, enabling the weapon to use uncooled imaging infrared, millimeter-wave radar and semi-active laser guidance to find battlefield targets, Raytheon said in a statement.

In the coordinate attack mode, SDB II employs its onboard GPS system to attack fixed targets from close positions and from standoff ranges of greater than 40 miles.

SDB II uses its semi-active track laser to track and eliminate targets in the laser mode.

The latest tests verify the weapon system's maturity, Raytheon said, and the program is progressing toward the next phase of government confidence and operational testing.

Raytheon and the Air Force are continuing to refine the normal attack capability by conducting flight tests against fixed and moving targets in a mode that uses imaging infrared and millimeter wave seeker modes and classifieds targets as wheeled, tracked or boat.

Testing will continue this summer.

SDB II can destroy soft and armored targets with a small explosive footprint.


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