Aaron George, was executing a barrel roll to keep the aircraft within optimum photography range of the
MALD when his plane crashed in a remote area about 30 miles east of the China Lake Naval Warfare Center near Ridgecrest.
The F-15E does not currently have the RWR to make this vision a reality In fact, no US combat aircraft has the sensor array described above; the
MALD is not fielded; and the small, unattended sensors described do not exist.
As a major supplier of micro-electronic components used in the
MALD program, (see Raytheon Press Release: http://raytheon.
According to Gloria Cales, spokeswoman for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the primary differences between the original concept and the latest
MALD iteration are to be greater endurance/range performance and the inclusion of jammer capabilities.
Each
MALD will be 92 inches long, six inches in diameter and will weigh 98 pounds - about the size of the air-to-air missiles carried under the wings of fighter jets.
In fact, no US combat aircraft has the sensor array described above, and the
MALD is not yet fielded.
Papers will cover EA-6BICAP III, Compass Call,
MALD, Aircraft Self Protect/SA, IDECM, Towed Decoys, PLAID, and Vivid Pointer.
MALD is a low-cost, air-launched programmable missile that accurately duplicates the combat flight profiles and signatures of U.
An entry in the DARPA Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD), the goal of the
MALD program is to produce a first run of 3,000 small but capable, lo w-cost, expendable, air-launched decoys for less than $30,000 Average Unit Flyaway Price (AUFP).
MALD-X is a combined initiative of the Air Force, Navy, Special Capabilities Office at the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Eglin Air Force Bases
MALD Program Office.
MALD development is being funded by DARPA in response to a mission-needs statement from the USAF Air Combat Command (Langley AFB, VA).
MALD-X will build on
MALD platform to demonstrate the advanced electronic warfare capabilities needed today and in the future," said Mike Jarrett, Raytheon vice president of Air Warfare Systems.
